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i _ The St. Paul Globe THE GLOBE CO.. PUBJ-IBHER3 CFFTCIAt. d&Aakbf*«*>iteivMuC\ CITT OF Fapbr <U*«ejS||£g2§i£> St. Pauu Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul. Minn., as Second-Class Matter. \ TELEPHONE CALLS Northwestern— 1065 Main. Editorial. 7H Main. Twin City— Business. 1065; Editorial. 78. ____________ CTCT BUBSCRIPTIONS r By —Monthly Rate Only Dally only 7 40 cents per month Pally and Sunday 60 cents per month Sunday 20 cents per month i ■ — COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS ->: " •By Mall. 1 1 mo. 16 mos. 112 moa. Orally only 25 $1.50 $3.00 }aily and Sunday .. .36 2.00 4.00 Sunday 20 1.10 2.00 EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE W. J. MORTON. _,^_ 160 Nassau St.. New York City. 87 Washington St.. Chicago. THE ST.PAUL DAILY GLOBE'S circulation Is now the larg est morning circulation in St. Paul. JfyflOßE copies off the St. Paul '*■ Globe than off 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 ffor the money they spend on advertising in The Globe thnn from any other paper. "THE Globe circulation Is ex ■ elusive, because it Is the only Democratic Newspaper of gen eral circulation in the Northwest. A DVERTISERS In The Globe '■ reech this great and daily Increasing constituency, and it cannot be reached In any other way. OESULTS COUNT— ■*- THE GLOBE GIVES THEM. SATURDAY, FEB. 25, 1905 THE BASSETT CREEK BILL What Minneapolis earnestly desires, that thing she gets. We are reminded of the energy and activity of the town up the river by the passage through the state senate of Senator Calhoun's bill to straighten Bassett creek. That Minneapolis still maintains a live interest in rivers, harbors and wa ter commerce was conclusively shown by the enthusiastic support given Sen ator Calhoun's bill by the entire Hen nepin county delegation, backed by personal Interests of such importance that no attempt was made by senato rial obstructionists to interfere with the passage of a bill dealing with this important waterway. Not that Bas sett creek is regarded as of supreme im portance in the general scheme of wa ter commerce, for it is not claimed for the-creek that its improvement will materially affect the internal commerce of the United States. The sturdiest of the friends of Bassett creek make no farther claim for it than that it is a pretty good sort of creek, and as it commences nowhere in particular and endslin the same indefinite way, they do not demand that it be straightened at th,e,expense of the government. We cannot yet see why it was not included in the congressional river and harbor bill and straightened ultimately under the eye of Uncle Loren Fletcher —un- less for the reason that there wa3 grave doubt that the bill mentioned would carry any more "pork." Less honorable and distinguished streams have been made the object of solicitude and expense on the part of the federal government. Why should the Punxatawney be discovered, widened, deepened and lengthened at the expense of the United States and Bassett creek be improved at the cost of private indi viduals? What is the superiority of the claims of the Woonasquetucket over those of Bassett creek that the former should be made the object of paternal solicitude on the part of con gress and the latter allowed to pass unnoticed? We have been Informed that the improvement of Bassett creek Will insure the saving of a dozen or more golf balls, hitherto lost by foozling gentlemen every season, and we submit that the golfer has rights at least, equal to those of the grafter and the lumberman. AYe pause to admire the spirit of Minneapolis In pushing the bill for the improvement of Bassett creek, but we are compelled to deplore the lack of foresight which results in making the expense of the improvement a private rather than a public charge. Minne apolis has the proper spirit, but Min neapolis occasionally overlooks a bet. If you must change your flannels now, get heavier ones. IN DARKEST CHICAGO The message contained in Pastor Wagner's "Simple Life" may have reached Chicago, but owing to condi tions over which he has no control, apparently, the Chicago citizen Is not able to accept it. A recent dispatch orr. there gives the outside world Borne Inkling of the strenuous exist- ence that is forced upon the dwellers in the Windy City. A law abiding citizen returning home at night after his day's work was attacked by high waymen and robbed of his money and his overcoat. Hurrying to the nearest drug store to telephone tne police, he encountered other highwaymen, who noticing that the law abiding one still represented good pickings, took away from him his ring, penknife and spec tacles and then beat him because he had permitted other robbers to pre cede them. Custom is everything, and it is just possible that Chicago citizens, used to an existence fraught with peril, would not feel really comfortable if they led any other. Even those prejudiced in favor of a peaceful life must admit that it imparts to existence a spice of variety to know that an evening's stroll abroad means a succession of hairbreadth escapes with the chances all in favor of one's never returning to tell the tale. Set down in the midst of a law abiding community, it is more than probable that the Chicagoan would sigh for the lawless happenings which prevent life in Chicago from becoming monotonous. Doubtless this is the real reason why the efforts of Chicagoans to free their city from its plague of sneak thieves and highwaymen have been half hearted. A Chicago made safe might mean a Chicago made dull. The youth who sees nothing but melodrama at the theater and reads nothing but* dime novels at home would be bored by pas toral comedies and sermons in book form. Chicago prefers its dime novels and its melodrama. Anything for an exciting life, and everyone to his own taste, as the yolinger Weller was fond of remarking. That Dr. Osier who would chloro form all men over sixty Is fifty-six— old enough to appreciate the wisdom of buying his dose of dope now before the chloroform trust is organized. THE BOARD STILL CONTROLS The efficiency of the Republican state machine, known as the board of control, was demonstrated yesterday when the senate killed the Peterson bill, which contemplated taking the university and normal schools out of the control of the board. The bill was killed by the usual tactics, being load ed down with amendments that made it repugnant to men who admitted the merit of the original measure, but who would not go so far as to class the eleemosynary and corrective institu tions with the places of learning. We were not sanguine of the pas sage of the measure at any time. It attacked the state machine in a vital place. It was aimed to remove from the domination and control of politi cians institutions of whose wants they could not. in the nature of things, have any proper conception or knowledge. We would not insinuate that there are men now on the board who would be put to it to indicate the difference between a currycomb and a curricu lum, but such men might find a place on the board if they happened to be necessary to the machine or strong enough in their ignorance to impress the state boss. It is absurd to suppose that an in stitution of learning may be conducted by a set of men who might be excel lent judges of pigs, and everybody ad mits the absurdity of it. But in spite of the imminent possibility of the board of control being composed of men of little learning and no knowledge of ad ministration, finance or the needs of the schools, the Republican machine feared to admit the advisability of ex cepting the educational institutions from the domination of the board. A law that would except the state uni versity and the normal schools, with their great expenditures and immense patronage, would take away from the board a rich source of political strength. Hence the bill was doomed. It was loaded with amendments of such a nature as to certainly indicate the intention of their authors to kill the original measures. The Globe has frequently pointed to the menace contained in the board of control as it is organized under the present law. It was brought Into ex istence for the purpose of perpetuating the machine in power. Its influence was shown in the vote in the senate yesterday. The next time it is attack ed It should be with a lethal weapon —a bill to repeal the law creating it. Just the same we would have had more confidence in Mr. Baker's grand stand play if his name was something else than Ananias. THE SORROWS OF A ROYAL COLLABORATOR There is something in the spirit of these modern times that seems to re sent the fact that any ruler should seek also to be an artist. The demo cratic, of course, will rejoice that this is so. but the kind hearted will admit that it's a trifle hard on ambitious kings and kaisers. Nero probably never learned just what his courtiers thought of his poetry and his music. The wise, witty ;md elegant Petroiuus was ever at his side to express in Bat tering language just the opposite of what they doubtless felt. But modern emperors do not rule worlds, and it is impossible to silence all modern critics. The German kaiser knows this now THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1905 to his sorrow. If he reads all the un pleasant things the critics outside his own realm say of Leoncavallo's opera. "Roland yon Berlin," he must by thia time regret that he ever took his pen in hand to assist in making a libretto for it. Most of these critics agree that the opera is a failure; most of them have asserted that It is chiefly the librettist's fault. The reason they give for arriving at this conclusion is that the Italian composer should never have attempted to compose music for a German subject. But between th.c lines of their criti cisms one may read their just resent ment that any modern ruler should seek for fame by attempting to col laborate in a work of art. Let the shoemaker stick to his last. That is the sentiment of the critics. It is pre sumptuous for any mere king or kaiser to believe that he possesses the divine afflatus or anything that remotely re sembles it. Judging from their criti cisms, that is what they believe. If a man desires to become a great artist, therefore, he must see to it that he is not born a ruler. It Is more than probable that if the William Hohenzollern who helped to put to gether the libretto for "Ronald of Ber lin" was a plain mister, the book would have received a paragraph or two of praise and the opera itself would have been lauded. But the mark of the scepter is over it aIL The indignant critics will have none of IL If the czar has to have a deliberative body to bestow upon his loving: sub jects he might borrow the United States senate. We could get along without it and the Russian might be lieve It the real thing until their edu cation in political economy had pro gressed a bit. MIf+NESOTA SENATORIAL COUR TESY We arise to a question of editorial privilege. An honorable member of the state senate, in commenting upon a charge made against him by Editor Joel P. Heatwole, invited the members of the state senate to stand to his back and cast the allegation made against him back in the highly polish ed teeth of him that made it. The sen ate, acting upon impulse, voted with the senator and sat upon the editor. We protest that the action of the sen ate was not fair to the editor. He was condemned unheard—though it by no means follows that he will not be heard later at some length, and possibly to some purpose. But he stands convict ed of having merited a rebuff at the hands of the senate. Was the senate fair? Senator Rieke said that Editor Heatwole had declared that he, Rieke, was a "spouter." He appealed to the senate to show by its vote that he was not regarded as a "spouter." Now is it fair to appeal to the prejudices of any body of men— even an aggregation so far above petty and vulgar prejudices as the state sen ate of Minnesota? Senator Rieke of fered no evidence In disproof of the contention of the editor. He simply admitted that he knew himself to be a better speechmaker than Heatwole. By implication, he intimated Heatwole had, in calling thim a "spouter," in dulged in an epithet that might be ap plied with baleful Intent to any gen tleman who was making his way in the world by the emission of conversa tion addressed to the multitude and burdened with politics. This was addressed directly to the prejudices of the majority. It was an argument to the orator, and, inasmuch as the senate is composed largely of gentlemen capable of swaying listening multitudes to the end that the said multitudes may vote right, it was not fair to the editor. If Editor Heatwole had been present and had been able to get the members pf the senate out into the cloak rooms before they voted we would not undertake to say what would have happened, because we do not like to hurt Senator Rieke's feel ings. We regret the occurrence because It establishes a precedent. It may pro voke Editor Heatwole to reprisals—in which event language is likely to be used which will make the term spouter to be regarded as a boost. There is no doubt about the personal bravery of President Roosevelt. A man who knows as much as he does About the senate and who calls a spe cial sesston without being compelled to is very near being a hero. And the man who has driven along in the wake of a gasoline burning au tomobile will also be with Kansas in pushing the trenches up to the Stand ard Oil works. Under the circumstances there doesn't seem to be anything to do but take Rojestvensky's shooting Irons away from him before he starts on a jag. Russia has produced a giant 9 feet 6 inches high, and the Japs might be worried over the fact if it had not been discovered that he wears a 6% hat. And the religious and educational by-products of the Standard Oil com pany are also frowned upon by the un hallowed Kansuns. It is worthy of remark that no at tvmpi has yet been made to connect Gen. IBIh with the affair of the late Maj. Andre. Contemporary Comment Editor Desires to Butt In, Socially We would like to attend a reception at the White house for just one rea son; not to boast of it afterward, but to find out if the guests put their wraps on the bed. For the same reason we would accept an invitation to a party given by the Astorc or Venderbilts. The society columns in the big New York papers are shockingly familiar with all that the wry wealthy and aristocratic do, telling even of the quality of the hose they wear, but It has never been reported if guests at a big reception file up stairs and put their wraps on the bed, just as they would do at your houae, or at a party next door.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe. Better Understanding Will Follow We believe that the speech will pro mote among the people of the South the disposition, already largely cur rent, to revise their judgment of Presi dent Roosevelt's attitude toward their section and the race problem. We have always believed that the sentiment of the South toward hhn was the result of a deplorable misapprehension, and of that exaggerated fear so easily aroused at the South when the race question is touched. However natural this state of mind, it must be recogniz ed that it is unfortunate, sometimes grievously unfortuna'e, in its conse quences.—Baltimore News. On the Tennessee Map Some of the name.-* of towns upon which Tennessee bises claims for prestige: Barefoot, r.otts. Leap Year, Chimney Top, Chuckaluck, Half Pone. Hanging Limb, Ij>e, Marrowbone, Mouse Tail. Opposum, Parch Corn, Peanut. Rip Shin. Sweet Lips. Tom Brown, U Bet, Yum Yum, Buzzard Roost, Fits. Mashmoad, Peeled Chest nut. Shoo Fly. Skull Bone, Snail-lope, Tiger Tail and Wahoo. —Washington Times. Santo Domingo When Santo Domingo's debts are paid, or are so reduced and the re public's finances so organized that there is no further need of our service, what then? Will our office of trustee come to an end? Will the independ ence as well as the integrity of Santo Domingo be respected?— Boston Her ald. Policy Was Wrong Mr. Roosevelt undoubtedly thought he was doing right. In important re spects, his policy was wrong from the viewpoint of many Americans. But it looks as though he is receiving rather shabby treatment from influential members and organs of his own party. —Buffalo Courier. Not Much Good It is doubtful, therefore, if the treaties ever accomplish much good for the world in spite of the president's caustic letter to the senate, saying that it had taken a step backward when it insisted upon making the amendment a feature of the treaties. —Memphis Commercial Appeal. Ought to Have It Illustrated Gov. Hoch, of Kansas, sent a 20,000 word message to his state legislature. The governor is a newspaper man, and was probably trying to get out a larger edition than any of his gubernatorial competitors.—Atlanta Journal. Would Be a Striking Novelty Let us hope that whw Oklahoma and New Mexico elect United States senators they will show some other states what's what by Dirking out men who can't be indicted.—Houston Chronicle. ' Don't Have to Make It Public A dispatch says that a lot of Indians will attend the inauguration of Presi dent Roosevelt. The dispatches should not be so flippant with our esteemed statesmen.—Philadelphia Telegraph. Can Smile at Oklahoma Arizona may not be permitted to be come a state this session of congress, but at any rate it consoles itself with the thought that it still has the right to sell liquor.—Philadelphia Ledger. Will Deaden the Pain President Roosevelt has announced his purpose to take a trip through the South. Gov. Vardaman's friends should begin to ply the governor with opiates at once.—-Chicago News. But He Referred to Washington Mr. Roosevelt told the band leader he liked "A Hot Time in the Old Town," but he seems to have very lit tle Influence with the weather bureau. —Brooklyn Union. Would Take the Party With Him It is hardly expected, however, that the United States senate will go so far as to try to read Theodora Roosevelt out of the Republican party.—Kansas City Star. Alliance Has Been Fractured In all probability neither Senator Mitchell nor Judge Tanner will ever again address the other by the endear ing name of "pardner."—Anaconda Standard. Sometimes It's Only Car Fare Mr. Carnegie says ho always tries to have about $10,000,000 cash on hand. Other men try, also, but 30 cents is usually the result. —Denver Repub lican. One Who Hates to Burn Letters Senator Mitchell would doubtless paraphrase it thus: Oh. what a thank less thing it Is to have a partner with a conscience.—Chattanooga Times. ° TODAY'S WEATHER^* WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 24.—Fore cast: Minnesota—Fair Saturday and Sunday; fresh west winds. lowa. North and South Dakota, Mon tana—Fair Saturday and Sunday. Upper Michigan—Fair in west, snow in east portion Saturday; Sunday fair; fresh west winds. Wisconsin—Snow l n early morning, fol lowed by fair Saturday; Sunday fair; fresh west winds. 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 nl*ht«-Baroineter corrected for tem perature and elevation: Barometer. 30.93; relative humidity. S7 : maximum tempera ture, 44: minimum temperature, 30: dally range. 14: mean temperature. 37: 7 p. m." temperature. 40; «rind at 7 p m north west. Yesterday's Temperatures— •RpmHlgh »BpmHigh Alpena 30 30' Jacksonville . .sfi t>6 Battleford 3S 3S:Los Angeles ..63 76 Bismarck 40 40: Madison ... .32 34 Buffalo SO 34'Marquette 32 32 Boston 36 4<> Memphis 64 66 Chicago 36 4" Medicine Hat. .44 52 Cincinnati 44 46 Milwaukee 34 34 Cleveland 34 36Minnedosa 32 40 Denver 48 J2 Montgomery ..64 68 Dcs Moines ..40 4 4'Montreal .." 24 26 Detroit 32 34(New Orleans ..62 70 Duluth 38 42 New York .. .3*5 42 El Paso 64 6S,San Francisco.o4 70 Edmonton 42 42 St. Louis 46 48 Ksr;ir.aba 32 32jSalt Lake U CTt Galveston 60 62' S an Antonio ..7« 7S Grand Rapids.32 34: San Diego 7t> 72 Green Bay ...32 32iS. Ste. Marie..2B SO Havre 48 54 Washington ...Jo 44 Helena 48 52; Winnipeg 50 38 Huron 42> 62; •Washington time (7 p m. St. Paul). What the Editors Say This paper quite agrees with the Dawson Sentinel in its demand that if the salary of a member of the legisla ture is raised to $1,000 we should have thousand dollar men. There is. or should be. were It not for the scramble for the place, a degree of honor attach ing to such positions which ought to l>e considered as a part of the compen sation. We are confident that the sen ator from this district cares very little about the salary he is drawing, and our representative cannot be classed among those who have shown any groed in money getting. In fact we believe both these gentlemen appreci ate fully the honor that has been placed upon them and they would work just as hard, having accepted the posi tions they hold, for the present salary as they would for a larger one. The luea that large salaries secure the best men is a mistake. This is true in pri vate as well as in public business.— Madison Independent Press. The newspaper men have a griev ance of their own against the pro posed code. Where libel is c harged the publisher is assumed to be guiltless of malice, provided he makes haste to re tract, although the injured one still has a right to recover for actual dam ages. The law as revised would take from him the right to publish a re traction. As the Minnesota law has been used as a model in other states It should not now be changed without good reason.—Alexandria Post-News. The right kind of an editor never re tracts. In the first place he has no business publishing anything he is not prepared to stand by to a finish. If he is right in his statements then he is due to stand by them even if he thereby becomes the innocent victim of malicious and dishonest prosecutors —Midway News. Representative Block's bill, to sell to the farmers of Minnesota binding twine manufactured at the state prison in Stillwater at cost suggests a number of possibilities which might result. If the state can furnish farmers binding twine at cost, there is no reason why it cannot buy the shoe plant and fur nish them shoes at cost, or put a squad of the prisoners at work manufactur ing Sunday suits for the farmers at cost, or establish a grist mill In the back yard of the prison for grinding their flour at cost, or setting out spring hats for the farmers* wives and girls at cost.—Two Harbors News. The test of the American people's intelligence is now at hand. Will the subterfuge of the senate to escape the consequences of its intended failure to pass upon or adopt the railroad rate legislation avail with the people or will they see through this hoary political trick and wither with a scorching ty phoon of popular disgust and indigna tion the blind assumption of the sen ate that it can override the people's wishes with Impunity? It will be in teresting to note from more complete reports what the attitude of Senators Nelson and Clapp was in the matter. — Owatonna Chronicle. Tarns Bixby's esteemed Red Wing Republican solemnly observes that "Destiny never calls any man until he is needed. The question of his future reputation depends entirely upon whether he knows enough to answer promptly." Current report has it by the way, that Mr. Bixby will be on hand to answer promptly if destiny happens to need him in the senate as one of the first pair from Oklahoma.— Duluth News-Tribune. The editor of the Long Prairie Lead er is out in a denunciatory article upon Public Examiner Johnson and his pre election tactics, and opines that if "election were held tomorrow Dunn's plurality would rival that of Roose velt." The Long Prairie Leader man would find plenty of boys in the Re publican camp to take the other end of any bet offered on the hypothesis.— Virginia Enterprise. Minnesota will soon be ln a position to supply everything for the table with the best in the world. It has the best flour, the best butter, the best beef and now Minnesota macaroni has re ceived the gold medal at the St. Louis fair as the best manufactured. As Lake Superior produces the best fish Minnesota is already in a position to supply the best from soup to pie Duluth Herald. A bill has been introduced In the Minnesota legislature to reduce the size of the milk measure from 282 to 231 cubic inches. The beer "growler" will remain the same size as of yore. It's a wonder some one doesn't pro pose a bill to abolish the "fog" on the top of the "can."—Fargo Morning Call. O — a Among the Merrymakers T The Meanest Man "The meanest man I eTer knew." said Representative Ryan, of Buffalo, 'was a cbap who came to the house of a doctor who is trying to build up a practice on the east side in Buffalo one night during the Christmast holidays. It was "nowiiu; and very cold. " 'Pjjctor.' he said, 'what are your " 'One dollar for an office visit and two for a call.' the doctor repli. d. "Have you a horse?' " Yes.* • Well, hitch up and I'll go along with you. I need you out West St-neca a whys.' "The doctor had his horse brought around and the man got into the buggy witu him. They drove about four miles out into the country. " "Here's the place.' said the man. as they reached a frame house. Then he handed the doctor $2. 1 'You needn't go in.' he said. 'A liv eryman wanted to charge $5 to bring me out here, but I thought I would rather give you X.'-New York World. Her Strongest Attraction "Yes. he answered one of the?e 'hus bands wanted* advertisements. Charm ing young widow, beautiful figure, delight ful conversationalist, fine linguist, with $20,000 In her own name.' " "Well. well. How Bid it turn out?" "He married her." "No!" "Yea. and he was glad to rio It." "Completely fooled, was he?" "Not quite. She wasn't young. she wasn't charming, she wasn't a widow, her figure was far from beautiful, she lLsped badly, and used atrocious grammar." 'Then what was left?" "The $20,006! That was real."—Cleve land Plain Dealer. Yellow Art Tommy Figgjam—Paw. whose picture is that feller there where you're readin"? Paw Figgjam—Why. that's a half tone of a second cousin of' the stepbrother of an aunt by marriage of the foater-stster of the chap who is suspected of being in possession of Information as to who was an accomplice of the mysterious unknown who assisted in kidnaping Sloppy Sadie, the sad-eyed shop girl.—Baltimore Amer ican. Wall Street Art Mrs. Pitt."-Burgher (seeing New York)— And is Washington's the only statue in Wall street? Her Experienced Father —Yes. my dear, the only full length statue; but you hear, now and then, of a brand new bust in cop per.—Puck. Very Likely Mrs. Nearbye—A prominent professor of musk- tried my daughter's voice today. Mrs. Bitter—Ah! 1 suppose he found it guilty?— Philadelphia Ledger. To the Manner Born "We think baby will make a great poli tician." •Why?" "W< 11. he crawls out of everything so easily. —Puck. At St. Paul Theaters It is many," many seasons since St. it is many, many seasons since St. Paul furnished an audience as large and as demonstrative as that which gathered in the People's church last evening to hear Paderewski play. Many stood throughout the programme and when it was concluded no one made any attempt to leave the church until the pianist returned many times, at first simply to bow in response to the vociferous applause and finally to sit down at the piano and play a dis missal number. Even then the audi ence remained long enough to call many "bravos." This master of tone, with the sharp ly delicate features. of a Botticelli maiden, and the hair of an itinerant preacher or a street fakir, was in a divinely interpretative mood last night. The famous "singing quality" that is one of the many distinguishing char acteristics of his music that make it so individual, so much more desirable than the music of any other pianist whom this country has heard, was a siren note last night that charmed into surprising abandon a gathering some what notorious for its reserve. Many who came to enjoy sedately, found themselves substituting bravos for the more conventional handclapplng. The programme played was emi nently satisfying. It began with a chromatic fantasy and fugue of Bach's —and Paderewski makes Bach as me lodious and modern as a Chopin polo naise. Following this he played the Beethoven C sharp minor sonata, a re markably alluring piece of musical lit erature when played by a master. As the Polish pianist interpreted it each tone was an opal, but the movements were not strings of gems, they were something infinitely more human. All that followed were exquisite tone poems, with the exception of the Liszt arrangement of Schubert's "Erlkonig." a drama; and the Chopin polonaise (op. 53), a mad. bad and glad dance. The Chopin nocturne (op. 37, No. 2), was played with inexpressible tender ness, as was also the waltz. The "but terfly" study was charming in the im pression o£airy, graceful flight that it conveyed, and the pianist, after bowing many times stiffly, repeated it. His own, "Melodic," a composition worthy the name, since it embodies Paderew ski's own idea of melody; Liszt's ar rangement of Paganini's "La Campa nella." and the same composer's ar rangement of Schubert's "Serenade" were the other numbers on the pro gramme. It is easy to analyze the charm of most pianists. Paderewski's charm is indefinable. It is not alone technique, not a trick of touch nor the gift of emotional expression. It is all these and something more.* Perhaps it is understanding, not understanding of music and musical literature merely, but an understanding of people. Cer tain it is that when his attenuated white fingers sweep the keys, they sweep the hearstrings. too; and the technique of the art he has mastered is entirely forgotten, only the sur passing melody remains and is felt. In the mythical island of Ka-Choo. located in the sea of Japan, George Ade placed the locale of the story of his newest comic opera, 'The Sho-Gun," written In collaboration with Gustav Luders. Henry W. Savage offers thi^, the first joint work of these two tal ented writers at the Metropolitan this afternoon and tonight. There is something in the book, lyr ics and music of "The Sho-Gun," plen ty of diversion and no end of action. "Newness** was the watchword of the writing of "The Sho-Gun" and both Mr. Ade and Mr. Luders followed well the requests made by Mr. Savage when he asked that they break away from the well beaten paths and prepare some thing which had not been hitherto of fered. Edna Wallace Hopper will present the English comedy, "A Country Mouse," and a pathetic curtain raiser, "Captain January," at five perform ances, consisting of four nights and a Wednesday matinee, in this city at the Metropolitan, commencing on Sunday night, Feb. 26. Having temporarily laid aside comic opera. Miss Hopper comes this time as a star in legitimate comedy roles. James K. Hackett will appear next week at the Metropolitan opera house In his new play, "The Fortunes of the King." A matinee today at 2:30 and tonight at 8:15 will conclude the engagement of the "Lighthouse by the Sea" at the Grand. This play has pleased the pa trons of the theater this week. The play abounds in thrilling situations and laughable comedy scenes. The engage ment has been very satisfactory. At the Grand next week, commencing at tomorrow's matinee, the attraction will be Sullivan. Harris and Wood's production of Theodore Kremer's play, "The Fatal Wedding." -The play will be presented here with the-same scen ery which marked its presentation here last season. The Gay Masqueraders at the Star will close their engagement with two performances today. An entire 1 new bill will be given next week, commenc ing with matinee tomorrow. STILLWATER The city council and the Stillwater Gas and Electric Light company are still at outs over an agreement to renew the street lighting contract thai expires April 1- Tne company declines to accept a con tract for two years with the proviso that It establish a new and better system of incandescent street lights with individual service. The company wants a contract for five years under such conditions and says it does not care to make it longer under a rate that is conceded by the city to be chVaper than other cities. Mayor Armson and s<om<' or the aldprmen argue. that it is not the rate for street lights that causes the difference, but the pro tests of private consumers who were promised«bett£r service and cheaper rates when the franchise was renewed for thir ty y.-ars two years ago. On the other hand it is asserted that the rates for commercial purposes are higher to an unreasonable extent. The company asserts that it has an offer for Its surplus Apple river power from a St. Paul company and that connec tion with the St. Paul line can be made by erecting a pole line a distance of 500 yards. The council referred the subject to Mayor Armson. City Attorney Sullivan and Austin Jenks as a special committee to confer with the officials of the Western Gas and Supply Company of Chicago, which controls the plant here and seven others. This committee is to report at the next meeting of the council as to whether or not the company will stipulate in the lighting contract that it will im prove the service and concede a discount to private consumers. The company de clares that it was ready to commence the erection of a new gas plant on lower Main street and has contracted for machinery besides purchasing a new site. Aid. Berk ly intimated that there might be a pro test against the new location on the ground of noisome odors. Mr. Furtnldo. of the company, raid that he would like to know at once if such protest is to he made before other contracts are made in pursuance of the plan. The Ciane & Ordway company, of St. Paul, has commenced an action in the district court against Krmk G. Perersoa and wife to enforce a lien of $32G for put ting in a heating furnace. Jacob Nevale has been committed to jail here for ninety days by ■ justice of the peace in Pine county for beating his horse in a most shocking manner and then killing It with an ax. James E. MeGrath and Robert J. Barter have concluded logging at some of their camps on the upper St. Croix and are ship Ding some men and teams home. SMILES AND WON'T ANStJMpTIONS Referee Gets No Satisfaction Fro.m JVlrs. Chadwick in Bankruptcy Proceedings CLEVELAND, Ohio. Feb. 2. — Mn Chadwick. when placed on the stand in the bankruptcy proceedings against her today before Referee Remington refused at first to be sworn, but changed her mind. She was asked to state her name. She refused to reply to this or any other questions that fol lowed. She sought refuge in her privi lege as an accused person and refused to answer most of the questions on the ground that what she said might tend to aid the prosecution of her criminal cases. Referee Remington found In her favor. "My financial affairs are so closely allied with the case in the federal court that anything affecting the one must necessarily affect the other," said Mrs. Chadwick. cl ™VlV at they. want is to Set Posses sion of your information. 11 stoutly de xiare^u Ati Orney Dawle V. on behalf of Mrs. Chadwick. "They want to have a look at our hand. They are Irving to ascertain our defense. Now if the government will tip off its hand, we might arrange the trial. -We are reliably informed that there is a large amount of property, includ ing big sums of money, that ought to be in the hands of the trustee for the benefit of the creditors but which are not. declared Grossman. Desires to Oblige "I want to do all I can to aid the trustee and help my creditors." an nounced the witness. "I do not want to appear discourteous or disobliging out you must not forget the circum stances that surround me." Mrs. Chadwick refused to give her name. It was in vain that Grossman declared that he had no designs of trapping the witness into an incrim inating reply. Mrs. Chadwick simply refused to say that she was Mrs Cas sie L. Chadwick and smilingly persist ed in that course. Referee Remington vainly appealed to her and almost threatened her Finally Remington grew exasperated at her cheerful indifference. "Is this by your advice?" he sternly inquired of Dawley. I refuse to answer," was Dawley'9 reply. "Counsel can take care of him self." he added. "I am not under obli gations to disclose to anyone the na ture of my professional advice to my client." The entire examination was a series of wrangles and disputes. Mrs. Chad wic-k answered a few questions, but her answers were remarkably free information. Have to Give Up Finally the court and counsel on all sides agreed that the examination might as well be stopped. Accordingly March 13 was set for a resumption of the hearing, with the understanding that Mrs. Chadwick would testify free ly on that date if the criminal cases against her had been disposed of by that time. Mrs. Chadwick today paid $3 from her own funds for a carriage to convey her from the county jail to the bank ruptcy court, a distance of one block. She did this after unsuccessfully at tempting to compel the federal offi cials to fucnish a carriage. On her re turn trip to the jail she walked. Mrg. Chadwick today filed an application for exemption, as provided under the law, in connection with the bank ruptcy proceedings. She declares that she is entitled to retain certain house hold effects, clothing and furniture to the vahup of $750. News Condensed San Juan. P. R.—The legislature has passed a law for the maintenance of a permanent representative in the United I States with headquarters in New York to I promote the commercial interests of tha island and particularly those of coffoe I growers. It Is the intention to supply i consumers directly through the New Yurie agency. Albany. N. V.—The court of appeals postponed until March 14 hearing of tli« argument in the case of Albert T. Patrick, who is under sentence of death for the murder of William R. Rice, a millionaire of New York city in 1900. The application for further postponement was made on the ground of newly discovered evidence. Washington. D. C— The secretary of state has called "to the attention of the department of justice, movements of bodies of men in Mobile. Ala., who are ■aid io be engaged in a filibustering ex pedition nirrtinst Guatemala. This is at the suggestion of Guut>'ma!a. Port au Prince, Haiti—The court of ap peals in the case of the appeal of the Na tional Bank of Haiti for a reversal of Judgment in the matter of the fraudulent fconds issued in 190J upholds the decision of the lower court, but annuls the dam ages against the state. Havana— The anniversary of the upris ing of 1896 in Santiago was celebrated with unusual significance by the unveiling here of a magnificent statue of Jose Marti, the Washington of Cuba, the fore nosi Bgure Is stirring up and organizing the last revolution. Cincinnati —The Union Catechism com mission of the Methodist Episcopal church north and south is in session here. A year ago it adopted a primary catechism. The purpose of this meeting is the tinal re vision of the principal catechism. Princeton, N. J.—A movement to raise a fund of $3,500,000 to add to the endow ment of Princeton university, in order t>> make it possible to install a system of tutors or preceptors, has been Inaugurated by the trustees. Chicago—Lc-slie Fuller, a trusted em ploye of the secret investigation branch of the department of justice at Washington, has been declared insane by City Physi cian Todd and sent home to Big Uapids, Mich. Washington, D. C.—The Austrian-Hun garian government is following the move taken by the United States in sending a party of officials to Abyssinia to establish closer commercial relations with that country. New York—W. S. Fielding. Canadian minister of finance, against whom U-gal proceedings have been instituted in con nection with the general election in tho dominion last November, has arrived here from Europe. Cambridge. Mass.—The German em peror has presented to Harvard that part of the German exhibit at the St. Louis t x positlon which represents the social eXhics of Germany. Peking—Taotai Tang Shao Xl has been appointed Chinese minister to London: Ho is in India negotiating a. convention for the adhesion of China to the- Anglo-Tibet treaty. Washington. T>.~ C.—Reprcsentaiivo Hinshaw. Nebraska, introduced a res olution for the printing of 10.000 additional copies of the Jefferson "Bible." Ottawa. Ont.—Canadian canals will bo free for another year, an order In council having been passed remitting canal tolls. Washington, D. C—T. St. John OafrV.o>\ of New York, will be, appointed" consul , general at Dresden, Germany.