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I ->■-.•*■.*_"_- ">*• LAl 'llhli. Washington. May 39. — For Minnesota: Fnir. warmer; oust winds. For Wisconsin: Generally fair, slightly warmer; northeast winds. For Iowa: Generally fair, warmer; east winds. For North Dakota: Fair: east winds. For South Dakota: Fair; warmer in east ern and southern port-on; east winds. For Montana: Fair; cooler iv western portion: variable winds. ukne&&l observations. rxtTEii States Depabtmext or Agricclt i-ke. Weather lU'KK.vl*, Washington, May 30, ti p. m. Local Time, *> p. in. Tsth Merid ian —Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. lint. liar. T"r. Place. Bar. T'r. St. Pan! ~ i*>.l2 61 '.Med'ellat,.. -.-fl.-jO 88 Duluth... ''iVA 4- Our'en! 21X88 72 Is Crosse. .. J '.OS liO Qu'Appelle. 29.96 74 Huron '■<•.'>. 6i JMinneaosa . 30.12 66 Pierre 3.04 72 | Winnipeg .. -0.26 70 J_o_rhe**d ;. :!>.l_ oO Port Arthur. 30.20 52 St. Vincent. 3.'. I*. 64j. Bismarck. 30.12 7 Boston .... 60-70 Williston.-. . :•'. - 72 Chicago 42-46 Havre 3). T.i 82 Cincinnati.. 52-54 >: iles City .. .'D.S4 78 Galveston... 78-82 Helena...*.. 2'. i .74 Ts Montreal.. . 52-60 Edmonton.. 21). =•* 84 ] New Orleans 82-88 Battleford : . Ji1.76 84 Sew York.. 56--6 Pr. Albert... 'M.**** so Pittsburg.... I'alcary... -.''.52 B*|lßuffalo .. . I*. F. Lyons, Local Forec*-t OiHcial. Anothkr new explosive which "is destined to revolutionize the art of war," has been discovered by Turpin, the inventor of melinite. At the rate nt which these inventions are an nounced it would seem as if gritn-vis aged war would stand but a poor show iv the future. Notwithstanding frequent denials from' both parties to the dispute.it is manifest that the coal-miners' striKe is Hearing the end. Public sentiment is so strongly opposed to its continuance that neither side dure, hazard the risk of i refusing to agree to any reasonable com promise, it is probable that within ten days work will be very generally resumed throughout the coal districts. iTi Not satisfied with his crushing de feat. Admiral da (lama wants to renew the attempt to overthrow the Brazilian republic, and is endeavoring to raise lunds in Europe with which to carry on another rebellion. If he is - wise, he will remain where he is, for he may not In- as fortunate in escaping capture again as he was a few months ago. If taken by tiie Brazilian forces he would receive but a short shrift. Some of the Illinois papers are advo cating the election of Judge Murry F. Tuley, of Chicago, as Shelby M. Cul lom's successor in the United States senate. Judge Tuley is a man of great ability and sterling integrity, but has already passed the allotted age of man. Illinois has already an octagenariau In the senate, and it would seem the part of wisdom to give younger men a chance. In -.i-ati ti m; for the kindly conduct of our government towards it during the recent rebellion, the Brazilian' gov ernment has resolved to celebrate our national holiday, the Fourth of July, with great pomp and circumstance. It is a delicate compliment that will be fully appreciated in this country, and tend to cement tho kindly relations that exist between the two great repub lics of the Western hemisphere. Tin: Baptists of this country are to raise a million dollars, this year for the cause of foreign missions, and have resolved to elevate the educational standard of their missionaries. Expe rience has demonstrated that the best results are attained by sending thoroughly educated men and women into the mission field, aud none but such are hereafter to be sent to minis ter to the spiritual wants of the heathen. No doubt some hardship will be paused by the dismissal from the war department of nearly a thousand nunec esaiy clerks. Some of these were aged and disabled veterans, for whom much sympathy will be felt, but others were petty officers of the army, whose proper place was Willi their regiments. These chose to occupy desks in the depart ment rather than attend to their mili tary duties, and it was eminently proper that they should be dropped from the rolls. Demockattc conventions throughout Illinois are very generally declaring in favor of an eight-hour working day, and it seems probable that this will be an issue in tiie* legislative campaign now approaching. The tendency of the times is towards a reduction in the hours of labor, and the party that first espouses that cause will be sure to gain the public favor. Fewer hours of labor would give work for a greater number and diminish the ranks of the army ol the ployed. Bex T. Cable, ex-congressman from the Rock Island district, and one of the* managers of the campaign in Illinois during the last presidential contest, is announced as a Democratic candidate lor the United, States senate. There are already nearly a score of aspirants for this position in the field, but as yet Gen. Black, congressman-at-large and ex commissioner of pensions, seems to be in the lead. If the Democrats carry the legislature— which now seems probable — there will be a heated dispute over the senatorship. If the Republicans win, the prize will lie between Senator Culloin, who wants to be his own suc cessor, and ex -Congressman Billy Mason. The Chicago common council has passed an order declaring that "no per son, firm, company or corporation shall expose for sale, sell or offer for sale to auy persou or persona, corporation or firm, directly". or indirectly, within the. city of Chicago, cigarette or cigar ettes containing opium, morphine, glycerine, jimson weed, belladonna or sugar." This amounts practically to a prohibition of the sale of cigarettes, as there are none of the cigarettes now sold that do not contain some or all of the deleterious drugs named. It is not likely that the new ordinance will be enforced, for it too nearly affects the in terests of aldermanic constituents. NORlLh*: I-UKUM**'!**. Tho refusal of the newspaper cor respondents at Washington to divulge their sources of information as to the accusations of bribery preferred against senators in connection with the sugar schedule has placed the senate in a predicament. There was a protracted discussion on Tuesday as to.the course to be pursued— whether the inquiry should be allowed to drop, or the con tumacious correspondents be punished for contempt. There was a general belief that unless the correspondents receded from their position it would be useless to pursue the inquiry further, and several of the senators expressed themselves in favor of compelling the correspondents to divulge the sources of their information or commit ihem for contempt of the authority of the senate and its committee. Senator Hill ad vised the summoning of every member of the senate and compelling them to testify as to their knowledge of bribery or attempted bribery, and treating the correspondents with utter contempt. The right of the senate or of the house to commit for contempt is an open question. There is but one case on record to serve as a precedent— that of llallett Kilbourne, the recalcitrant wit ness in the Boss Sheppard inquiry sev eral years ago. It will be remembered that Mr. Kilbourne refused to produce certain books and papers in his posses sion bearing upon the matter under in quiry, and was committed to the old capitol prison by order of the house. Tim case was brought before the courts on a writ of habeas corpus, and Mr. Kilbourne was released, the court hold ing that neither house of congress had a legal right to imprison a witness for contempt. This decision was a serious blow to those members of congress who were anxious to exalt their own dignity and authority, but was generally re garded as just and proper, for though it resulted in that case in defeating to some extent the ends of justice, it placed a check upon the tendency then predominant in congress of arrogating extraordinary and dangerous powers to that body. The practical failure of the pending investigation was manifest throughout the debate. There was. however, oue feature of it which should not be passed without comment. Senator Hill boldly asserted the right of senators to enter the stock markets and to speculate in shares that were likely to be affected in price by senatorial action— an assertion, in effect, that the votes of senators might be employed by them for the pur pose of bearing or bulling the markets for their individual profit. Such a claim is extraordinary, to say the least. Some will call it infamous, and would not be far wrong in thus characterizing it. With equal propriety a judge on tiie bench might discount his knowledge of what his decision would be in a case be fore him affecting the rights of a corpo ration, and reap a profit from speculat- A law of the United States declares that no senator or representative shall vote upon any question before congress in which he has a direct personal or pecuniary interest. The purpose of this law is obvious. Yet it is violated every day. The silver senators who so long obstructed the passage of the repeal bill last summer, all had a large pecuniary interest in that measure. Wolcott, Stewart, Jones and Teller are largely interested in silver mining, and hail no legal right to vote upon the measure in question. And so it is with many of the senators who are now attempting to fix our tariff system. A large number of them have a considerable interest in enterprises that are affected by the bill. Some own stock in tha sugar trust; others are largely involved in the lum ber trade; still others own and operate coal and iron mines, while nearly every one of the number is a shareholder in some corporation that will be either benefited or injured by the rates of duty fixed by the pending bill. Can we ex pect fair and disinterested legislation from such a body of men, prejudiced as they must naturally be? It is indeed a discouraging outlook; and the pros pect is not improved by the bold declar ation of one of the leading senators that the members of that body have a right to engage in speculation and to profit by the fluctuations In the markets that may be produced by their own votes. The worst enemy of Senator Hill has entertained a higher opinion of his official integrity than he seems to have of his own morality. His words are not hose of a statesman : they are not those of an honest man. Perhaps they were intended as mere bravado, but it would have been better if they had remained unsaid. No senator who has a vestige of honesty can exercise the privilege which Mr. Hill claims for himself and his associates, for it would be destruc tive of the entire fabric of good govern ment. Senator Hill is morally pur blind. Bra It is claimed by the mother of Mrs. Maybrick, now undergoing life impris onment in England for poisoning her husband, that she has new and positive evidence of the fact that Mr. Maybrick was a confirmed arsenic eater, and had frequently purchased the drug, both in London and Paris. This evidence is apparently conclusive of the fact that Maybrick's death was due to an over dose of the drug taken by himself to cure a skin eruption. The grave doubt as to Mrs. Maybrick's guilt should lead to a further investigation of the case, for there is little doubt but a grave in justice has been perpetrated upon her. AN OPERATIC EPISODE. Lillian Russell's numerous matrimo nial episodes have been made the sub ject of much invidious comment and considerable good-natured raillery. Her latest venture upon tin- sea of matri money with Sgr. Perugini was un usually brief, even for that fair and fickle woman, but if the statements she manes are true, the public generally will commend her for abandoning him as summarily as she has done. The "airy, fairy Lillian" declares that she was shamefully beaten by her husband in their rooms at a Philadelphia hotel, and Perugini admits chastising her, but asseverates his right to do so. It is the custom in the coun try where Perugini was born and reared, and in most of the nations of Europe, for men to assert their author ity over their wives by frequently beat ing them. Even In England it has been judicially determined that a man has a right to chastise his wife with an ordi nary whip or switch, but it is to the credit of that nation that instances of the brutality of husbands towards their wives are as rare as they are in this country, and when they are brought to judicial notice a means is generally found by which the offender is pun ished and in an exemplary mauner. THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: THURSDAY MORNIMG, Max in, is**-*. i Wife-heating Is common in Italy. Rus sia and Germany, although in the latter country it is confined to the poorer and more depraved class. But in Italy it is an j*vcry-day occurrence. Perhaps Perugini Imagined that in America he would be permitted to follow the cus tom of his own country in this regard, but by this time lie has realized his mis- ' take, tor he has lost a -beautiful wife, and at the conclusion of the present sea son he will lose his engagement with his wife's operatic company, and will find it extremely difficult to find an other. For wife-beaters are universally despised, and nowhere are they In worse odor than among the members of the operatic and theatrical professions. It is doubtful if a manager offering Perugini an engagement could till his company with reputable people, so deep-seated will be the contempt and detestation for him when his conduct shall become generally known. . "The man who lays his hand upon a woman, save in the way of kindness, is a. wretch whom 'twere base flattery to call a coward." No manly American can find excuse for such a creature. Whatever her offenses or her frailties may be, a woman is entitled to kind ness nt least, she should not be pun ished with blows. Lillian Russell will not only be justified, but applauded for dismissing her dastardly husband, and people will think more of her because of the course she has pursued than they would had she tamely submitted to the indignity. Perugini is a brute eutirely out of place in the United States, and whatever his merits as an artist may be, he should be taught by the public that such conduct as his can never be condoned. As for Miss Russell, she will doubt less marry again — perhaps a dozen times. But she is fair, engaging and an admirable artiste, and will continue to be one of the footlight favorites for many years to come. It is sometimes necessary to go away from homo to learn the news. The Washington Post says: Ignatius Donnelly is undoubtedly making an honest effort to reform. He has retired from politics and the Ba conian theory. Unfortunately for politics and Bacon, Mr. Donnelly has done neither of the things attributed to him. He is so much of a part of politics in this state that he cannot tear himself away, except at the imminent risk of his life, and as for the Baconian theory— well, he can plead not guily, for the theory deserted him; he was not the deserter. A PROGRKSSISG REFORM. Were any one, wishing to learn of the workings of our government by parties, to confine his reading to the papers just now in opposition to the administration and reject his own observations, he would be led to think that the only party that favors a policy which makes the civil servants of the government liable to discharge for partisan reasons solely is the party now in power, and that the only one favoring the merit system is the party which, to borrow the expression of one of its organs, "recently retired from power." If he were to neglect the papers and trust to his owli observations he would find that the one party is no bettor nor worse than the other, and that each has its warm adherents of the spoils system and the earnest supporters of the merit system in about equal quantities. He would find about the same number of hypocrites in each who are very eager advocates of the merit system when the other party is iv control and very indif ferent to it when it is out of power. He would find that among the practical politicians of both parties the system is held in supreme contempt; and, a3 this class usually dominates conventions and nominations, aud generally runs the governmental machine, he would" come froir a comparison of the conditions of the service now with those of twenty yeais ago with surprise that a cause so unpopular among the politicians should have made such progress and achieved so solid a foundation. As he compared the growth of the reform under the alternating adminis trations of each party, he would read with astonishment the audacious state ments of the press of the party now in opposition and wonder at their reckless denial of patent facts and their equally reckless assertion of palpable untruths, and he might wonder if the readers of these papers were really the gullible innocents their editors appear to assume they are. When, as an instance, these editors point with scornful finger to the action of a majority of the Democratic representatives in committee ot the whole, striking out of the appropriation bill the money lor the support of t_e civil service commission an action re versed the next day when the bill was re ported to the house— when this is pointed to as proof positive that the Democrats are the bitter enemies of the reform, i this observer might wonder that they make no mention that a Republican house in the early days of the movement exhibited its zeal for the reform by not only striking the appropriation from the bill in committee of the whole, where no record is made of the vote, but re peated the action when the bill was reported back to the house. But this impartial observer will make note of one step in advance taken by this administration, which is the more commendable because it is not in obedi ence to any law, but is the voluntary act of the administration. In the post office department, prior to the first ad ministration of President Cleveland, even the four years for which postmas ters above the third grade were com missioned did not secure them in the enjoyment of their office for the term, but they were removed at pleasure. In that administration the precedent of permitting a full term tenure was so firmly established that it was quite gen erally recognized and followed by Pres ident Harrison. Under both adminis trations tbe postmasters of the fourth class were swept from office ruthlessly, and the assistant postmaster general under each administration earned the plaudits of his fellow partisans and the maledictions of his opponents by the rapid and dexterous manner in which he wielded his headsman's ax. Under the present administration the rule of a four-year term has beeu ex tended to the fourth-class postmasters by the voluntary action of the postmas ter general, and the smaller officer is now just as secure in his office for that period as if he were formally commis sioned for the term. Even in those cases where after the election of . 1692 a fourth-class office had been raised to the presidential grade and the incum bent commissioned for four years, thus giving him the office for from six to eight years, the postmaster general de cides that no change shall be made un til the uew commission expires. And this candid observer of condi tions as they are, and not as they are represented by a partisan press to be, will note that, aside from the one per son who is anxious to serve his fellows as their postmaster, and, quite incident ally, enjoy the honors and emoluments attached thereto, who, with a few sym pathizing friends, is very sure that the party. will go to pieces if he is not ap pointed, there is on the part of the community a general acquiescuuce iv and satisfaction with tho new rule. If, noting this, he should inquire why it is that these papers in opposition are so fierce in their denunciations of the ad ministration, some other equally candid but better-posted observer might assure him that it really meant nothing; that they had to do it, and that it was a large part of their stock in trade. " It is the thirteen-year locusts thnt aro now threatening to devastate the oouutry. • The variety differs only front the seventeen-year . locust in the fact that its threatened invasions come oftener. . The actual visitations of neither aro very disastrous, save in au-j ticipation. | NEGRO VERSUS NEGRO. j Some time since the Minneapolis Tribune said that "with the South lrj the saddle the Northern Democracy is not likely to do much for the colored man and brother," whereupon the Globe commented that "there is one thing we won't do: If we put one of them on our electoral ticket we will not yank him off nor buy him off." There upon the Appeal, of St. Paul, a Repub lican Afro-American paper, came back at us with the cruel taunt that the "if" was well put in and that our poor party would never elect its electors in this state, anyhow. Now conies the Afro- American Senti nel, published in Omaha, and takes its colored brother in St. Paul to task. It bluntly says that the negro vote of Min nesota has been "always blindly at tached to the Republican party," and says it uses the word "blindly" advis edly. "The historian," continues the Sentinel, "will note no other fact which will reflect more discredit on the negro's character than this long-continued servile allegiance to an organization whose leadership never hesitated to ex press the most hearty contempt for the race." Warming to his work and inspired with the truth of his statements, our colored brother of the pencil gives to his fellow editor of color this solid chunk of cold fact, which we trust will not interfere with his mental digestion, and which the colored readers of the Globe may partake of with the satis faction of having the truth told them by one of their own race. He says: "During all the years since the ne fro's enfranchisement, the blacks of linnesota have, as we have already said, voted the Republican ticket with practical unanimity, and have thus aided materially in maintaining Repub lican supremacy in that state. And yet we venture the assertion that not a negro iv the whole state has been elected to a position higher than con stable on the Republican ticket within this period. The truth is, as every where demonstrated, the white leaders of the Republican party have never cared a tinker's blast for the negro ex cept for his vote, and such mercenary stool-pigeons as the Appeal are too in telligent to be unconscious of the fact." KEEP YOUR EYE ON PASCO. NORTHWEST VIEWS. It is said the supreme question in Western Kansas is this: "Shall we irri gate or emigrate?"— Sioux City Journal. Experience tends to confirm the opin ion that success in the commercial field today lies iv advertising.— Fargo Repub lican. '*'.-;* '-'*-. | Andrew Carnegie ought to come home and do something to plug the holes in his busiuess standing.— Davenport Dem ocrat, ; The sooner jurisdiction in divorce cases is transferred from the senate to a court of justice the better.— Winnipeg Free Press. .-*. . . ; Mr. Mills represents the sentiments of Wisconsin .Democrats much better than its own senators seem to. — La Crosse Chronicle. * . 77:7.7,'' ,._', .'.", !. According to Buttz. he did hot intend to bribe— simply to find out whether certain senators had a price, and how much it was.— Oshkosh Times. -.„..-",'' The supreme court of the state of New York decides that a horse race isn't a lottery. Sometimes it's a sure thing game.— Sioux Falls Press. . How to support a paper: Patronize the merchants and - business men who advertise, and mention the paper when purchasing goods. Aberdeen Monitor. J. B. Foraker has a desire to enter the national senate. Well, Foraker must of course go somewhere, and the senate can hardly be damaged.— Cedar Rapids Gazette. There is one thing ought to comfort that wonderfully well Preserved Smith, and that is that at the gates of heaven no presoytery will sit iv judgment.— lowa State Register. • State Auditor Hippie is given as au thority for the statement that school land sales of this year have been at the average rate of $15 per acre.— The Hu rouite, South Dakota. As the indications increase that the opposition to the Republicans in this state will be united this fall the faces of the leaders of that party elongate.— Grand Forks Plaiudealer. Prof. James Bryce said a wise and witty thing of the members of the Unit ed States house of lords when he de clared that "some are senators because they are rich, and some are rich because they are senators." — Davenport Leader. The best way to take care of the un employed is to help them to help them selves. Ail of this talk about public workshops and a government loan is only holding out an illusion and a snare to the workingmeu.— Superior Tele gram. Mayor Gilroy, of New York, has ap pointed a Republicau police commis sioner, and the action is taken as an announcement of a treaty of "amity and commerce" between Tammany and Republican reform." — Cedar Rapids' Gazette. Every person who visits this state, and those of our residents who have made business trips to the East, West,' North or South, are unanimously of the opinion, freely expressed, that South Dakota kuows nothing about hard times. —Aberdeen Daily News. Despite the McKinley tariff on wool, it seems from the official reports that while in the year prior to its passage Australia and New Zealand sent to this country but 11,000 bales of wool, now their exportation is twice that amount.— Grand Forks Plaiudealer. In the case of a Kentucky woman who sued a railroad compauy for dam ages for the loss of her husband and her horse, the jury gave her an award of $50 for the animal, and 1 cent for the. man. Men are rapidly dropping below par In old Kentucky. One-cent men are multiplying.— Dubuque Herald. * j The noble example which Lord Rose-: bery recently set in intervening in the great mining strike in England and se curing an amicable settlement.has been: imitated with conspicuous success in St.' Paul and Minneapolis, where a delega tion of good sensible business men from' 1 each city soon succeeded in suggesting! a basis of settlement, by reason of the adoption of'which by all parties con-! cerned, great hardships to the men and' immense loss to the trade of the coun try were averted.— Winnipeg Tribune. Etiquette of the Hand. A lady never extends her hand to a man whose acquaintance she is making. She may or may not shake hands with a lady who is introduced, but she must not give her hand to a strange man: A low bow is the elegant form of saluta tion. A cultivated woman will not shake hands with any man no matter how long she is acquainted with him, unless she respects and admires him. A gentleman never extends his hand to a lady first. To do so would be pre sumptuous and subject him to a snub bing. A man shows his .breeding the way he eats his dinner; a woman shows her. breeding the way she receives peo ple. 7 AT THE THEATERS. i- America's famous tragedians, Frede rick VVarde and Louis James, begin an engagement of three nights and Satur day matinee at the Metropolitan opera house tonight, appearing in a standard, repertoire of legitimate plays. They will open tonight in a grand production of "Julius Cesar," tomorrow night they will be seen in "Francesca da Rimini." Saturday matinee they will present "The Lion's Mouth." and Saturday ril'rlit, the last performance,?, they will appear in ''Damon and Pythias." VVarde and James have just returned from a successful tour to the Pacitic coast, and will close their season in St. Paul Satur night, which also closes the regular sen son at the Me ropolitan opera house. These two gentlemen are great favorites this city.and they will.in all probabil ity, pack the house at each performance. The advance srle of seats is already very large. # » r. The regular summer season at the : Metropolitan opera house will begin next Monday night, with the Columbian Comic Opera company as the attraction. The caliber of this company is said to be. of the highest standard tbat charac terizes the very best similar organiza tions. Most of the principals have been favorites for years and with leading operatic companies. An especially strong chorus and an augmented orches tra under the direction of T. G. Zepliu will be a strong feature. Milloecker's tuneful and ever popular opera, "The Black Hussar," has been selected for the opening. This is one of the pret tiest of all works of its kind and has been a prime favorite from the '.ime of its first production by the McCaull Opera company years ago. The sale of seats is now in progress at the box office. « i D. V. Arthur, of Gustave Frohman's forces, who next season goes with "Lady Windermere's Fan," arrived in the city yesterday. His services have been loaned Mr. Morris for the summer, for whom he will manage Grand opera bouse. * * * Monday the William Morris company will inaugurate the first week of its summer season at the Grand with a re vival of Lester Wallack's successful comedy drama, "Rosedale." This per enially delightful play was chosen for the opening bill on account of its in trinsic worth as well as the opportunity it offered to display the ability of the entire company. Mr. Morris will be seen in the part of Elliot Gray. The play will be staged with new and elab orate scenery. The production, it is said, will vie in scenic splendor with the superb representation made by the stock company of the Grand opera house of Boston of this delightful play. DONNELLY'S LATEST. He Makes Serious Charges Against an Ex-Republican State Official. The Representative, May 30. _ Reports reach us that a certain gentle man, who was formerly state auditor of Minnesota, bad selected certain lands for the state. They turned cut to be exceedingly rich in iron ore. ' The auditor then canceled the entries, and a company, with Rockefeller at the head of it, took them and paid the audi tor 550,000 cash, and gave him four of Rockefeller's notes for $50,000 each, or ?2-)0,000 in all! fl'he state is a million dollars poorer, and its ex-official is a quarter of a mill ion dollars richer. Selah ! The Century Bound. : It is only from the bouud volumes that one can obtaiu an adequate idea of the broad field covered by The Century Magazine. A single number, however interesting in itself, will of necessity be stamped with ■ the character of its lead ing articles— a fact which at times makes it appear that some subjects are receiv ing undue attention at the expense of others equally deserving of notice. In the collected numbers, however, the proportion is restored, and one finds in the present volume (comprising the numbers from November, 1893. to April. 1894, inclusive) an inviting and varied table of contents, embracing art, music, literature, science,, religion— in brief, the whole field of human interest, TELEGRAPHIC SNAP SHOT 3. A pleasure party of five were drowned at Smith's Falls, Out., yesterday. Robert Bell, originator of the Brox burn oil works, the largest in Scotland, is dead. -_f_H The Knights of Pythias expect 12,000 delegates to attend their Washington conclave in August. A freight wreck at Sharon, Mass., yesterday killed a fireman and a tramp, who was stealing a ride. Miss Addie Johnson, a prominent youug society lady of Richmond, Va., lias eloped with Edward White, of Chi cago. A riot between Masons and Catholics occurred yesterday in Paris owing to the inscription on a monument to Joan of Arc. New York Typographical Union No. 6 unveiled a statbe of Horace Greelev yesterday at the junction of Broadway, Sixth avenue aud Thirty-third street. - A fight between colored graiu trim mers and union men on a steamer in* Chicago harbor resulted in one white and two colored men being seriously injured. The feature of the memorial day ex ercises in St, Louis were the special services at Gen. Sherman's grave, and the unveiling of a monument in Belle fontaine erected to the memory of Gen John McNeill. Charles C. Connor, member of parlia ment for the north division of Antrim, - trading as Fenton, Connor & Co., bleachers and spinners, has gone into voluntary liquidation, owing to the de pression in trade. Prince Agustus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was married yesterday morning in the church of the llofburg, Vienna, to his cousin, the Archduchess Caroline Immaculata, of the Tuscan branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraiue. A bill will be presented to the house prepared by the sub-committee of the house committee on appropriations, • calling for an appropriation of $150,000 for a government exhibit at Atlanta, arid $50,000 for a building. Secretary of Agriculture Morton, Ar gentine Minister Dr. Seballes and Will iam E. Curtis, of the Chicago Record, leive Washington tomorrow over the ■Chesapeake & Ohio road for a tour among the stock farms of Kentucky. The questions of sewer gas and lep rosy occupied the second geueral ses sion of the triennial congress of Ameri can physicians and surgeons, held at ' M.tzerott's hall, Washington, yesterday afternoon. Mis 3 Frances Willard announces that, owing to the financial stress in the United States, she returns to the Na tional Woman's Christian Temperance union her last two years' salary which she has rsceived as president of that organization. Physicians and their families, to the number of about ninety persons, left Chicago last night over the Northwest ern for the Pacific coast, to attend the forty-fifth annual meeting of the Amer ican Medical association in San Fran cisco, June 5 to 8. The most conflicting reports arc in circulation regarding the invention which M. Turpin, the Inventor of melinite, is said to have sold to Ger many for 5,000,000 francs. The invention is described as being calculated to en tirely change the system of warfare.and the report ot Its sale; true or untrue.has caused a sensation iv military and diplo matic circles. Candidates for public* oflfces are as numerous as U-Osqo-twos,— Bul i letin. . >?:*;? --r*,7 MINNESOTA SENTIMENT. The income tax feature of the tariff bill appears likely to become a law, even il Senator Dive Hill don't like it — New Ulm News. Donnelly don't want fusion with the Democrats if Owens is to run for gov ernor and a Democrat for state senator. Neither do we. - Buffalo Gazette. - Now. don't get gay in making predic tions about Steams county delegates. They know what that want, and they also have a clear idea of how it can be obtained.— St. Cloud Press. There is no reason why the govern ment should pay representatives $14 a day while they gad about country work ing for votes instead of at work in con gress where they belong. — Lincoln County Journa. We notice but few country papers indorsing any of the several candidates for state auditor, for the good reason that those who aspire to that position are ail good men, and the choice is not so easily made.— Granite Falls Tribune. Reports from every section of Wilkin comity indicate that grain of all kinds never looked better at this time of the year. And a very important feature of it all Is. it was never before put in with so little Breckenridge Tele gram. There is not a visitor who comes to our town but says that Thief River Fails is the best town of its size in the country, improvements being made all about us, consisting of business houses, residences, etc.— Thief River Falls News. The Republicans say this will be an off year for Democrats. M .ybe it will, but, nevertheless, if Maj. Baldwin makes the run for congress, he is going to surprise some of his over-presumptu ous Republican bretuern in the Sixth district.— Wadena Tribune. "Hair-trigger Democrats," is the name given by the St. Cloud Times to those of that party who are in such a hurry to condemn the Democratic tariff bill that they cannot wait till it is passed before they find fault with it. They "go off" too easily.— Litchfield Independent. If all publishers would make it the rule of their business life to exact pre payments, possibly the country editor would have more of this world's goods to show lor his labors when his earthly works are ended, but such a condition is verging too near the millennium to ever be realized.— Mankato Review. The Chicago platform must be inter preted ou a brord and liberal plan; not with adhesion to technical phraseology or with a juggling of words. There is no doubt that the Chicago convention intended to convey the meaning that high protection is hostile to the spirit of the constitution.— Winona Herald. The seuate came near fixing a date some time next month for taking a vote ou the tariff bill. But the Republicans thought it was a put-up job on them some way, and the Democrats found it was likely to take the whole month get ting a vote to cet the date. So nothing was done.— Duluth Commonwealth. It is not an enviable piece of adver tising the town of Fulton, 111., is trying to obtain in the effort to secure Con gressman Breckinridge as its Fourth of July orator, and it is to be hoped that if he does make his speech in Fulton his only auditors will be the committee that invited him.— Glenwood Herald. The tact that England has purchased 30.000,000 bushels of wheat at Buenos Ayres instead of at New York cannot fail to-have had a great influence in .keeping down the price of American wheat, and therefore the American tanner must give serious attention to the problem of overcoming this Argen tine competition.— Duluth Herald. Senator Washburn is said to be con fident of his renomination. He thiiiKS Nelson is contented with his prospects for a second term iv the governor's chair, and can see no well-defined oppo sition to himself. Nelson maintains a sphynx-like and unbecoming silence in regard lo his desires aud expectations. Anoka Herald. With the leading Democratic paper, the Globe, uttering its philippics against it on the one hand and Ignatius Donnelly, presideut of the Alliance and editor of tne Representative, against it on the Populist side, the prospect of fusion between the ■ Democrats and the Populists would seem to be rather poor to say the least. Each fears auu de spises the other.— Benson Times. Mr. Boen is unquestionably the choice of his party in this county, and we are willing to predict that Mr. Boen will submit his candidacy to the members of his party in tliis county, and, if they de cide against him, he will pull out. If he will do this, and we are certain that he will, it will settle ali of the talk about his not having the support of his neighbors in Otter Tail county. — Fergus Falls Journal. True it is that the attorney general is supposed to be legal adviser in duet to the slate in general and the state offi cials in particular, but equally true it is that he in reality is simply there for the purpose cf giving such opinions as will give a semblance of legality to shady political acts designed for the advantage of the party to which he happens to be long.—Aitkin Age. Donnelly will support S. M. Owen for governor. This seems strange when the fact is. considered that Owen has sup ported Doc Fish ou several occasions when he was trying to best the Sage. It, is probably due to the fact that Mr. Donnelly wants to go to the senate. He wants to go bad, and probably imagines thai is the only chance he has of getting there.— Crookslon Times. Most people will think none the more of the Minneapolis Tribune for its at tempt to pry into the private affairs of the presideut aud his family. This looks like degrading the dignity of a great newspaper to the level or a common gossip-monger. We do not see what right a newspaper lias to step in and tear the veil ot family privacy from the home of any man, public or private. That it is done is one of the foulest blots on American journalism.— Cloquet Pine Knot. PERbO.NALi MENTION C. H. Jenks and wife, Litchfield, were at the Merchants' yesterday. Mrs. R. Floyd Jones and family, St. Louis, were .Merchants' guests yester day. A party from Swatow, China, con sisting of William Ashman, Mrs. Ash man and Nathan W. Brown registered yesterday at the Merchants'. At the Windsor— J. M. Presler, C. R. Beach, Boston; A. P. Will, Ann Arbor. Mich; W. P. Guild, West Superior; Frank Barrett, California; John Macrer, New York. At the Clarendon— A. L. Nixon, Farmington; James Morgan, Chicago; R. R. Johnson, Benson; H.M.Baker, Kansas City; B. J. Scohie, Janesville; F. V. Hotciikiss. South Dakota.. At the Sherman — John E. Paulson, Hillsboro. N. D.; J. S. Tyler. Thompson Falls. Mont.; W. H. Standish. Bis marck; O. W. Br«mger, Duluth; J.J. Cavauaugh, Seattle; Ned Forshu, Chi cago; CJ. Christy, Fremont, O. ; F. R. Putinan, Rockwell. At the Hotel Metropolitan— Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Smith, San Francisco; L. 11. Williams, St. Louis; E. E. Hams, Chi cago; Charles E. Henderson, Milwaukee; S. C. Burgeman. Denver, Col.: M. K. Nichols, Sioux City, Io.; E.C.Porter. Philadelphia; L. S. Sanders, Brooklyn, N. V.; F. P. Mitchell and wife, C. yon Schroder and wife, Maquoketa, 10. At the Ryan— J. W. Palmer, Duluth; K. J. Klngsley, Bingharaton, N. V. ; S. L. Gray, Painesvilfe, O. ; L.' M. Cush bert. Denver; Frederick Pease, New York; Rudolph Blackenburg, Phila delphia; CM. Edwards, Chicago; CM. Swan, Sioux City; J. J. Kir win, New York; S. Patek. Milwaukee; John D'Orville Doty, Rochester. N. V.; J. J. Nelson, Hutchinson. At the Merchants'— E. M. Prouty, Grand Forks; R. Manning, Winnipeg; F. Morton. New Rockford; li. C. Koch, MilwauKee; C. D. Reis, Pitts burg; A. B. Cook, Montana; O. S. Reed, Predonia, Kan.; C. Madden, New Rockford; J. C. McCarty, Bozeman; Alex McEachern. West Superior; J. D. Sautersand wife, Pittsburg, Pa.; E. A. Graham, Hay ward. Wis. ._.:,■ v,-. WHY WE HAVE HARD TIMES CAUSES OF DEPRESSION EXPLAINED BY IN ENGLISH LEADER. D_-*aoM_*riZA'rioN of silver At the Bottom of All tho Trouble —Heavy Fall in Prices—Amer ican Farmers Have Suffered Most— Englishmen Will Lose Largely on Their Investments in American Land Mortgages. Edinburgh, May 30.— An important speech, touching upon wheat, silver, gold and American mining, railroads and land mortgages, was delivered here today by the Right Hon. Henry Chap lin, Conservative, president of the board of agriculture in Lord Salisbury's last government. The speech was an address to a crowded conference of the Scottish chambers of husbandry, and had for its subject "bi-meiallism in re lation to agricultural depression."" The speaker declared that a great depres sion was chiefly due to the steady and heavy fall in the prices of produce, which.he claimed, was due to the mone tary changes of 1853, and could only be stopped by reverting to the previous monetary system. Nobody could foresee where the pres ent fall In prices wouid end. Accord ing to the latest table, the fall from 1873 to 1893 of 40 per cent in wheat, amply illustrates this. The British commis sioners, he added, studied the prices of wheat in America in 1870, and he be lieved that it could never be exported cheaper than 40 shillings per quarter. But superior Indian wheat was sold last week at Hull for 19s 3d per quarter. Continuing, he said the maiority of the farmers believe that the fall in prices is due to foreign competition, and that the remedy was protection. But, the fact that half the countries of the continent and the United States while imposing THE HEAVIEST DUTIES on imported produce, complain of a great depression, refutes this argument, Mr. Chaplin asserted. Touching upou the farmers of Amer ica, he said that they, especially, were being ruined and becoming bankrupt fas;er even than the British farmers. Others contend that overproduction Is responsible for the fall in prices; but he claimed statistics showed that pro duction of wheat has decreased, al though the prices have fallen. There fore,, from the point of view of the speaker, it was farcical aud ridiculous to attribute the fall in prices to that cause. The real cause, he said, was the demonetization or silver in 1873, and the subsequent divergence ot the rela tive values of metals which enabled the silver-using countries like India to export wheat at the present low price. Mr. Chaplin also said: "And if silver continues to fall, there is no reason why wheat should not cheapen indefinitely. We propose, as a remedy, an interna tional agreement to revert to the system which previled prior to 1873. "The failure of the Brussels confer ence is no argument against this, as it has since been clearly proved that noth ing but the action of the English dele gates broke up the conference. "Chancellor yon Caprivi's subsequent explanation of the conduct of the Ger man delegates conclusively proved this to be a fact." Mr. Chaplin reviewed the BIMETALLIC MOVEMENT on the continent, and pointed out espe cially the importance of President Cleveland obtaining powers to resum mon the conference, adding: "My answer to the argument that an agree ment as to the ratio between silver and gold was impossible is that the oimetal list will accept any ratio rather than continue as now, and silver is so sensi tive tnat its market price will con form to any fixed international ratio. The increased output, con sequent upon such an agree ment, wouid, in our opinion, not affect the matter in the least, as it would be infinitely small compared with the immense existing mass. The argument that an international agree ment would make the fortune of the American and Mexican silver mines does not touch the quesrion of its ex pediency and general utility. "The most important adverse argu ment is that Great Britain, being the greatest creditor now of the world, would receive payment of her debt in the cheapest metal. We contend that both metals would perform equal func tions, while, on the other hand, we ask if it is wise for a creaitor to embarrass his debtor by monetary changes." The speaker then referred to Amer ican railways, and made the assertion that -third of th-ir number were in the hands of receivers. Mr. Chaplin followed this by dwelling upou the' unfavorable investment made in American laud mortgages and said: "From the accounts of the I condition of THE land I and the fanners there, and especially in the West, owing to the fall in prices, I should be very anxious about such in vestments if they were mine. In fact, the creditors everywhere are iv the greatest danger of losing their capital, or the greater part of it, owing to the appreciation of gold. The argument in favor of monometall ism is based upon the fact that enor mous quantities of gold are lying idle in the Bank of England, and is erroneous, ■as it merely points to the fear to invest it in industry and enterprises in face of falling prices. The bimetallic prospects of the future are most promising, and 1 can reassure our foreign friends that the recent count-out of the bimetallic debate in the house of commons was devoid of im portance. The discussion of the matter was attempted against the advice of its friends, and the result was inevitable, seeing that no division was possible. Advices from every quarter of Great Britain snow that interest in the ques tion is steadily and widely spreading, and that the city of London itself is coming in." Mr. Chaplin's speech greatly im pressed his audience, and was loudly applauded. RAMSEY WAS SORE, But the Telegraphers Will Bury Ail Their Differences. Denver, Col., May 30.— The Railway Telegraphers will finish their work and adjourn today or tomorrow. The ad herents of Grand Chief Ramsay felt considerably chagrined over his de feat but tho two factions have buried ail past differences and agreed to work for the upbuilding ot the order. The full list of officers elected is as fol lows: Grand chief telegrapher. W. V. Powell, of Wichita, Kan.; assistant grand . chief, M. M. Dolphin, of Kansas City; grand secretary and treasurer. J. Weathcrbee. Denver, grand senior telegrapher, T. M. Pier son, Indianapolis, Ind.; grand junior telegrapher, J. E. Stinson, Dallas. Tex. ; grand inside sentinel. W. C. White, London, Out.; grand outside sentinel, G. C. McDerniott*. San Francisco; grand editor and manager, J. R. T. Austin, Dallas. - Tex. Members of grand executive committee: L. A. Tanquary, of Pueblo, and Charles Daniels, of Atlanta. In spite of assur ances given that harmony had been re stored, it now appears the defeat to Grand Chief Ramsay may cause a split* which will break up" the older of tele graphers. •gThe East Indian ship worm will in a few months destroy any vessel by eat ing out Uie interior of the beams and planks. They will be left a mere shell that can be shattered by the list. OHIO'S MILITIA IN ARMS. MOBS OF STRIKERS STOP SHIFPIKG AND MINING ALONG THE OHIO I__V*R*__. The Hoosier Governor Issues a Proclamation Against Strikers liiter'eriiig With Trains— Gov. Waite Working for a Compro mise of the '."ripple Creek Trou bles-Other Coal Districts. Cincinnati, 0., May 30.— Gov. Mc- Kinley is advised that Adjt. Gen. Howe will reach Gloucester at mid night, when it is expected that the militia will mobilize there unless cut off by burned bridges. The Pomeroy and Athens company are on the way to Gloucester. A dispatch from Pomeroy announces that the strikers who char tered a steamer for their successful in vasions on the mines in West Virginia will move tomorrow on Redmond City and other mines on the Kanawha river. While the strikers at Gloucester are obstructing the shipping of West Vir , ginia coal, these men will try to stop the mines where it is being gotten out for shipment. Columbus, 0., May 30.— trouble at Gloucester has been settled peace ably. About 5 o'clock a telegram was received at the governor's office from Sheriff Riley, of Athens county, stating that the Toledo & Ohio Central railway had agreed to capitulate to the miners and no more West Virginia coal would be hauled during the strike. The sheriff asked that the call for troops be re voked. Five companies of the Seven teenth regiment wero under arms ready to proceed to Gloucester, and Battery li, of Columbus, was on its way to the union depot when the news of the set tlement of the trouble was received. MATTHEWS AROUSED. The Hoosier Governor Issues a Proclamation Against Strikers. Indianapolis, May 30.— Late this afternoon the governor instructed the railroad attorneys to hie a written com plaint with him citing the instances where the strikers have interferred with the running of trains. The gov ernor tonight issued a proclamation, in structing the strikers to cease their interference with the trains. If the strikers do not take heed of this the governor will order out the militia to night. Representatives of the Evansville & Terre Haute and Indianapolis & Terre Haute railroads this morning called on Judge Baker.of the United States court, and asked for a restraining order to prevent striking miners from interfer ing with trains. Judge Baker said he did not ' feel like taking upon himself the duties of a peace officer, and that it was the prov ince of the state officials to keep the peace and protect properly. He sug gested a conference with Gov.Matthe and went with the railroad officials to participate in it. Whatever the agree ment was it was kept secret. The matter will be further consid ered this afternoon. It is thought the governor will call out the militia. The: attorneys for the railroads made the point that the railroads were entitled to some relief in some court, and as there was a violation of the interstate commerce law when the strikers inter fered with the movement of cars from one state to another.they were certainly entitled to relief in the federal court. The governor said he was willing to do anything in his power, but he could not under the law call upon the militia until he was appealed to by the local officers, which appeal • had not as yet been made. • Gov. Matthews said late this afternoon that the question of tho troops had not been fully passed upon, and that there would be auoiiier conference this evening. He said, how ever, that the militia had not been called out. and would not be under ex isting circumstances. WAITE ON THE WAY. Colorado's Governor Will Talk to StriKers a? a Labor Knight. Denver, Col, May —After giving out information that he would not start for Cripple Creek until today. Gov. Waite took a special train last night on the Denver & ■ Rio Grande road for Florence, where he will proceed today to the miners' stronghold. He is accompanied by Adjt. Gen. Tarsney. The governor will hold a secret conference with the leaders of the strikers. He said ha would talk to them as a Knight of La bur, and hoped to induce them to agree to a compromise. Cripple Creek, Col., May 30. —A heavy downpout of rain has made the roads almost impassable. it is . not believed the army of deputies will move until tomorrow. The strikers expect the deputies will approach from three directions simultaneously. It is said they have laid mines of dynamite under all " the approaches of Buii Hill which can be touched off by electricity, thus destroying the enemy. Two formidable redoubles on the line of the Florence &, Cripple Creek railway in Canyon near lhe Wilbur were buill during the night, and it will be easy tot a small torce stationed there to repulse 1.000 men. Colorado Springs, Col.. May 30.— A mass meeting of citizens was held at the court house at noon today, which re solved that the lime for arbitration at Cripple Creek had passed and that the only way to settle tha difficulty now was to get the miners ta lay down their arms aud surrender the mines to their owners. One hundred and fifty extra deputies were enrolled, of whom 100 will act as home guards, Among them arc such prominent citi zens as Percy Hageruiau and Judge Harrison. lowa Militia Called Out. Oskaloosa, 10., May 30.— strike situation is practically unchanged to night, but the outside strikefs have been making such threats of what will be done tomorrow that Adjt. Prim has called out four companiei of militia. They will arrive at Evans Muchanouk at midnight. The working mi tiers will be protected, and the mi nee will run tomorrow. Italians and Aus trians are coming in from Seymour to aid the strikers, and a general rally it threatened; but peace will be preserved and the hot hearts cared for. Maj. John Loper. of I)es Moines, has command of the troops. Gen. Prime remains hero. An Impossible Ticket. Montevideo Leader. The Pioneer Press has sent us a cir cular requesting us to give our prefer euces for tiie various state offices and for congressman in the coming cam paign and to indicate the lines an. issues upon which the campaign should be run. We gladly do so. Our cboica is as follows: For governor, some good honest Republican. For lieutenant governor; some good hones Republican. For secretary of state, some good honest Re publican. For state auditor, some good honest pub lietm. For state treasurer, some good honest Re publican. For attorney general, some good honest Re publican. iorclerk of supreme court, some good hones! Republican. For justices of supreme court. two good hones Republicans. . . * For congressman Second district, soma goo honest Republicau. *