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4 The St. Paul Globe THE GLOBES CO.. PUBLISHERS. Official Citt or cap he 4swj>^J^iS*iL.«??^i?^^^ St« Paul#» Entered at Po9toffloe at St. Paul, Minn., as Second-Class Matter. TELEPHONE CAULS. Northwestern —Business, 1041 Main. Editorial. 78 Main. Twin City—Business, 1066; Editorial. 7S. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By Carrier. ) 1 mo. (6 mos. |12mos. t*ily 0n1y... | 740 $2.2§T14.0a Dally er.i Sunday.. .SO J. 78 5.00 Sunday L .20 1.10 | 2.00 COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ' By Mall. ~] 1 mo. |6 mos. |J2moa. Pally only .25 tI.RO $STOO t>al!y and Sunday . .25 ».00 4.00 Sunday . .20 f 1.10 I 8.00 EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE. IW. J. MORTON, 150 Nassau St.. New York City. 17 Washington St.. Chicago. DECORD of The Globe Advertising for Janu ary, February and March, 1904, as compared with the same period last year: 1903 INCHES January- 17,579 February 15,449 March 19,536 Total 52,564 1904 INCHES January 18,862 February 17,328 March 19,684 Total 55,874 Increase ••...3,310 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904. BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND. It is a rather pitiful condition to which certain organs of demagogy in this section are now reduced by the obligation falling upon them logically to champion the cause of the Union Pacific railroad and the great allied interest which with it constitute the largest and compietest railroad mo nopoly in this country. The embar rassment is hydra-headed. These news papers and the vapid and thick-headed people whom alone they could influence or lead must contend that a common ownership of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific is a monopoly ruinous to the country and a heinous violation of law, while a common own ership of Union Pacific, Northern Pa cific, Southern Pacific and Oregon Short Line is a stimulus to competi tion and in compliance with laws pro hibiting the consolidation of competing lines. They must contend that "competition" would be restored and expanded by turning over the Noithern Pacific to a parallel line a little south of it, while "competition" would be throttled by having it operated in harmony with a line a little north of it. They must hold that the necessary diversion of trade from the Twin Cities to Chicago and Omaha, and the transfer of through transcontinental business from Puget sound ports to San Francisco would be as beneficial to the Northwest as the continued upbuilding of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the expansion of the northern trade route. They must assert that this business is of no value anyhow, as illustrated by New York city, which remains of such trifling size because it happens to be the great port of entry and departure for the for eign commerce of this country. They must hold to a thousand ludi crous and self-contradictory tenets, because of their false and furious as saults upon the interests that have been building up this Northwest. No body obliged them to do so. They are In the lamentable condition of men ivho, having had commerce with the enemies of their country because of some pique or spite against its chief defenders, are logically driven when the issue comes to become deserters and fight in the ranks against every in terest and every friend of their own. If the people of the Twin Cities and the Northwest want to know what the invasion of their territory by Union Pacific powers would mean, If any of them are bamboozled by the silly cry that it would bring in any "competi tion," meaning thereby some form of railroad rivalry not now existing and beneficial to the country, we suggest to them a study of the recent history of the city of Portland, Or. Portland Is one of the oldest and most prosper ous cities of the PaciHc coast. For many years it had no rival but San Francisco, and was expected to play for the north coast the part that San Francisco did for the south. It Is the western terminus of a transcontinental system, has rail connections with San Francisco on the south and Seattle and Tacoma on the north, has a splendid water front on the Willamette river remote from Pacific storms, has accu mulated great wealth, enjoyed a mag nificent foreign trade, was the great wheat shipping center for the entire Pacific slope, had its steamers engaged In the Oriental trade and found all of Its interests supported and furthered by one of the really great newspapers of the country, the Portland Oregonian. Its people rightfully considered that their future was secure against any dangerous rivalry. The city of Portland is today prac tically at a standstill. Its present de velopment has been checked and its future, except as a center for local bus iness, is absolutely destroyed. It will continue to grow slowly, because it has a great, wealthy state back of it; but it will participate no more in the bene fits of a larger development. We are making no assumptions of our own, but quoting from innumerable articles in the Portland- Oregonian within the last two years In attributing this total change, this sacrifice of advantage and of prosperity, to the policy of the Union Pacific railroad in diverting bus iness from Portland to San Francisco. The Oregonian is still a great and fear less paper, and it has over and over again within the past twelve months as sailed Mr. Harriman as the destroyer of the city. The parallel between the situation of Portland and that of our own ci^es is close enough to be interesting. Port land enjoys the same alleged advantage of "competition," because the Northern Pacific line now has access to the city, as well as the Union Pacific. What has it availed Portland? The interests of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern are on Puget sound. They will not drag trade away from there to share it at Portland with a rival. The interests of the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line are at San Fran cisco. They will not drag trade away from there to share it with a rival. With its two railroad systems meeting there, but each chiefly interested in another and rival port, Portland has fallen to the ground. It is today prac tically stationary in population, grow ing little in wealth, and is losing its business and its prosperity to Puget sound on the north and San Francisco on the south. It attributes this terrible setback to the policy of the railroad line controlled by the Harriman inter ests, and there is not a voice in Port land today which is not raised in de nunciation against them. This is not a matter for loose words or vague opinions, unsupported by evi dence of facts. The course of railroad development in this country and its ef fect upon allied centers is well defined. We might search the country over and find no apter comparison than that be tween the city of Portland, crushed be tween the upper and the nether mill stones, and the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis were the Harriman forces, intent upon maintaining the interests of Chicago and Omaha, to obtain con trol of the Northern Pacific. That "competition" so loosely appealed to would grind us to powder. We do not think that the newspapers of the Northwest who are fouling their own nest by pleading the cause of its enemies are as witless as they seem. They are driven to this shameful ne cessity because they have not the courage or the honesty to acknowledge their terrible blunders in the past. Having through ignorance, mistake or malice fought on the side of an enemy to the best interests of the Northwest, they dare not now refuse, when tho temporary elevation of their own mis taken cause bids them apply the knife to the throat of their own section and their own business interests. By the time King Leopold gets to St. Louis he will be almost as much of an attraction as the other king of the Cannibal islands. A MERRY WAR. We trust that the Republican candi date for mayor will continue his in quiry into the methods of building the new county jail and the expense bills thereby incurred. He may not be elect ed, indeed, but he has small show of that in any event, and he would be do ing about the only public service.with in his reach. The only actual living scandal that we know of in connection with the government of St. Paul re sides right there in that new jail build ing. It is not a city, but a county mat ter, it is true, but it is the taxpayer of the city on whom the burden falls. Let Col. Wright go ahead with his bom bardment of the faithless county board and he shall have our approval. There, indeed, is a real issue for our people. They might as well prepare their minds for it now, for they will run up against it later. Every tax payer in St. Paul knows that it would be a godsend to him and to the rest of us if Ramsey county were today under the same administration as the city. Everybody knows that the county board would be a standing laughing stock were it not a perpetual scandal and disgrace. Everybody knows that we are spending huge sums of money every year under the direction of ig norance and worse. The new jail build ing is but one monument to the stu pidity and dishonesty which character izes the control of much ofour county affairs. If the contrast between a Republican county control and a Democratic con trol of the city is one sharply unfavor able to the former, if the interest of the people and of good government and of low taxation thus becomes a party question and advocates the election of Democrats, that is not our fault but the fault of the facts. Probably Col. Wright did not foresee all that would grow out of it when he made the refer ence that Republicans have found so THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. disquieting, but none the less the mat ter should not be allowed to drop. We do not know any better object lesson for the good citizen and the man who wants low taxation, when appealed to in this city campaign to turn over the administration and the municipality to Republicans, than to lead him to the new jail building and to put the figures of cost into his hands, to give him an estimate of the percentage of the steal age in it all and then to ask him which sort of rule he will choose. The lovely scenery in the valleys of the antarctic glacier may attract tour ists down there after the scenery in the Yellowstone park has been carried oft by the trippers. NO DICTATION WANTED. It is characteristic of the recovery of independence by the Democratic party and of its brightened outlook for the future that it brushes aside with im patience or contempt all attempts of individuals, of however great repute or service, to dictate to it its future policy. There has been too much of this in the past. Too many men have dared to confront Democracy and say, "You must do this or you must do that; you must nominate this candidate or you must send that one to the rear," all under a penalty implied or spoken of defeat in case of refusal. Democracy is sufficient unto itself. It has wisdom enough and patriotism enough to make its own choices and to determine them wisely. It seeks good advice from all sources. It has a just and high respect for the opinion of its great leaders in the past, but it does not doff the cap to them more than to others, or run between their knees and ask humbly what it ought to do. It is interesting to know what Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan think of Judge Parker or of any other gentle man as a prospective Democratic can didate for the presidency. Each of the gentlemen named has at times been recognized as the first Democrat in the land, and each has borne his party's standard high. He who ostra cizes either of them or holds the pref erences of either an occasion for gibe or reproach ig not a good Democrat. He, on the other hand, who would holt] that the opinion of either must be fol lowed with craven obedience and solic itude is not a good Democrat. These two men are entitled to their weight as Democrats, and no more. The Democ racy is greater than either of them and shall do what is wisest artd best for the sacred cause that it represents. Mr. Bryan, through the Commoner, has stated his belief that Judge Parker is not an available candidate. He is entitled to respectful consideration. The reasons that he advances are in our opinion not good. As a matter of fact they carry no weight whatever to the thoughtful mind. The assertion that Judge Parker is "Hill's candidate". is futile. Any Democrat of New York state might be labeled either Hill's candidate or Murphy's candidate. The question is not as to who is a man's backer nor by whom it is his fortune or misfortune to be supported; but is be a good man? Mayor McClellan is making a rare and phenomenal suc cess, though Tammany supported him. A Democrat of the highest standing and ideals would not reject the support of any able party leader. Judge Parker owes no more to Hill than another, an^i is not to be prejudiced by any such, superficial alliances. Bess worthy of respect is the asser tion that Judge Parker will have cor porate support So will any other candidate that can be named. This is on a par with the objection that Mr. Hill will support him. If we are to re ject every man, whatever his charac acter and standing, because some one whom we do not like may also wish to vote for him, how shall we get a candi date, or how shall we elect him? No man can be elected on either side as a candidate for the presidency who will not receive important elements of cor porate support. The question is not whether he is favorable or unfavorable to corporations, but is he honest, is he fearless, is he just? Given an affirma tive answer to those questions, we need care nothing about, the alignment of forces behind him. Everything for Democracy, every thing for the nation, depends upon the quality of manhood. In selecting the candidate it is the man that we must look for. We shall fall into the worst of snares, we shall struggle in pitfalls and bind ourselves with whipcords if we are to pick candidates by imaginary relations to their fri^ads and to busi ness interests. What we want is a strong and honest man, a patriotic American, a faithful and fearless Dem ocrat, who will hold above all other earthly considerations his duty to his party, his country, his honor and his God. Away with all lesser considerations and all foolish criticism founded on the accidents of the hour. Is Judge" Parker such a man? We believe him to be; and if he be such, then he is a fit lead er for Democracy. Let us get back to a sound baais of criticism, and away from the attempt to sway party action by personalities and individual caprice, which have wrought us infinite injury in the past. The Star-eyed Goddess of Reform haa so impressed Chicago with the merit of her cause that it is hardly safe for a copper to come out of a saloon wip ing his lips in that town. FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1904. Contemporary Comment Belated Sensitiveness. The presi<l*M is displaying his usual belated sensitiveness after a rash act— this time in connection with his pen sion ruling. He has found out that it is of doubtful legality and of an unpopu larity not at*ul-doubtful; consequently he is about to. rise to explain, so the Washington 'dispatches inform us. Cer tain precedents are to be cited, it ap pears, but the chief defense is that this lesser evil wag. accepted only to avoid a greater. That is to say, the move ment for a rental ae rvice pension act was getting to be formidable. Con gress felt itself too weak to withstand it; the heroic president himself dis trusted his own ability to oppose a de moralizing and ruinous measure. So the plan was devised of squandering $14,000,000 in order to prevent the squandering of $80,000,0000. The idea that it is the duty of the chief execu* tive to prevent all squandering is, of eourae, obsolete. So, apparently, is also the proverb that, if you give cer tain people an inch they will take an ell. Certainly, the sop which the president has thrown to the pension lobbyists will, instead of satisfying them, only whet their appetite for more.—New York Evening Post. A Modest Query. ■\\ hy is congress so anxious to ad journ with a large amount of impor tant legislation unconsidered? Is it be cause congress has become a super fluous body when President Roosevelt substitutes his decree for legislation and thus disposes of millions of public money without consulting the repre sentatives of the people? There seems to be no other adequate reason why congress should be desirous of abdi cating- its functions months in advance of the usual time of adjournment.— Philadelphia Record. Favoring Words From Connecticut. The willingness of many leading- Democrats who are personal friends of Grover Cleveland" to favor Judge Parker's jiomhjatiDn .indicates that most of the-Democrats who are classed as Cleveland men will find in the chief justice a very acceptable leader for 1904. We may now expect to see the Democrats of th,e South commit them selves with <much unanimity to Judge Parker's support.—Hartford Times. As \t Looks in Texas. The World approves the suggestion (Senator Bacon's) and adds: "Should Judge Parker be nominated for the presidency, with Mr. Roosevelt as his in evitable opponent, the whole campaign would be concentrated in a single line —'the judicial spirit against the mili tary spirit.'" And that comes pretty near an indorsement of Parker from a Cleveland quarter.—San Antonio Ex press. Rathbone. Maj. Rathbone is anxious to have his case reheard. However, the people would be far more willing- to accept any statement he might make in self defense than to listen to any more tes timony in connection with the case.— Baltimore American. Standing by the Dough-Bag Method. Gen. Miles has an idea that the party that corners patriotism will win at the polls. Possibly, but the administration seems to be pinning its faith to ap propriations.—Washington Post. And Ohio in Plural Officeholders. In the sweet sisterhood of states, Utah excels in plural marriages, South Dakota in plural divorces, New Jersey in plural corporations and New York in plural politics.—New York Mail and Express. Maybe He Put Water in It. , Mrs. "Buffalo Bill*' Cody says her husband has been "administering poi son to himself for many years." An other jab at Kentucky?— Milwaukee Sentinel. PERSONAL MENTION Merchants—A. C. Jones. Duluth: C A ?»? uiJf'• Tr a«y- C. M. Crandall and wife! Wbrthington; Fred I. Close, Winnipeg; A. C. Johnson, Winona; C. C. King. Scot &»?' A- rL- Snannon, Triumph; H. A. Miller, Welcome; George Fassell Wau kesha; Robert C. Saunders, Pine City; W A. Thompson, La Crosse; H. M. Menus! Eau Claire; G. F. Cardoff, Owatonna; S. J. Dunlop. Mandan. Ryan—William Baum, Milwaukee- W C. Messner Da-nville, 111.; Ben Smith and wife. AsMßrfh; R R. Fitch and wife Duluth; E. D. Buffingto n and wife, Still water; W. W. IjOne, St. Lawrence, S. D : O. H. Collins, Miller. S. D.; C. J. Spahn' Dubuque; H. E. Babeoek. Helena* L C Ewgar, Winnipeg; George H. Suckling! Toronto: J. H. Rich and wife. Red Wing- William Jeanneyjand wife, Helena, Windsor—William A. Jordan, Pcoria; R C. Anderson, Omaha; Jack Pierce Omaha; E. C. Byers, Seattle; H. H Dav idson; N. J. Parker. Duhuque; D. Mo- Kinzie and wife, Dayton; George D. Hil liard, St. Cloud. TODAY'S WEATHER Minnesntn^Snow in east and south fair in northwest portion Friday; much colder in southeast portion. Saturday fair; warmer; brisk to northwest winds Friday. Wisconsin—Rain or snow and colder Friday in southern portion. Saturday fair; brisk to high shifting winds, becom ing northwesterly. lowa—Rain in east; rain or snow in west portion Friday; colder in central and east portion; cold wave at night in east portion. Saturday fair; warmer in west portion. Upper Michigan—Rain or snow Friday. Saturday partly cloudy; rain or snow in the north portion; fresh to brisk north to northwest winds. North Dakota—Fair; warmer Friday and Saturday. South Dakota—Fair Friday; warmer in extreme west portion. Saturday fair warmer; Montana—Fair Friday; warmer in east and south portions: Saturday fair. St. Paul — Yesterday's observations 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 lure. 54; lowest temperature. 41; average temperature, 46; daily range, 13; barom eter, 29.75; humidity. .78; precipitation .02; 7 p. m. temperature, 52; 7 p. m. wind! east; weather, cloudy. Yesterday's Temperatures— *BpmHighi #BpmHigh Alpena 84 4S Jacksonville .. 66 W Battleford 38 40 Los Angeles ..76 sjj Bismarck 24 28 Marquette . 3" •{« Buffalo 48 50 Memphis 62 84 Boston 44 r>(» Medicine Hat..3B 4o Chicago 4f> > 46 Milwaukee 42 44 Cincinnati 60 64 Minnedosa 30 3> Cleveland ....48 50 Montreal 40 4" Denver 40 44 Moorhead 32 3g Dea Moines ..50 54 New Orleans 74 80 Detroit ..48 54 New York ... 60 64 Duluth 28 32lOmaha 36 no Xl Paso .72 74jQu'Appelle 28 30 Edmonton ....42 44|San Francisco 70 7fi Kscanaba 38 4 list. Louis 60 S3 Oalveston 72 74 Salt I^ke 46 46 Grand Rapids.s6 (JO San Antonio ..76 86 Qreen Bay ...H4 4:.' S. ste. Marie..4o 42 Havre 38 46 Washington ..fi"2 fit; Helena n» 42lWinnipcg .... -s 30 Huron 28 40j •Washington time (7 p. m. St. PauH. River Bulk-tin ,- DnWor Gauge Change in i/fiie. Reading. 24 Hours St. Paul {14 K.I «]9 La Cross,. .. in 7.2 —0.5 Davenport .... 16 7.*> . 03 St. Louie 30 21.8 o!? •tttee. —Fall. What the Editors Say Our Republican newspaper friends who have shown much concern about the Democratic party being without an issue for the coming presidential cam paign, need not continue their distress. Unless the public conscience has be come wholly seared and deadened, the wholesale and almost universal plun dering in every branch of the postof flce department, as well as in other di rections, including the land frauds un der the stone and timber law, which it would seem was passed to open wide the door to big land grabbers, should be enough to make imperative a de mand to "turn the rascals out." The Republican party has been rewarded long enough for some good things it did, and it is apparent now that it is no longer a party of and for the peo ple, but a party of and for big corpo rations, high tariff favorites and plun dererg generally under color of law.— New Ulm News. "Dally the temperature of the Re publican gubernatorial campaign is be coming warmer and, from a disinter ested standpoint, quite interesting. Re crimination and abuse are dangerous weapons to handle, gentlemen. Who ever wins must face some queer things this fall and the ammunition used by the enemy will be furnished by your selves. Be warned in time and do not trust to the vast Republican majorities you have sometimes had. With the material you are furnishing majorities will melt away as they have done once before.—Le Sueur Sentinel. As the outcome of the gubernatorial contest becomes apparent it will be interesting to look over the papers of the defeated faction and note how they go at it to square themselves so as to be in a position to support the man whom they are just now "roasting."— Butterfield Advocate. If Billy Bazille is going to be the of ficial Hawkshaw for the Republican city committee this spring he should be furnished with a big tin star mark ed "Detective." That is the way the detectives were uniformed under the last Republican city administration.— St. Paul Herald. The citizens of Appleton, Wls., have had a fierce debate on the subject: "Resolved, That a boy is less expensive than a girl and more useful to his parents." The affirmative won, but just watch the Appleton girls get even. —Fargo Call. The president says with uplifted hand that he will personally investi gate every department of the govern ment, if he shall be elected. Why don't he do it now when he has a chance?— St. Cloud Times. Mike Dowling Is at present inves tigating to ascertain how badly the reciprocity wedge has split the Repub licans In this district. —Lamberton Star. Gov. Van Sant's vice presidential bee must have escaped through a hole in his bonnet, as no one around the state capitol has heard it buzzing lately.— Lake City Republican. Perry Heath is still an issue in the postoffice scandal. There is no statute of limitations on talk, and the talk may be carried into the campaign.— Sioux City Tribune. Nuts for Volstead to Crack. The Hon. A. J. Volstead's speech made in congress and mailed to most every voter in the Seventh district is a political puzzle. He contends that the Minneapolis market is 3 or 4 cents higher, count ing freight, than Chicago, New York or Liverpool, also he states that mil lions of bushels of wheat are shipped out of Minneapolis each season, which is a fact. He does not explain why the people of Minneapolis are so foolish to ship to Liverpool millions of bushels when they could sell it for 3 or 4 cents better price at home. If Mr. Volstead had wished to instruct his constituents as to actual facts he should have stat ed that No. 1 hard wheat commands a little higher price for the reason that it is necessary to mix it with the poor er grades raised in Southern Minne sota in order to produce a higher grade of flour. By the process of mixing a better market is established for the poor grade wheat. Consequently, all No. 1 hard wheat that comes to our mills is a blessing instead of a curse. The Duluth market will demand the Canadian wheat, Duluth being the most direct point to the lake route. Consequently Minneapolis must expect to pay extra freight to get any Cana dian wheat to their mills, .just the same as they must now bid for the No. 1 hard wheat raised in Northern Min nesota and Dakota, as the most direct route for this wheat would be through Duluth. Consequently for the best in terests of his constituents Mr. Volstead should have contended for reciprocity instead of against it, as the farmers in his district cannot raise the No. 1 hard grade any more—the land will not pro duce it. That reciprocity or free trade in lumber, wood pulp and various other necessaries every one admits would be a beneft, and for a man like Vol stead to contend that we need protec tion on wheat, a commodity that we export millions of bushels of, is too silly to admit of argument.—Monte video Commercial (Rep.). Among the (Merrymakers Practical Economy. A man whose impecunious condition is chronic, and who borrows with the airy grace of a beau in an old comedy, re cently approached an acquaintance, all smiles and geniality. "You're just the fellow I wanted to see." he said. 'Could you lend me $5 for a minute?" "I could," said the acquaintance, dryly, "but let me tell you how to save that $5. Wait a minute and you won't need it.'"— The Youth's Companion. Corrected. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kins, "I thought you said you were going to bet on the favorite in that race." "Well, didn't I?" "Certainly not. I heard people talking after the race was over, it seems to me that you picked the most unpopular horse you could find." —Washington Star. The Game. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kins, "I have found out something about horse racing." "WTiat is that?" "The idea of the game is not so much to pick a winner as to be able to explain why most of your selections happened to be beaten."—Washington Star. Not Regretfuf. "Don't you occasionally regret not hav ing given more attention to the classics? ' asked the student. "No." answered Sorghum. "Poetical quotations don't carry much weight nowa days. What people are interested in is market quotations." —Washington Star. Take a Horse to the WatT. Visitor—l b'dom your daughter can make pastry and cakes and all that kind of thing? Father (grimly).—Yps. she can make 'em—but she can't make us eat cm.— Ally Slopers Half-Holiday. Sporty. The beautiful belle of Dol Norte Is reckoned disdainful and horty Because during the day She says, "Boys, keep away"— But she yums in the gloaming; like forty. «—Chicago Journal. At St. Paul Theaters To detach the vocal parts of a mass from those solemn rites which consti tute the mass proper, to sing those parts in English before a gathering representative of many denominations and yet succeed in impressing upon that gathering something of the solemnity inseparable from a mass for the dead, as sung in the Roman Catho lic churches, is a test of artistic vocal merit which the St. Paul Choral club successfully met last night. Verdi's Manzoni Requiem is a choral masterpiece. It is impossible to listen to it and remain unthrilied by its splendid harmonies, its intense spir ituality, its dominant note of a faith triumphant. The large audience which assembled in the People's church last night is in debted to Director Normington, to the chorus, orchestra and soloists for the privilege of hearing the Requiem worthiiy interpreted. The production was a great triumph for Mr. Norming ton, but he was fortunate in having every part of the organization which his baton controlled in complete and subtile sympathy with him. It was this responsiveness that was largely instru mental in creating the religious at mosphere so necessary to the successful presentation of the choral. The mighty choruses and the voices of the soloists stirred the audience as nothing sung by the choral club this winter has stirred it, and it responded with impulsive outbursts of applause. There is only the briefest orchestral prelude to the Requiem before the chorus begins the requiem plea. Thft full strength of the chorus and the or chestra is heard in this, and the music filled every corner of the auditorium last night. There might have been a little doubt- in the minds of the audience last night, at the very beginning- of the chorus, as to the good faith of the or chestra, for its endeavor at first seemed to be to rival rather than support the voices. But under Mr. Normington's persuasive baton the instruments were softened and harmony prevailed. At the conclusion of this requiem plea, the voices of the soloists take up the tender chant, "Kyrie Eleison, Christe Eleison," and the beautiful blending of these voices was a foretaste to the audience of the great pleasure in store for it. For, while the Choral club has present ed many satisfactory soloists to the audiences it has entertained, never be fore, perhaps, has its entire quartette of soloists offered so little opportunity for adverse criticism. Mrs. Jessica De Wolf, the soprano, possesses a voice and a temperament which enable her to sing such music as that of the "Requiem" in a manner that thrills her audience and makes it conscious only of the sweet solemnity of the theme. One forgets that her repose is the repose of the artist, her diction, the diction of the well bred, her enunciation, clean, refined and un affected, for the very spirit of the song seizes upon the listener and makes him deaf to all else. Because of the spirituelle quality of her high, sweet, vibrant soprano, the art which enables her to convey artless effects does not obtrude. In the "Requiem" last night her voice became the note of faith, sweet and high and unfaltering. The line and a half of recitative in the "Libera Me" was delivered with great impressiveness and throughout the song her voice dominated even the great volume of chorus and orchestra. In Miss Jessie Ringen, the contralto. Mrs. De Wolf had an excellent foil. Miss Ringen's voice is deep, richly col ored and full of tender cadences. It has a somber dignity which accorded well with the character of the music sung last night. The contralto sings as an artist should sing. In her one piece of solo work, "Now the Record Shall Be Cited," she revealed fully the un usual quality of her voice and the perfection of her art. Her ~duets with Mrs. D e Wolf, especially the exquisite "Agnes Dei." were beautifully sung. Edward P. Johnson, the tenor, de lighted the audience with his fine lyric tenor, which has sweetness and body and volume. Like the other soloists, he satisfied with his vocal art and with his reverent interpretation of the text. Mr. Shawe's resonant bass imparted a special solemnity to the recitatives he delivered. He read the beautiful text with a fine appreciation of its sig nificance and throughout the mass, or that part of it which he voiced, the audience was made to feel, through his interpretation, its singular beauty. In the dramatic "Dies Irae" his voice was particularly impressive. It seemed to give utterance to all the stormy music imprisoned in the instruments of the orchestra. Director Normington received a large basket of beautiful flowers last night from the St. Paul Choral club as a mark of the latter's appreciation of his excellent "work. The concert was the last of the Choral club's winter series. Francis Wilson, with his company of star players in a magnificent revival of the ever tuneful opera, "Erminie," con tinues to play to large audiences at the Metropolitan opera house. In the pro duction of "Erminie" the famous come dian is assisted by Marguerita Sylva, Jessie Bartlett Davis. William Broder ick, Jennie Weathersby, Clara Belle Jerome, Sgr. Perugini, William C. Weeden and Robert Broderiek. The opera itself is given a most elaborate production. The engagement will close with a performance tonight, tomorrow night and a matinee tomorrow after noon. Henry W. Savage's English Grand Opera company will return to St. Paul for three nights and a matinee, begin ning next Monday evening. Monday night and Wednesday matinee '"Tosca" will be sung. "Faust" being the bill Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The sale of seats will open next Mon day morning for the engagement of William Faversham, in "Lord and Lady Algy," which is to be the attraction at the Metropolitan the latter half of next week. "The Stain of Guilt' is drawing crowded houses at the Grand. Three more performances will be given, in cluding a matinee Saturday. Next week's attraction at the Grand Will be a comedy that ought to please all. "David Harum." This is the first visit of this famous play at popular prices. There will be a ladies' matinee Riven nt the Star today. This feature of the weekly offerings of the house is grow ing in favor and the attendance has in creased steadily. The wrestling match is an attraction at the evening per formances. Reaffirm Steel Prices. NEW YORK, April 7.—Meetings of the structural steel and steel plate pools were held in this city today and present prices were reaffirmed. Leaves Thousands for Charity. Special to The Globe. WINONA, Minn., April 7.—By the will of the late James L. Norton, which has hren filed for probate. $5,000 was left to the Margaret Simpson homo, the income of which is to be used in charitable work BJBNMsj the ponr of Winona. $5,000 for the superannuated preachers of the Methodist conference In which Wlnona. b situated, $5,000 for tho Missionary BOtiety and $1 00*> for the Freedmen'a Aid Society of 'the Methodist Church. These provisions air in addition to his subscription of $30 000 to tho Unmline university. His wife Ls made sole residuary legatee and the ex ecutrix of his wilt. MOST OF DELEGATES ARE ANTI-HEARST But Kansas Democrats Indorse Him in Their Platform. WICHITA, Kan. ; April 7.—The Dem ocratic state convention today elected twenty uninstructed delegates to the national convention as follows: At I^argre—W. A. Harris, H. T. Farrelly, David Overmyer. J. G. Johnson. S I. Hale and J. N. Haymaker. By districts, from First to Seventh Inclusive: James W. Orr. Frank Fitzwilliams, T. W. Mor gan, W. P. DUlard. A. M. Jackson, J. S. Kraybill. A. S. Keniper, J. M. McGown, W. H. Pepperill. T. L. Boyd. S. C. Smith, A. A. Roth, O. P, Scarce, C. W. Oswald. The delegation, according to personal preferences, will stand six for Hearst and fourteen against him, it ie said. The platform, which was unanimous ly adopted, indorsed the Kansas City platform of 1900 and the Chicago plat form of 1596, expressed confidence in William J. Bryan and declared for the nomination of men for president and vice president who supported the tickets of 1896 and 1900, and who were in sympathy with the platform on which they ran. criticised the Republic ans of the state for "turning down the old machine and creating another more dictatorial than the old," and charged them with building a railroad machine and with turning the state capitol into a roundhouse. It indorsed William R. Hearst and his victory over the coal trust as an example for Democrats to follow, but did not refer to him as a candidate for president. Hearst men took it as an indorsement of their can didate. The Hearst plank follows: In Mr. Hearst, of New York, we recoe- ZHn° ne the foreT"ost Democrats of the nation. He uses his great opportunities and power in all cases in behalf of the common people without counting the cost o himself His single-handed legal con iM I).^ *2 al trust' *ust successfully concluded in the supreme court, is the most signal triumph of Democratic prin ciples since the trusts seized the busi ness of the country. We indorse the he ft. doing in the iitSlst of hil d. hl* co.un £r and commend where c Democrats every- John H. At wood, of Leaven worth, Avas elected national committeeman. ST. PAUL'S POPULATION IS PLACED AT 172,038 Continued From First Page> An official statement accompanying the bulletin says: tJt c u UTea-U °f the census °as decided to make annual estimates of population based upon what is known as the arith" metical method. This rests upon the as sumption that the annual increase Tor each year since the last census will be one-tenth of the decennial increase be! tween the last two censuses. The coun try as a whole, and most of the states and cities are growing with a steadily de- S ng P«r ce"t of increase. As this condition has obtained in the United mSft £% c !ast twenty years- jt is likelj to hold good i n the immediate fu ture. Lnder such conditions the arith metical method has been proved more accurate than any alternative method intimates by this method based on the census population of 1880 and IS9O were made for the seventy-eight cities each of which had over 50,000 inhabitants in 1900, and the results compared with the census count. The estimates gave these cjties a total annual increase between 1890 and 1900 of 407,028. The count showed an actual average increase of 414. --793, or closer than estimates based on vote cast or number of names in a direc tory or a local census of school children. After correspondence with all the cities reported, very careful computations have been made of changes in municipal areas, and yet in many cases the population of cities may not be estimated to be as large as local conditions really warrant. These estimates have the advantage of being prepared in a conservative and un biased way. Referring to the inclusion of suburbs in cities, the bulletin says that of the 43S cities with 10,000 or more popu lation, 162 annexed territory between June 1, 1890, and June 1, 1903. There are no cities credited with 25.000 pop ulation in Mississippi. Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont and North Carolina. The following are the esti mates of the population in 1903 of all cities given 25,000 and upward in the following states: Arkansas—Little Rock. 42,036 California—Los Angeles, 116.420; Oak land, 70.386: Sacramento, 30.152* San Francisco, 355.919. Colorado—Denver, 144,588; Pueblo, 29, --237. Illinois—Aurora, 25.485; Chicago. 1.873 - 880; East St. Louis. 34.007; Joliet. 30.769; Peoria, 62.094; Quincy, 37,680; Rockford. 33.361; Springfield, 36,211. Indiana— EvansviHe. 61.482: Fort Wayne. 48.031; Indianapolis, 191.038; South Bend, 40.327; Terre Haute. 35.611. lowa—Cedar Rapids. 27.948: Council Bluffs, 29,171; Davenport, 37.768; Dcs Moines, 65,754; Dubuque. 35.094; Sioux City, 31.701. Kansas—Kansas City, 55.345; Topeka, 35.388. Kentucky—Covington. 44.759: Lexington. 27.809; Louisville, 215,402; Newport, 29, --o 10. Louisiana—New Orleans. 300.625. Michigan—Bay City. 27.565; Detroit, 009.653; Grand Rapids, 91.630: Jackson. 2f..4;>4; Kalamazoo, 26.252; Saginaw, 41, --151. St. Paul Has 172.038. Minnesota—Duluth. 57,397; Minneapolis 214.112; St. Paul. 172.038. Missouri— Jopiin, 30.847; Kansas City 173,064; St. Joseph, 110.479; St. Loufs 012.279. Montana—Butte. "6,127. Nebraska—Lincoln. 44.243; Omaha, 113 - 361; South Omaha, 31.353. Ohio—Akron. 47.833; Canton. 32,011; Cincinnati. 332.9.11; Cleveland. 414.950- Co lumbus, 156.457; Dayton. 92.56 C; Hamilton 25.819; Lima. 25.445; Springfield, 40.161; Toledo, 145,901; Voungstown, 48.356. Oregon—Portland. 98.655. Pennsylvania—Allegheny. 138.01S; Allen town. 35.57 X; Altoona. 41,565; Chester. 35 - 995; East on. 2€,775; Erie. 56.364; Harrls burg, 52,951; Johnstown. 39.059: Lancas ter. 44.294: McKeesport, M 5.274; Newcastle. 32.593; Philadelphia, 1.367.716; Plttsburg, 345.043: Reading. 85,051; Scranton, 107,026; Wilkesbarre 55,921; Williamsport. 29 248- York, 36.438. Tennessee— Chattanooga, "0.469; Knox villo. 34.344; Memphis, 113.669; NaShville. 52.711. Texas—Dallas, 44.195; Fort Worth. 27. --192; Cialveston, 32.742; Houston. 50,760: San Antonio, 58.016. rtah—Salt Lake City. 57.138. Washington—Seattle, 92,020; Spokane. 41.927; Tacoma, 45.10*. West Virginia—Wheeling. 40.186. Wisconsin—La Crosse, 30.058; Milwau kee. 312.736; Oshkosh. 29,919; Racine, 31, --529; Superior, 36.824. Republicans Kill Each Other. HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. April 7.—John McParland. chief of police of North Fork, and J. A. Ballard, a lumber merchant and capitalist, are dead as a result of a pistol duel which followed the Repub lican district convention at North Fork. The contest between William O. Dawson and Col. Charles F. Tetor for the guber natorial nomination caused the duel. Mc- Farland was an ardent supporter of Daw son and Ballard of Teter. The lie was passed and the shooting followed. Will Not Try to See Pius X. PARIS. April 7—ln ortu-iai denial of its statement that Wot - oij?n Minister Delnamo is •eektng, throuKh •in Influential Catholic deputy, an audience of the pope when he accompanies dent Lmtbet to Rome, the Figaro reaffirms that this was the minister's original in tention, and adds that he has yielded to tlv objections to his purpose made by Premier Combes.