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2 The St Paul Globe THE GLOBE CO., PUBLISHERS Entered at Postoffice at St. Paul. Minn.. A3 Second-Class Matter. TELEPHONE CALLS Northwestern—Business. 1065 Main. Editorial. 78 Main. Twin City—Business. 1065; Editorial. 78. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS By Carrier—Monthly Rate Only Daily only 40 cents per montn Daily and Sunday 50 cents per montft Sunday 20 cents per month COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS 1 By Mail. *" 1 1 mo. 16 mos. |12 moa. Daily only .25 *1.60 $3.00 .Daily and Sunday .. .36 2.00 4.00 tunday 20 1.10 200 EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE W. J. MORTON. _ , >. 150 Nassau St., New York City. 87 Washington 3t.. Chicago. THE ST.PAUL DAILY GLOBE'S circulation Is now the larg est morning circulation in St. Pau". MORE copies of the St. Paul Globe than of any other morning newspaper in St. Paul or Minneapolis are delivered by carriers to regular paid subscrib ers at their homes. THE St. Paul Sunday Globe Is now acknowledged to be the best Sunday Paper In the North west and has the largest circu lation. ADVERTISERS get 100 per *» cent more In results for the money they spend on advertising in The Globe than from any other ' paper. THE Globe circulation Is ex c'uslve, because It Is the only Democratic Newspaper of gen eral circulation in the Northwest. A DVERTISERS In The Globe reach this great and dally increasing constituency, and It cannot be reached in any other way. RESULTS COUNT— THE GLOBE GIVES THEM. SATURDAY, OCT. 8, 1904 A RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP A neglected duty of this country is the enforcement upon Russia of the right of an American citizen's passport to be respected, regardless of the na tionality or the creed of him who holds it. This is not a question of religion, but of citizenship. We must shake off prepossessions, we must be all around Americans and maintain the dignity of American citizenship on an equal footing in every corner of the globe. It is not for us to dictate policies to foreign governments in their relation to citizens or subjects of their own. Unhappy though they be, these people may riot escape injustice unless they overthrow intolerant domination or seek the happier realms where free dom reigns. But the arm of the United States government should be so long and so strong that every citizen in this country may be secure and unchal lenged in the exercise of his rights wherever he chooses to go. That these rights should be denied to some on no other pretext than that of race and re ligion is infamous to those who draw this line, and disgraceful to us who submit to it. The position of the Russian govern ment, that the laws of that country exclude from Russian territory all peo ple of the Jewish faith, cannot with out shame be forced upon the American people. An administration which vaunts its Americanism, an administration which does not hesitate to shake its fist in the face of some weak power at the beck of commercial interests and declare that it must pay its debts made no attempt, though repeatedly request ed, until the campaign was on, to es tablish the right of a great section of our population whose industry, whose intelligence, whose thrift and whose thoroughgoing Americanism entitles them to every right of the citi zen under the law. Our administration is boastful and loud and wordy with the weak, but it halted in securing for the citizen of Jewish faith the common rights that belong to all. Acquiescent in this policy of Rus sia has been a virtual setting aside of the constitution of the United States. Our fundamental law allows no dis tinction to be dra,wn between citizens on account of religious faith. Our diplomatic custom has established such a line. The American citizen not of Jewish faith may enter Russia with his passport freely. The American citi zen of Jewish faith has been barred out. The government that acquiesces in such a regulation becomes party to it. If this can be done, then France could bar out the Roman Catholics and England might prohibit the entrance of persons of Irish birth, and every nation of the world set up its own petty prejudice as a law of adamant for us. It is to our shame that we have al lowed this discrimination to be made. There is but one position In the United States today—one rule, one law, one faith. This position Is that American citizenship is the one sufficient title to privilege., and that the price of diplo matic relations with others powers shall be that free recognition of this principle which we grant to them in turn. The feeble and faltering- policy of this swashbuckler administration- with relation to the rights of people of the Jewish faith is the proof of its in herent weakness and faintness of heart. The Turkish atrocity fiend is allow ing his jealousy of-the Chifu liar to get the better of his judgment. THE WHOLE TICKET As yet interest and gossip have cen tered chiefly about the first place on the state ticket. The campaign for governor is apt to obscure others, but only because the winning governor is practically certain to carry the other candidates with him. If the head of the ticket goes through for reasons which are not merely personal but gen eral, those associated with him can also read their title clear. In telling, therefore, of the splendid campaign made by Mr. Johnson and summing up the reports that indicate his practically assured election, we tell the fate and fortune of the entire Dem- I ocratic ticket as well. No invidious distinctions are drawn, and the good fortune of one is the good fortune of all. It is the fact that Mr. Johnson is making his winning campaign not merely upon the strength of his own personality and his own position, but by the aid of his associates on the ticket. These are men of strength and standing, of worth and character. They are men who are known throughout the entire community and possess its confi dence. They are men who are out working day and night for the fortunes of the whole ticket. From Mr. Win ston, candidate for lieutenant governor, whose strong personality and whose influence with the voters everywhere are a factor in the campaign that can not be too highly estimated, down to the last candidate on the list all are doing their part and doing it well. It is only just to say, and it is one of the most cheering features of the sit uation, that the favor and approval that have met ?he head of the ticket are extended to every man upon it. It is not merely that the voters of this state are dissatisfied with R. C. Dunn, and that they object to the man and the methods which he represents, but that they are equally weary of both Republican factions, of both machines, of the scandals in office and out of it, of the whole Republican regime in this state. They have decided to make a change, and they have decided wisely. To this happy result the Democratic ticket contributes from top to bottom. The state convention displayed ex ceeding wisdom in all its choices. It named fit and competent men for every place, and every one of them is adding strength daily to the cause of triumph ant Democracy. It is the whole Demo cratic ticket that is making such in roads and gaining such strength from end to end of Minnesota today. It is the whole ticket that asks for and de serves support, and it is the whole ticket that is going to be elected. If Congressman Buckman should be compelled to pay the state thirty odd thousand dollars for his timber tres passes would that help him to get along without the congressional salary he isn't going to get? CARRYING ON THE WAR The Wisconsin stalwarts are not dis mayed or overcome by the action of the supreme court asserting the right of the La Follette faction to have its candidates appear on the official ballot as those of the Republican party. The pledge that they gave to abide by the decision of the court had a string to it. Their candidate for governor has fully and honorably fulfilled his obligation to "withdraw, but Mr. Scofleld immedi ately takes his place. It is a fixed fact that the members of the stalwart fac tion do not intend to support La Fol lette, do not intend to be read out of the party, do not intend to give up their contest for future control within the party. They are going to stand pat at home as well as at Washington. . It is probable that before election day these old line Republicans will see the folly of , the ; policy they are now pursuing and jcaat. their votes, as they should do, for' the Democratic: candi dates. If they are out to beat La Fol lette, as.they are, that is the way to do it. It will not help them an iota, on the contrary it will tend to impair their fu ture influence and defeat their future endeavors to manage the Republican party if they. appear as a bolting fac tion. . Every such - man is marked, and is at a disadvantage in primaries and conventions - ever thereafter. Without declaring himself he can go to the polls i and vote as he sees - fit, can help. to cleanse his party of i what he considers unsafe or unworthy ' elements and leave it in far better shape for\reorganiza- ■ tion than : by. carrying on -a \ hopeless .. contest "within the ranks; This is prac- Ucal politics as applied to "the situation in .Wisconsin., -^ i. ; : --r, l It is not the gospel that suits the wants of ihe strict party man, and It is not a . course.-. of •: procedure applicable until affairs have .reached, the crisis that ' has been reached in Wisconsin. As the^facttons.there have declared ir reconcilable" upon one another, and as the business in life of the stalwarts is to put* an end to La Follette and his management. there is : only^onev course for them; to ; do, which is * what we have pointed out. . "Can ; Judge ;,-Paiker.^G\vini on his ba^U." inquires^he^Kaiisas^City, Jour- .'nal/^i'. "affordis" us'tiiiicir. gralincatioii THE. ST. PAUL GLOBE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1904 to be able to assure our esteemed con temporary on this point. He kin. A CLIMAX OF SILLINESS Whoever is responsible for trying to import into the present campaign in this state the issue of a possible con nection between 4his election and the seat of Nelson in the United States senate deserves a gold medal for first class idiocy. It is, indeed, a mark of the desperate state in which Repub lican affairs have been reduced in Min nesota when campaigners and news> papers bring themselves to discuss se riously such a ludicrous opinion. Its purpose, of course, is to appeal to the friends of Senator Nelson and to get them to vote against Democratic nominees this year; but even in that | respect it has a double edge. It pro ceeds upon the assumption that John Lind is his rival. Now it might be quite an open question whether John Lind or Knute Nelson could poll the larger vote in Minnesota, and Repub licans may be more unwise than they think in suggesting such a possibility to the people. Be that as it may, how ever, the connection of this projected possibility with the campaign in prog ress does not exist. ' It has been shown already that in a number of legislative districts, consti tuting a majority of the entire number in the state, the Republican candidates are unopposed. If, therefore, it could be supposed that the Democratic.party would get every vote in Minnesota, ex cept one vote in each of these districts, it would still be in a small minority. The Republican party might stay away from the polls, with the exception of a few score of voters properly distributed, and still be in absolute control of the next legislature. This being true, there can be no question of the political com plexion of Senator Clapp's successor, and no more bearing in the events of the next month upon the choice of a successor to Senator Nelson than upon the presidential election in 1908 or any other year for a generation to come. If there is any injury to Senator Nel son in this campaign it must come from one of two sources; first, his very in discreet certificate of character issued to R. C. Dunn; and, second, the equally indiscreet suggestion by his friends to the voters in this state that John Lind would make a more satisfactory repre sentative in the United States senate. The supporters of Dunn have done a good many crazy things since this cam paign began, and have helped- immeas urably the Democratic cause. Hardly any of their performances has been crazier or more against their own in terest than the raising of the question here referred to, absolutely without possible present force or application as It now is. Now that Bristow, who made the postoffice report, wants to be postmas ter general, he is likely to be made to feel the conseqiiences of what his party regards as "pernicious activity." THE SUPREME COURT AND THE BALLOT Justice Calvin L. Brown will go on the state ballot as Republican-Demo crat and the supreme court has estab lish a rule of law which puts out of commission an unwise and vicious statute the object of which was to check the expression of the popular will. No other than the decision ar rived at could be contemplated by any person not wholly under the domina tion of partisan influence. The order of the supreme court will go far to bring about the removal of the judiciary from the domain of par tisan politics. L Tnder the statute as interpreted by the Republican secre tary of state and by the advice of the attorney general, a bar was interposed to the establishment of a precedent the object of which w*s to permit the nomination of supreme court judges by both parties. The Democrats desired to show effectually that they were sin cere in their desire to obliterate party lines by the nomination of an able and honest Republican for a place on the supreme bench. The Republicans had already placed him in nomination and Justice Brown had indicated his ac ceptance of the second nomination by the Democrats. The condition had arisen which put it squarely up to the state officials to £ay whether they would favor or oppose the movement for a non-partisan judiciary and they elected to stand by the reading of the j statute. It m§y be that they asted ac cording to their lights, but if their party had not been opposed to the idea of a non-partisan bench it is probable \ that the resort to the court would not ; have been necessary. The Democracy of Minnesota is go ing to elect state officers this year, but I if the organization had -done nothing more than has been done to elevate the bench and remove the judicial nor- ! inations from the sphere of partisan politics it would have served the state well and laid the foundation for future I success as the party of high principles. The Chicago Tribune beseeches Gov. La Follette not to lose his head. If is not his head but his job that the gov ernor fears he will lose. Mr. Debs says he thinks he will have a million votes. What he really thinks is not, however, of very great im portance. And Anton Miesen is more than willing that Justus be done. Contemporary Comment I The Farmer at the Polls Our Republican friends are counting with much assurance on the support of the farmers, their theory being that, as the farmers are prosperous, they will not vote to change existing conditions. Probably they are right about the farmers. Bpt what about the farm la borers? Jiere is a class of the popula tion of which little account has been made. There are in Indiana, «in round numbers. 60,000 farm laborers, exclu sive of theJ workers on farms belonging to farmers' families. These men work for wages^Jupt as the laborers in cities do. The high price of products doe? not directly benefit them, except as it enables their employers to pay them higher wages, just as the high price of manufactured products enables the manufacturer to pay high wages. Yet there have been many reductions in wages of city laborers. Is this so of farm laborers? Have their wages been reduced? Or, if not. have they main tained a fair proportion to the increase in prices?—lndianapolis News. Vandalism Rebuked » The directors of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce deserve much credit for the manner in which they treated a party of vandal tourists who defaced one of the beautiful rocks in the Garden of the Gods by painting their names on it. As soon as the mat ter came to the notice of the chamber the attention of the district attorney was called to it. and he promptly wrote to the tourists telling them that if they did not return at once and obliterate their names suits would be instituted against them. The tourists returned from Nebraska, where they had gone, and succeeded in removing the deface ment from the rock with acid, after much trouble. Colorado has set an ex ample by this act which should be copied all the world over. There is ■hardly a famous place in this country or in Europe which is not defaced by the name/3 pf people who have not brains enough to put them before the public expept with a jack-knife or paint.—Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Love Will Find a Way This thing of waiting to be married until the man is able to maintain a wife in idleness is contrary to social philosophy and subversive of real hap piness. There is no good reason why a young army officer's wife shouldn't do the cooking and housecleaning. nor why the young married officer shouldn't fetch in the wood and carry out the slops—why both should not practice a little economy and self-denial and raise a family like other honest, God fearing and country-loving folk. Army life is artificial enough and frivolous enough now, as, indeed, is civic social life, and the Corbin idea will drive it farther afield in downright wickedness. Philosophy aside, the fact remains that when young people want to marry love will find a way. It has laughed at locksmiths since the world began, and it will not.be the least bit appalled by foolish army regulations.—Houston (Tex.) Post. Bread Cast Upon the Waters • As the founder of a charity pure and undefiled by red tape, it seems proper that Mr. Fleischmann, New York's well known baker, should have an enduring monument of some sort. Though if it had been given him to decide on such a matter, it is probable he would have asked that it be a "bread line," similar to that which his patrons composed, to extend from other bakeries in that city of great needs where he lived. While the "bread line" was for its founder an uncommonly fetching ad vertisement, without doubt, it is well known that this phase of it developed incidentally. It was never the starting point of the procession that has become a part of New York's history. Rather it was a well denned case of the return of bread cast upon the waters, only its return was not delayed many days.— Boston Transcript. Hill's Probable Influence With Herrick Would Judge Herrick as governor be free from Mr. Hill's influence —free enough to be his own man? He says so. That A\as the gist of his few remark* at Albany last night. He is evidently sensitive on the subject. But it is in conceivable that any Democrat in that office would hold aloof from the coun sels of a man of Mr. Hill's experience and resources, and the bare fact that they have for long been such bitter en emies suggests that in the full tide of reconciliation they might become chummier than men who had never had a difference. Judge Herrick is the ticket. It will win or lose according to the influence of his name and record. Mr. Harrison is a sort of "Willie boy" in politics, arfa the other candidates are simply compliments to their respective localities.l—Washington Star. - Silence of the Campaign Are the people so prosperous, busy and contented, so much in love with existing conditions, that they have neither time nor inclination to make any noise? Has the Democratic trend of the vote of cities, of which Mr. Bab cock took note in 1892, turned the oth er way? Is it really a surfeit of bliss that accounts for the dullness of the campaign?— Washington Post. TODAY'S WEATHER »■» —-.. ■'•- -. ; ~"^"-~ : —"<3 3 WASHINGTON". D. C., Oct. 7.—Fore- ; cast: j • ■■'■■■'■ ■ --.-., r.,. -"".•... .. . i Minnesofa—Rain and colder Saturday; Sunday'fair.-'fresh northwest winds. -: Upper; Michigan—Rain Saturday,- with rising temperature: Sunday fair and cold er;: fresh southeast winds becoming north-' west. =•■: ;■'-■ ■• ■■ ' '-.•- ■':■■.-,: ■.■.;• ■ -. '■" i/jMontana—Rain Saturday;. Sunday fair, warmer. . ':--', f~, Wisconsin—Rain Saturday, ~ colder in west portion;. Sunday fair, . colder 'in east portion; v fresh to brisk southeast winds, .becoming northwesterly. ~ South Dakota— and colder Satur day; Sunday fair. *' " " •■ • North Dakota—Fair Saturday and Sun day. - ~- ■'.;. J '*-;■ ■'•;;.'-.'i>'-.->ii.WßsraßSSi :"lowa--Showers in east and central por tions; and colder in west portion Sat urday; ■ Sunday ' fair, colder: in east . por tion-.:?- -:■. •";■' •'■■ -: .;-, ■- .-•■ - '~: St.- 1 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 • a*nd i elevation. *■■ Barometer, ■ 29.96; relative "humidity, 88;' • weather, cloudy; 1 highest- temperature,. 47; .lowest tempera ture, 39; daily range. 8; javerage:tempera ture, 43; 7 p m. temperature,' 47; wind at p. southeast; precipitation, 1.23. " Yesterday's r temperatures—.. ;. ■ i\>w:->t •BpmHigh' ; •SpmHigh : AlDena ...'.*.^~i4S 50{Marquette ...... 44 46 : Bismarck -Hires'; Memphis ...V. .68 72 Buffalo • ...50 , 56! Medicine -Hat.4o 40 Boston .: .44 48jMilwaukee ... 54 54 Cheyenne ... .64 r 72jMinnedosa .....40: 46 ' Chicago " *..''.. -56 ' 60|Moorhead * I :..: 48 •: 50 Cincinnati ; ...62 :,66 N e w 0r1ean5...76 84' Denver;- .:. .70* 78!New ■ York iVT . .52 * 54 Dcs Mcines... .64 64|Omaha . .v.. 68 70 Detroit . . ... 48 54 Philadelphia ..46 52 El Pasb"J>f..i7o 82!Pittsburg :.. ...52; 52 Edmonton .'. .38 42jQu'Appelle ....42 48 Escanaba r. .46 48 ( San Francisco.6o 64 Galvestonr-.r.VsO 82' St Louis 62 66 ; Grand Rapkis.so Salt' Lake : ..;. 68; 70 " Green '• Bay ;'. 42 - 48! San Antonio .80 88 i Jacksonville .68- 78' S. Ste. - : Marie..42 ;.- 44 : • Los ■ Angeles..66 68| Winnipeg ... 44 V. 48 I ""•Washington time (7 p. m. , St. Paul). '; • -.- " r y,-~t --t'^'-^- —-— '■■- .<■ -.'-', ■'. " -- -t ■ ■'■::■'-:'.-\ River Bulletin—B a. m. ; ■-!;;-.: .";. - - Danger - Gauge Change Stations ; v '"■■ Line. v : Reading. 24 Hours - st./Pauir-;vT:-;;:.i4;;/ 3.4 -:-^-0.0. -LaiCros S e:V^::r.;lok ; . .4.0 ; : -0.0 Davenport ..}° *-g 0.1 St. Louis 3* 8-8 — V-l The** Mississippi river -at St. -Paul:- will remain nearly stationary. At St. Paul Theaters "The Royal Chef will close its en-. gagement at the Metropolitan with a matinee; today and a performance to night. 'The plot is sufficiently strong to last throughout the performance. It tells of the trials and tribulations 'f a Chicago alderman cast away on a foreign shore and compelled to do serv ice in a king's kitchen, and his efforts to win favor with the monarch and procure his release by relating jokes and singing catchy songs. A new comedy-drama, "Bird Center," will be on e of the novelties of the dra matic season here. It is based upon the series of cartoons by John T. Mc- Cutcheon, and will receive its first presentation here next Sunday night at the Metropolitan, where it will remain for the first half of the week, including a Wednesday matinee. Bird Center is the name of a small Illinois town, and the forty-odd characters in the play are all humorous types of people that are found in rural localities. William A. Brady's production of "The Pit." a dramatization of Frank Norris' famous novel of Chicago, will be seen at the Metropolitan next Thursday, with Wilton I^ackaye at the head of a large company. "The Pit" portrays the maelstrom of speculation on the Chicago Board of Trade, cul minating in an attempt to "corner" the cereal. Two performances today, at 2:30 and 8:15, will conclude the engagement of James H. Wallick's Western play, "Queen of the Highway," at the Grand. In the selection of the chorus with which Messrs. Broaolhurst & Currie have surrounded Nat M. Wills, who comes to the Grand for a week in "A Son of Rest," commencing with a mat inee tomorrow at 2:30, these purveyors have, it is said, chosen only attractive, sprightly and young girls with singing voices. One of the big features of the entertainment is. the music and picture song serenade, entitled 'Pansy, Do You Love Me?" The New Majesties have had a rec ord week at the Star, filling the house at each performance. The company closes its engagement with two per formances today. What the Editors Say "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad." Every day displays tne insanity of the Dunn supporters. Tuesday's Pioneer Press charges that Judge Torrance's opposition to Dunn is due to the fact that a son-in-law of Judge Torrance is a stockholder of the Minneapolis Beet Sugar company, which failed to receive the sugar boun ty because of Auditor Dunn's refusal to issue drafts therefor. , For shame! This will cost Dunn enough more votes to defeat him. This insult to a man of Judge Torrance's well known integrity and high charac ter will be resented, not only by G. A. R. members but by Minneapolis citi zens generally. As for the veterans, we have yet to hear one say he would vote for Dunn, we have heard hundreds say they would not. This insult to Past Oommander-ln- Chief Torrance will solidify the old guard.—St. Cloud Times. Death, even, sometimes furnishes op portunities for the wag to display his proclivities. Not long ago a subscriber to the News died in a Southern state. Not long after his demise there was received at this office a postmaster's notification card which said that our "paper addressed to Mr. Blank is not taken out but remains dead in this of. ftce. Reason left city and gone, we don't know where." He has probably gone, however, to a better place than will the man who takes the paper out of the postofflce for three or four years and then, when asked to pay for it, puts it back in the office marked "re fused." The world would be better off if a lot of this latter kind of fellows were dead.—Fairmont News. s. The fact that John A. Johnson, Dem ocratic candidate for governor, is to speak in Hanisch opera house in this city on the evening of Friday, Oct. 7, shpuld be hailed with delight by every person who is interested in the polit ical issues of the day, and desires to hear them discussed by a popular can didate for office —even though he be the candidate of the Democrats. Make it a point to turn out and hear Mr. Johnson, it will certainly do you no harm. .-• iv may do you a world of good.—Graphic- Sentinel. The Journal-Press is a great admirer of Senator Knute Nelson, and it has read his certificate of character of R. C. Dunn with unusual interest. After reading it, no one can doubt the cour age of the senior senator. He goes to heroic lengths and makes a complete job of it—excepting only the giving of valuable mineral leases to Dunn's clerks —and makes of profanity and pu gilistic qualities rare and commend able virtues. —St. Cloud Journal-Press. Congressman McCleary, of the Sec ond district, Minnesota's apostle of pro tection, is quoted as saying in Wash ington that he intends to start a morn ing daily in Mankato, devoted to pro tection. This will, if true, be his finish. —St. Cloud Times. Old G. A. R. men, who outside of a few minor county offices have voted a straight - Republican ticket . all their lives,, are daily assuring the Demo cratic candidate* for governor that he will receive their votes this —Wi- nona"lndependent. "* ff—- —"'". " '.'■ '."'".:'"' . '■ !,-g. Among the Merrymakers I Q— ——T~ '. " , ' —~ ~r— Q Obliging Lad He had been calling four years. 7' V . At last it seemed as;if the inevitable moment . had • arrived. ' • "■ .. t As-he .stood"- in the : vestibule, pale and nervous, he was. confronted; by . her little brother. The lad had an icepick. "What is that for?" gasped the young man. . - - -. .: "For you." responded ; the boy. ; "Sister said at supper •'. she thought -- you would break ;the: ice ; tonight, and I didn't want you ito cut your fingers." -. J i '■' ■" X , From . somewhere: in ; the distance a cuckoo clock called the fatal hour, and all was still.—Baltimore Herald. A Master of Geography ;".; ,: Former Representative ■ Heatwole, ;of Minnesota, was asked by a : friend about a mutual acquaintance who lives in > the congressman's' district. , ' . : : "■- <• .' "Is he rich?" was one query. r . ... 'v' : - "Well, ;' that I depends on geography,' said; Mr. ~ Heatwole. - "Out iat t- home hwe consider him h very - rich. ' He >- is - worth about a • million i dollars. t . If he : lived - in . New Jersey I suppose he would be thought fairly : well ■to i do, while iif•> he t lived .in ■ New York : folks * would: be dropping dol lars in his hat."—Collier's Weekly. ;' ' Knighthood StHI In Flower \ :,jlc—Have you ever seen "Arms and tlie I •- " No Is itabout a man with arms? I" ' .i:ld like that; kind——dear me, i\ • I saying? < w ■•- :- '^--.; - . ■■" .; intrepid ! almost: to the point of r*c' ''l- ''.iiHSS';he;took'a.seat?.beslde her on ! the venport ; and s dispensed with ; tire- • some : pi eliminaries.— Record-Her i aid. •""■-. -■ I ;■-. ■/■■ ■'/. '-':'/.':^i • .f;; •": _V Cracked --.'"Rather; eccentric sort of a person, isn't. he?" -' -■■ ■ -"z~ ""■'.■;- "*"■'■ ■■;'"'i^'-' :.'J-:': ■■ ■~i. -^ '•">*'■■:■■. "■ '•yes. He? likes to play bridge, .even' when no money up.;on it. "—Chi- Record-Herald. : .-".•* j_- LAMBASTS LEOPOLD English Peace Delegate At- tacks Kfng of Belgium BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 7.^-King Leopold of Belgium was assailed for his policy as sovereign of the Congo Free State, at a public meeting held this afternoon in connection with the sessions of the International Peace congress. The attack was made by E. T. Morel, of England, who represented the Congo Reform association. Mr. Morel charged that the king was per sonally responsible in a large measure for cruelties practiced on the natives of the Congo Free State in the terrific endeavors of monopolistic commercial organizations to obtain from the coun try all the ivory and rubber possible. The king was defended by George Herbert Head, of Cambridge. England, who submitted that King Leopold had done all possible to stop the cruelties practiced. The government policy in the Congo also was bitterly denounc ed by Rev. W. M. Morrison, for seven years a missionary in the Congo land. The congress today accepted a re port of the committee on propaganda, recommending that the congress in 1905 be held at Lucerne, Switzerland. One of the first things -which the con gress did today was to adopt resolu tions recommending to all nations to enter into a treaty insuring in case of dispute between countries, that the dif ference would be submitted for set tlement to a union of all the powers. A second public meeting this after noon was held in the old South Meet ing house to consider the progress of the peace movement in Europe, with addresses by prominent foreign dele gates. A dinner was given tonight at which the foreign delegates were the guests. Speeches were made by Bishop Percival of England, the Baroness yon Suttner, Booker T. Washington and others. In his address Mr. Morel said: The errand which has brought me to the United States is a very simple one. It is to appeal to you in behalf of the op pressed and persecuted people of the Con go for W&ose present unhappy condition you and we have a great moral responsi bility. It is my privilege to ask you who are met here in the cause of peace wheth er you will not lend a hand in staying the cruel and destructive wars—if (lie murder of helpless men and women can be dignified by such name—which for ten long years have been decimating the Con go peoples. A vast system of forced pro duction in India rubber and foodstuffs lias been instituted 'which allow- the native no time .to cultivate his plantations, to maintain himself or to have any leisure for his own affairs. A native army has been raised, armed and quartered upon the population. Where these demands have met with resistance, slaughter, wholesome and pitiless, lias been and is exercised to enforce compliance, while the people, ut terly crushed and broken, have not option, what is left of them, but to obey and slowly perish. The population is rapidly disappearing under the strain. DORMANT LAW IS USED AGAINST STRIKERS Under It Injunctions Are Not Neces sary, It Is Contended CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—The Chicago Em ployers' association today, through At torney Taylor, brought into operation a law that has lain dormant for years, by which, it is believed, picketing, vio lence and the crippling of industries by strikes can be prevented. It is "an act to prohibit any person from obstruct ing the regular o]..;atJ(/ii mikl conduct of the business of any railroad com pany or other corporation, firm or indi vidual." Under this measure. Attorney Taylor contends, employers may pro ceed against pickets without injunc tions and have the guilty persons held to the grand jury by examining magis trates. The law, which was put upon the statute books of Illinois in 1877, was applied for the first time in connection with violence growing out of trades unionism today, wiien three members of the janitors' union were arraigned on a charge of attacking a non-union janitor in a down-town office. Cost of Wilson's Department WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7.—The estimates for the department of agri culture as finally framed by Secretary Wilson for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1905, aggregate $5,699,810. This Is an increase of $268,270 over the pres ent year. Mormons In Conference SALT LAKE CITY, Itah, Oct. 7. - -The seventy-fifth semi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints began in the tabernacle today and will continue until Sunda>\ Today was the anniversary of the organization of the church and thousands of Mormon adher ents crowded the great church auditorium to hear the opening address of President Joseph F. Smith. Representatives are present from Canada, Mexico, England and the Pacific islands. Cleveland Returns to Princeton PRINCETON. N. J.. Oct. 7.—After spending four weclrs at Blizzard's Bay, ex- Fresident Grover Cleveland arrived today in Princeton, where he was welcomed by the members of his family, who returned several weeks ago. Mr. Cleveland was in excellent spirits and said that he had on joyod a very pleasant and restful sum mer. f STILLWATER 1 STILLWATER i- — s . , .... . , .. .. --——^ In accordance wit,h a suggestion made by the state board of health a compe tent engineer will be employed by the city next week to estimate the amount of'spring water that flows from McKu sick'a spring available for the Stillwater Water company. This suggestion was made at a meeting of the state board of health in Minneapolis, which was at tended by Mayor Armson, members or the city council and officials of the water company. The board suggested that some one without naming anyone In particular, present a resolution for adoption by the council giving the water company until June of next year to. change the water supply in the downtown basins, either by replacing the McKusick lake water with spring water, if there is enough of it. or some other wholesome water Members of the council have not yet determined .vhat action will be taken, but the water question will probably c-ome up again at the next meeting of the council. The bridge across Lake St. Croix be tween this Hty and Houlton is now con sidered to be in good shape, all necessary repairs having been made since the fire of three weeks ago. Heavy loads are being hauled across. Of the men injured in the falling of the span Kdward Mc- Pheter is doing as well a* can be ex nected in a hospital at Brainerd; James McGann, assistant chief of the fire de partment, is gaining at the city hospital, and Roy Fronoh is improving at his home. The other men and boys who were in jured have returned to then- vocations. A movement is oil foot whereby the city expects to own its own lighting plant. The local power house of the street rail way company will be for sale when the transfer building is completed, and city officials yesterday viewed the power house to determine its fitness. The steamer Ravenna arrived yester day from Winona and the Isaac Staples arrived from Fort Madison. Both boats will again take out tows for down river uoints Steamboatmen expect to run their boats until the first part of November. The three settlers along Little Willow river, who are in the Washington county jail awaiting tbe action of the Pine coun ty grand jury on charges of blowing up a dam on that stream, yesterday engaged an attorney and will fU;hl the matter. DISTRIBUTION IN TRADE IMPROVES Heavy General Crop Movement Helps Collections—Good Tone In Pig Iron NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Bradst reefs tomorrow wMI say: Popular estimates of leading crop yields continue to en large, corn has passed out of the frost danger stage and distribution improves as cooler weather approaches. Addi tional favorable features are the con tinuance of the good tone in pig iron, freer buying by railways of material and rolling stock, and heavy general crop movement helping collections North and South. While the buying of dry goods, hardware, groceries, slm.x and clothing continues of good volume, particularly at the West, conservative influence finds reflection in small but frequent orders, calculated to meet ne cessities. The transportation move ment is heavy and railway earning* show an expanding tendency, the gain for September promising to be 6 per cent over 1903. There are some of the laws in the situation -which Strop this as an off year when compared with previous pe riods of great prosperity. Relatively most activity in current distribution Wl in the way of dry goods, clothing, lumber, hardware or building material, which exists in the West tad North west. Cooler weather is needed in the South to stimulate retail activity. In the East business is not M active in some Industrial centers, which have felt the pinch of the spring an.l sum mer depression in building or in textile industry. Some Eastern industries, like machinery and toolmakins, jew el - ry and silverware manufacturing, are looking up. however. The con! shows little improvement. The Eaat em shoe trade ha* its nMtcMsef? pret ty well employed on fall goods, but M shipments are 8 per cent less than ■• year ago for the season, there is little doubt that this is an off year in that trade. Leather is firm and hides are strongly held. Business failures in the United States for the woek ending Oct. 6 num ber 159, against 179 last week. 197 In the like week in 1903. 170 in ]9i>2. 183 in 1901 and 210 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week number 19. aa against 21 last week and 19 in this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending Oct. 6 aggregate 1,105,928 bushels, against 1.152.29. 1! last week. 2,378.722 this week last year, 5,645.779 in 1902 and 4.719.598 in 1901. From July 1 to dato the export* aggre gate 18.547.711 bushels, against 42,671, --084 last year, 71.526,492 in 1902 and 71. --042,752 in 1901. Corn . xporls for the. week aggregate •852,811 bushels, against 700,862 last week. 1,101,118 a year ago, 180,357 in 1902 and 67K.546 in 1901. Prom July 1 to date the exports of corn aggregate 8,190,042 bushels, against 13, --830,249 in 1902. 1,313,508 in IMS and Li, --810,802 in 1901. BANK CLEARINGS Week's Showing of Financial Institutions of Leading Cities NEW YORK. Oct. 7- Tli.> following table, compiled by Bradstreet. shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for th,e w«ek ended Oct. C. with the per centage of increase and decrease, aa com | pared with the corresponding week last year: 1 Inc. [ l>ec. New York $1,660,829,813 29.3 Chicago 207.155,420 8.6 Boston 132,185,022 3.1 Philadelphia ... 127.403.469 7.7 Pittsbure 41.341.491 4.3 St. Louis " 54,349.751 0.2 San Francisco.. 32.442.3fi6 Baltimore 22,471,698 ; i::.7 Cincinnati 26,034.450 19.7 Kansas City 21,475,749 19.9 New Orleans .. 17.531,324 19.6 Cleveland 15.053.116 5.3 Minneapolis ... 25,301.934 37.3 Detroit 10,471.870." 16.0 Louisville 11.264,978 1.5 Omaha . 8,802,060 6.2 Milwaukee ..... 8.592.105 8.5 Providence 7.17G.100 9.2 Buffalo 7.242.909 2.7 Indianapolis ... 7,653.580 11.7 St. Paul 6,878,505 ...... 0.5 Log Angeles ... 6,217.974 5.1 St. Joseph ..... 3,690,560 20.6 Denver ... 4,318.305 18. 8 Seattle '.... 5.487.199 12.0 Washington ... 4.610,162 0.6 Portland, Or 5.249,844 25.5 Salt Lake City. 2.892.467 .. 0.4 Dcs Moinea .... 2,868.529 7.8 Spokane, Wash. 3,147.690 14.1 Tacoma 2.747.258 36.3 Topeka 1.004.G93 45.5 Sioux City .... 1.646.295 13.7 Davenport 1,395,890 0.4 Helena 548,801 2.8 Fargo, N. D I 6G2.716 ...... 7.0 Sioux Falls. S.D 410.611 18.1 •Houston I . 17.622.877 9.3 •Galveston | ■ 13,989,000 20.0 . Totals, U. S. $2,588,078,911 18.8 ' Outside N. V... 927.247.388 3.6 CANADA Montreal ...~ $2T18T164| ' 3.4 .... .T Toronto 19.790,488 27.3 Winnipeg 5,699.492 4.1 Ottawa 2.627.133 11.3...... Halifax ;.. 1.717.382 ...... 10.9 Quebec 1,942.129 ...... 6.» Vancouver, B.C 1.684,333 8.9...... Hamilton. 1.227.134 ...... 95 London. Ont ... 1,014.716 2.5 St..John, N. 8.. 1.142.049 8.6 Victoria, B C 542,360 1.5 Totals. Can.. $61.568.330 9.5 ■ ♦Not included In totals because ol con taining other items than clearings. Battleship Plans Sold BERLIN, Oct. 7. —Another version of the report that Herr Barkemeyer, chief of the confidential bureau of the Ger mania works at Ki.-i, under suspicion of having sold the plans of ships to a rival concern, is related by the Social Democratic Schleswig-Hulstein Volka Zeitung. According to this paper de tailed plans of the battleship Braun schweig, the latest and most impor tant type or German naval architecture, disappeared, and the Yolks Zeitung as serts that they were bought by an Eng lish naval offlcer. hinting that this WM done during the Kiel regatta. The Yolks Zeitung adds that this explains why the state's attorney transmitted the papers in the case«to the Imperial , supreme court. '.-, Agree on Morocco - PARIS, Oct.' 7.—Foreign Minister Delcasse and-Senor Leon y Castillo, tha Spanish ambassador, today signed the Spanish-French agreement relative to Morocco, which has been the subject of extended and difficult negotiations. It takes the form ■of a declaration, glvinff the adhesion of Spain to the Anglo- French agreement of April 8, 1904. and Spain formally agrees to support th« integrity of the Moroccan empire un der the sovereignty of thesultan.^ Spain also recognizes the rights of. ranee resulting frbm her Algerian posses sions while France recognizes' the rights of Spain resulting from her pos sessions onjlie coast, of Morocco. 1 ■- ' —r-'. — ~ :l Vast Reservoir Projected N-EW YORK. Oct. . ,7.— Preliminary sm-veys, are being made and reports have beenrsubmlttedito the^acqueduct commissioners, to increaae the yield of the "Croton watershed by , butldii therein • another : enormous .reservoir nearly seven miles long*: anil which would store more than" 10.i'i.,..-..y.,0{!0 gallons'-for use in i Manhattan.-