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4 «_>-_____________- THE PffllY GLOBE IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY AT NEWSPAPER ROW. COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA «*TS. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ST. PALL. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable In Advance. Dally and Snndny, per Month . .50 Dally and Sunday, Six Mon*"is. . $2.75 lily and Snndny, One Year . . .$5.00 ill. Only per Month a a • 4 ..ally Only, Six Months . . ?_.._..*■ Dully Only, One Year is* $4.00 Sunday Only, One Year. ■ a *?1 ">■> Weekly, One Year. . . $1.00 Address all letters and telegrams to THE GLOBE, St. Paul. Minn. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE. ROOM El 7, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING. NEW YORK. WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1403 F. ST. N. W. Complete file** of the Globe always kept on hand for reference. TODAY'S WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Jan. Forecast for Thursday: For Minnesota: Fair and colder, with a cold wave ln eastern portion; northerly winds. For Wisconsin: Fair, colder with a wave; northwesterly winds. For the Dakotas: Fair and slightly colder; northerly winds, becoming easterly. For Montana: Fair; warmer in western portion; winds becoming southeasterly. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Un'tod States Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau, Washington, Jan. 22. 0:48 p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Observations taken at the same mo ment of time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. Place. Ther. I Place. Ther. St. Paul 20 Mlnnedosa — Duluth 28 Winnipeg —12 Huron 8 St. Vincent — 8 Bismarck — Williston —10 Buffalo 22-38 Havre —10 Boston 32-34 Helena 24 Cheyenne 22-38 Edmonton —12 Cincinnati 44-44 Battleford —24 Chicago 30-30 Prince Albert —34 Montreal 14-24 Calgary 10 New Orleans 04-74 Medicine Hat .....— l4 New York 32-38 Swift Current —8 Pittsburg 40-40 Qu'Appelle —24 —Below zero. DAILY MEANS. Barometer, 30.17; thermometer, 22; rela tivo humidity, SO; wind northwest; weather, clear; maximum thermometer, 20; minimum thermometer, 17; daily range, 9; amount of rainfall or melted snow In last twenty-four hours, 0. Note — Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. — P. F. Lyons, Observer. -*»_-- PREPARE FOR THE CONTEST. The campaign of 1896, a conflict of ideas whose field is the nation, is new Inaugurated by the determination of the dates of the assembling of the na tional conventions of the two great and decisive political parties. In the interim before the conventions meet the various candidates in either party will be busying themselves in gathering strength for the contest for the nomina tion, and the anxious managers will be studying political currents, spying out the bars and rocks in the way and exercising their dexterity in trying to avoid them. The platform builders will be training themselves in their art of framing words into sounding sentences which shall carry as little precise meaning as possible, and which diverse ly opinionated men may read to suit themselves. There is good work for the Demo crats of Minnesota to do in prepara tion both for the convention of their party and for J.he final tussle at the polls. There are some conditions which it is essential to face and remedy. The first and leading fact is that they, as a party, are In the minority. They have come near a plurality at times and have deserved to come there al ways, but influences, sometimes with in sometimes without the party, have prevented success. But there are cer tain obligations a id on a minority party from which a majority usually acts as if it thought itself exempt. There is an immobility of the mass of men in their party movements that enables a majority to do things with impunity that should destroy it; but they retain their normal majorities because men dislike to repudiate their party, and, sometimes, because they have more or less good reason to sus pect that the opposing party would be no better. A minority party cannot become a majority party except by winning to Its side enough of its opponents to give It control. There are two means of doing this, neither one of which is sufficient, but both united are in time irresistible. One is to propose a policy, j and, if given opportunity, to enforce it, which is based on human right and present needs. The next is to select as leaders and representatives men of probity, of ability and cleanliness of reputation and methods. It is the atti tude of saying to the opposition: "We purpose doing these things because they are right and necessary to the common welfare and we select these men whose characters and reputations are a guarantee that we will do as we promise if we are permitted." Parties are little different from individu als. The law of character forming and reputation building is precisely the same for the one that it is for the other. The trickster, the boodler, the breaker of promises, never holds the confidence of men for long, be he a man or a party. The fate of parties is held by a com paratively few men. A change of side of five men out of each hundred voters would, give any state in the Union to the other party. It is not the ig norant men who are these five; they are usually steadfast in their alle giance. It is the intelligent, self-re specting five In each hundred, the men who do not surrender to any party the entire control of their consciences and judgments, who are the movable factors and decide the fate of parties? How can the Democrats of this state reach, convince and win over these five? That is the problem. In the first place we must be uncompromising ly Democratic ourselves. We must have clean hands. Nothing hurt us, not even the panic of '93, as did the recreancy of the Fifty-third congress. The men we had won by our appeals to their sense of right left us when our congress refused to redeem our promises to the letter. Who can blame them? There must be an end of com promising. Principles cannot _ be , com THE SAINT PAUI, DAILY GLOBE: : THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1896 -1 promised.. . Some Democrats need to j learn this and learn' it so thoroughly j that no.' temptation can assail it suc cessfully. .;'-*;. . ' ■■-- :f v Then the leaders must be chosen for their fitness, their ability, their knowl edge of public affairs, their standing in the community; for something be side dexterity in manipulation, the packing of caucuses and conventions, the arts, in short of the mere politician. ; The nominees must be men whose rep l utation invites confidence. There is j no lack of them, just as there is no I lack of the other kind. The repellent effect of men of doubtful character, of shady methods, of suspected hon esty, political if not commercial, when given direction of party affairs, is suf | ficient to prevent the success of a j party armored with a righteous cause. It is a badge of insincerity that makes ! j the cause appear a mere pretense, a ! ■ lamb's fleece covering a wolf. Condi j tions are favorable this year for the I success of our party if it thus array itself for the contest. It rests with | the Democrats in each county to say j if this shall be done. Theirs is the j responsibility. If they neglect it they | must not complain of the consequences. _*_. AN ADVANTAGEOUS PROPOSITION. The action taken yesterday by the j j public library board on the proposi | tion presented to it to erect a library j building on the market house prop- j erty seems to put the matter in a shape decidedly advantageous to the public, if the gentlemen behind the measure accept the change mede in the terms i which they submitted. The details of I the original plan, which can now be j ; stated publicly for the first time j , with honor, provided for a building 134 feet in length of front on St. Peter street, and 60 feet deep en Seventh street. Of this a portion of the first ! floor was intended to be reserved for ; business uses. In consideration of erecting upon this a structure for li brary purposes, estimated to cost $150, --000, the promoters asked for a ninety nine-year lease on the balance of the market house property. The members of the library boaid are of the opinion that the proposition, modified as they suggested, deserves, abstractly consid ered, the commendation which we have already bestowed upon it. If the city can obtain, in exchange for a mere ground lease of a portion of a prop- I erty which it cannot now sell or lease I on reasonable terms, a public library ] building suited to our needs, it would be a good bargain. In addition to this is the consideration of a handsome and valuable business structure to be erected on the Wabasha street portion of the property, contributing to the public revenue about $5,000 a year in taxes on the improvement and the leasehold of the land. From every point of view this is most desirable, provided only that the con sideration offered by these parties is made adequate and satisfactory. It will be so if the recommendations of the library board are accepted. By a resolution adopted at yesterday's meet ing, this proposition was referred back to its originators, with the suggestion that it be modified in three particulars. In the first place, the entire building is to be devoted to library purposes. No citizen would think for a moment of permitting any portion of it to be appropriated for business uses. In the second place, it has asked that the building be completely equipped for occupancy, with a heating and light ing plant and all necessary fixtures, to gether with heat and power. This is a most important consideration. It would remove from the city the necessity of expending many thousand dollars in fitting up a new structure, and en able the slender resources of the pub lic library to be devoted to the purposes to which they are now applied. In addition to that, the supply of heat and power, which can be readily ob tained from the adjoining structure that is to be erected for business uses, is equivalent to the payment of a rental of some thousand dollars per year. The third requirement is that the dimensions of the building shall be changed to 75 feet frontage on Sev enth street. This would give a floor space which, on any reasonable calcu lation, would be adequate for library needs for fifty years to come, and prob ably for twice that length of time. The tendency is, in all large cities, toward the establishment of branch libraries after the central institution has reached a certain size. If these modifications are complied with, the public library board was unanimous in its approval, and in its opinion that the proposition could be accepted with great advantage to the city. No matter of so great importance | or promising so large public benefit has come before the people for some time. Adding to the amount of in creased tax receipts the saving of the charge which the market house build ing now is upon the city, and the cash equivalent of heat and power furnished to the library, the plan amounts act ually to the leasing of the whole prop erty at a very respectable figure en its full cash value, even without consid ering the new building that is to be presented to the public. We believe that the plan in its present shape merits public approval, and trust that It will be so accepted by those who originated it, and meet with the favor of the common council. -s__- IT DID NOT WORK. One of the novelties introduced into our tariff laws by Mr. McKinley was the requirement that each article im ported should have stamped plainly on it the country of its origin. Just what the motive was that was back of this regulation we do not now recall, but it is easily supposable that it was in tended to enable the loyal American to avoid the contagion of contact with the product of "foreign pauper labor," arid the contamination of touch with things that were "cheap and nasty." About the time of the incubation of that dis astrous measure, it will be remembered that President Harrison declared that he did not like cheap coats; for, some how, there was implied cheap men under them. We recall that eloquent denunciation ; of : cheapness by Mr. Mc ty:'-y.-:y.yyyyy>i ■••*-- .-..-•-■ y ■ Kinley at . Kalamazoo, under the in- l spiration .of the . fluent - Julius Caesar Burrows, 'of that historic town, ; in which he declared that cheapness was un-American, that this was not a cheap country that the fathers builded and, with fine sarcasm wrinkling his Napo leonic nose, he reached his climax in the declaration that "cheap and nasty go together." Whether it was really original or whether the idea was borrowed from the English or whether the English borrowed it from McKinley, we have no data to render certain; but we under stand that English law required the same identification of the article that Mr. McKinley's act called for. But it is a fact that, if the intention in either case was to lessen the sale of foreign made goods, the end was precisely the I reverse of that sought. Goods and prophets are alike in being without honor in their own countries. There is a prevalent notion that the thing 1 that is made by a stranger is better than the same thing made by one's neighbor. It is a foolish, undiscrimin ating notion; but it exists all the same, and cuts no small figure In trade. Pos sibly in this country it was a well ; founded suspicion that home products ; were not always what they pretended jto be, that the "all-wool" garment ! traced the better part of its paternity jto the cotton fields of Alabama. The | prevalence of shoddy, wool in the fifth ! degree of utilization, in clothing, had I made our people suspicious" of the home-made article. Anyway, there was a notion that if one wanted "goods j that would wear" he had to get the im- I ported article. Here is where the novelty in the law worked mischief. Prior to it the un- American, preferring foreign goods, had to rely on the word of his haber dasher or merchant, and, sometimes, got left. But after the McKinley label was compulsory there was no need for reliance on anything but his own eyes. The "England," or "Germany" or "France" label fixed the fabric's origin beyond question. Does this not ac count for the marked increase in im ports that followed the act of 1890, in tended though it was to diminish them? This maybe nothing more than a reasonable conjucture, but it is borne out by the similar working of the Eng lish requirement of the same nature. Its effect there was to stimulate im ports, especially from Germany, the English people being possessed by the same foolish preference for things made abroad that characterizes our own. To a small extent the increase with us may have been due to those ultra free traders who, if they must pay a tax, preferred to buy the foreign article that had paid a tax directly into the treasury rather than a home made one where the equivalent of the tax went into the pocket of a tariff beneficiary. However it may be, it is quite evident that the scheme did not work either here or in England. CANNOT HAVE COLONIES. The sudden outburst of interest in the foreign policy of the United States which followed the revolution in Ha waii, the Cuban insurrection and the Venezuela controversy, seems to have set the minds of men awry as to the possible relation that can exist between the government of the United States and communities outside of its pres ent or possible jurisdiction as a gov ernment. It appears to have been for gotten temporarily that the United States is not a colonizing country; that it is forbidden by the very nature of its institutions, by the very princi ples that lie at the foundation of its existence, lo roam around the j world, like the great nations of Europe, j seeking -for new peoples to subdue and new areas to add to its territory as colonies. Here, for example, we have a revival of the proposition that this country purchase from Denmark the three Danish islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, in the West Indies. An overture of this sort was made to us many years ago, and negotia tions fell through. Now, however, it is asserted that Denmark has again put her islands in the market and that the United States ought, by all means, to buy them as a means of preventing them from passing into the possession of some European power. A number of the leading papers of the country descant upon the necessities of the United States in the way of coaling stations and harbors in the waters adjacent to the gulf, and declare that this is an opportunity not to be neglected. Not one of these critics of the first standing seems to have asked the ques tion on what basis the people of the territory so acquired would be incor porated in the population of the Unit ed States. This is a federated repub lic based upon universal suffrage, with local self-government and a complete system of popular representation in the state and in the federal government. There is no room in it for the exercise of arbitrary authority over the indi vidual. There is no room in it for anything like a colony. Suppose these islands became ours by purchase tomor row, what would be the political status of their inhabitants? Would they constitute three new states, or one new state, or be attached as a county or counties to some of the ex isting states hundreds of miles dis tant? 'What would . be their form of local government? To what state legis lature would they send representatives? How would they be represented in the congress at Washington One has but to ask these questions to see the im possibility of extending the power of the United States to distant territory and population unaccustomed to its institutions without wrecking the scheme of our government itself. It is of a great deal more impor tance that we preserve the democratic system, the republican form of gov ernment, the principle of equal repre sentation, • than that we go filibuster ing about the seas to acquire, by some means, territory that would be only a burden to us, and naval stations that we do not at all require. A vigorous foreign policy . on rational lines is right , ari_ , necessary. - A : foreign • policy thai looks toward the acquisition of colonies by the United States leaves out of sight or would obliterate all funda mental distinction between a republic, in which every citizen is a sovereign, and a monarchy, which can set up and maintain colonial dependencies with out doing outrage to Itself. ■■ ;; — l — : _» — : The Minneapolis Times says that Democratic sound money leaders are amazed at the result of the senatorial election in the Kentucky legislature, "which returns Free-Silver Blackburn to the United - States senate." If the Times' writer should consult some one | who has read the newspapers within the last few weeks, he would learn that there has not been any senatorial elec tion In the legislature of Kentucky, and that, therefore, neither Mr. Black burn nor any other gentleman has been chosen from that state to the United States - senate. Our esteemed contemporary should hire some one to wake it up. 1 : — mm The enterprising evening paper takes no account of time in its calculations. j j The Journal appeared on the j streets yesterday afternoon at 3 : o'clock with a full account of the I Lowry-Hagerman wedding, which did ! not take place till 5. It was easily pos | sible for a Minneapolis business man j i to read the account of the wedding , down town, go deliberately home and don his dress suit, attend the real wed ding and then figure out the difference between "falfilng" and honest news gathering. — •»_•»»■ At this juncture it looks very much as if John Bull would have to have his face slapped to bring him to his senses. The London Globe said yes- j terday: "Will these pernicious (Ven ezuelan) commissioners undertake to . answer for the effect upon their own j countrymen of ' forcing the premier to | snub the American secretary of state Certainly, since the same bumptious premier has already snubbed the whole American people. AT THE THEATERS. Tonight, at the Metropolitan opera house. Salter & Martin's mammoth organization will appear in a production of "Uncle Tom's Cab- In" for an engagement of three nights and Saturday matinee. The management of this big enterprise has spared no expense in get ting up the revival of this American drama, and giving it a sumptuous and realistic pro duction. One of the features of this engage ment will be the grand street parade, which ! will be given at 12 o'clock each day. "Shore j Acres," which Is claimed to be one of the best American plays yet produced, will be given a fine scenic representation at the Met ropolitan opera house, week commencing Sun day, Jan. 26, with, Wednesday and Saturday matinees. ;'-•'.. - " "Fantasma" is drawing well at the Grand. George Adams is extremely funny as* "Pico," the clown, and the others are capable people. There will be four more performances. "Land of the Living," the. new melodrama by Frank I Harvey, the author of "The World Against Her" and "Woman Against Woman," will be the bill at the- Grand all next week, com mencing next Sunday night. BLOW AT ARBITRATION. Cleveland Said to , Strongly Disap prove Davis* Resolution. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.— A World special from i Washington says: President Cleveland has authorized Senator Smith, of New Jersey, to i make public his' opinion of the Davis resolu tion reported by the senate committee on for-' ! elgn relations., i The president's opinion Is : this: -' . • -'*-* •.■■'■, "1 regard the Davis resolution as mlschlev lous,: Inopportune and • unfortunate." Mr. Cleveland believes that the policy adopted by the senate committee strikes at i the heart of the principle of arbitration. Senator Smith has prepared a resolution de claring that the United States does not In tend to establish a protectorate in South I America nor to become • responsible in any degree for the conduct of other American na- I tions. He discussed the substance of the resolution with the president today. Secretary Olney has privately expressed his disapproval of the action of the senate com mittee. >■__■ PROF. WASHINGTON*^ WORK. ■si : X.. — r. St. Paul Citizens Think It Worthy of . Support. The following circular, bearing the names of Bishop Mahlon N. Gilbert, T. L. Sehurmeier, Charles W. Ames, William B. Dean, Capt. | Henry A. Castle, Rev. William R. Lord and Edward C. Mitchell, has been Issued: The visit of Booker T. Washington to St. Paul has aroused a deep interest ln his work in Tuskegee, Ala. a work the true meaning of which is the Industrial and normal training of young negro men and women to go out into the black counties and towns of the South as leaders in the practical and moral life ot their peoples. -...'■ ; Mr. Washington has 750 of these young peo ple (one-half male; average age eighteen and one-half years) with sixty-nine teachers to provide for. The students pay In cash or labor for their own board. But over and above any Income from tuition, state funds and Investments, Mr. Washington must pro vide for maintenance $55,000 annually. Of this he has yet to find $20,000 for this year. Besides, he is thinking of his barn recently burned, and of. tho additional room, ma chinery. Implements, etc., necessary to furnish and equip his school properly for the work to be done. . -s-.a.- Fifty dollars ls an annual scholarship en abling one young man or woman to secure the benefits of Mr. Washington's Institution for a year. We know of no way ln which more good can be done for the money. St Paul ought, by the co-operation of all her cit izens who know of this great work, to provide for a number of these scholarships, not only for this year, but for many years to come* To us. whose names are subscribed, there does not seem to be a more far-reaching social regenerative work going on In this country, and we ask you to do something to help this* man whose presence amongst us has confirmed his reputation as the embodiment of the high moral character and practical sense he Is Im parting to his race. Please remit your con tribution to E. W. Peet,' Manhattan building, who ha 3 kindly consented to act as treasurer of the fund. *•- ' ■> S**SJ ._ Out for McKinley. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.— The Westllche Post, of this city, the leading German Republican paper of the Central West, came out strong this morning In favor of McKinley for presi dential nomination. * . : ■<■■' — * _ssa_- __ Harrison in Washington. NEW YORK, Jan. 22.— Gen. Harrison left this city for Washington at midnight. The general said he did not expect to return to this city again until after Lent, going di rectly from Washington to Indianapolis. -_-*. "WITH INTENT TO AMUSE. "How many do two and two make?" "Six." "You Ignorant little beggar! Don't you know that two and two make four?" "Oh, yes!.. l knew that, but I thought you'd beat me down a bit."— New York World. Not an Enthusiast, Herself.— Upton Greene (who- has ;• been watching an Italian collect cigar stumps)— me! I've heard of this mania for collecting things, but that's carrying a fad too far!— "Our whole neighborhood has been stirred up," said the regular reader. The editor of the country weekly seized his pen. "Tell me all about It," he said. "What we want ls the news. What stirred It up?" "Ploughing " said the farmer.— Tit-Bits. "Mamma, didn't the vicar say that the natives of Gongalooloo wore no clothes?" "Yes. darling." :y . "Then why did papa put a button in the Exchange. . "Your life shall be a poem If you \*_*il nmrry me." "Good sip your.'' poem Is declined With nranyj thanks." quoth she. .; - . . ■ - —Washington Star. ■ A Plan for Satisfaction.— Hungry Hawkins —Don't put me -out, mister! I- jest found a pocketbook, and - I've got lots :of stuff. r Pro prietor of - Restaurant— Oh, that's -. all- right, then. What do "you. want?. The prices are on * the bill - ": of *•( tare. . Hungry Hawkins— Say! how .muoh will ; you . charge .by the hour?— Puck. - " .:./"■" . v HOW'S THIS, DEPEW? DID YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE - TALKING ABOUT, OR NOT? SENOR MENDONCA SAYS NAY. CIVILIZATION IS PLENTIFUL AMONG THE SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS. NO PROTECTORATE IS WANTED. And Adherence to Monroe Doctrine Is Not Likely to Bring* Us Trouble. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— Senor Sal | vador de Mendonca, minister from Bra . zil to the United States, in communica ! tion with the Washington Post with , reference to Mr. Depew's speech before i the New York Bar association, writes i as follows: "Mr. Depew's fears that Venezuela or Brazil would be willing to sell a por : tion of their territory seems to carry him to the conclusion that a protector j ate of the United States of America over its Latin neighbors would become indispensable. In reg'.rd to this point, Mr. Depew is as w<*ll informed as in regard to the disposition of property ! in the South American countries at the i whim of the dictators of the hour and J from his ignorance of the actual con dition of the Latin American nations 1 he extorts the argument that the only . device to keep such nations in good ' behavior toward the European powers is to keep them outside of the pro tectorate of the republic of the North. "If Chauncey M. Depew were as well acquainted with the Latin-American countries as he is with the financial relations between this country and Europe, he would know that at present there are no dictators in South Am erica, but presidents, elected in ac cordance with the constitutional laws of the countries, and that there ls as | much security for life and property, ] either of citizens or foreigners, Brazil, Chili or Argentine as there is in the United States or England, and that no self-respecting Latin-American nation would countenance the idea of a pro i tectorate, even if offered them by their j best and most powerful friend. "The principal argument of Mr. De- I pew's theory is merely an absurdity. When the United States proclaimed, in i D 23, the Monroe doctrine, its popula j tion amounted to 16,000,000 and at that time this country had already been twice victorious in foreign wars. It is not much to assume that a country like Brazil, for which alone I wish to speak, with a population at present of 18,500, --000, and after seventy-four years of constitutional government, never ag- I gressive, but always peaceful and self reliant, would not require a protector ate to maintain its sovereignty and in dependence." FIXING FOR AVAR. Great Britain Actively Fortifying Disputed Territory. NEW YORK. Jan. 23.— The World's copy right special from Caracas, Venezuela, says: "Michael McTurk, the head magistrate 'of i British Guiana, who has been Identified for ! years with the usurpation of Venezuelan territory, has been relieved of his magis trate duties in order that he may command , an expedition charged with fortifying the entire length of the Cuyunl river lying in the disputed territory. This news has caused a I great stir here. On the British Island of | Trinidad the forts are being repaired and the ! militia is being drilled in the method of , handling the new heavy guns. The English ! plan Is believed to be to fortify the dis ; puted territory while the American commis i sion is investigating, and if its report is ad | verse to Britain to be prepared to hold it 1 forcibly. | The news of the proposed adoption and definition of the Monroe doctrine by the Unit ! Ed States congress has aroused great enthu siasm here. ■ - -.*'_.- .: VIEWS OF SMALL E V. Says American- Don't Appreciate English Objections. LONDON, Jan. 22.-G. W. Smalley. corre ! spondent of the London Times, cabled from Washington to his paper today as follows* : "The full force of English objection to the | Venezuelan commission has never, I think i been appreciated here. Americans are sur prised when they are told that English recog nition of the commission is Impossible. They hardly understand why they should be warned by a London evening paper that an American claim to determine a British boun dary is one which could only be conceded after defeat in a long war, and that If such demand was made by any other powers It would be met by handing their ambassador his passports and mobilizing a fleet." Mr. Smalley suggests that In view of a sincere desire ln Washington to see the full text of the British case, that Lord Salisbury publish the documents as a supplement to the Lon don Gazette. DENIED BY CHILI. Her Relations With Argentine Are Friendly. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The Chilian lega tion has received the following cablegram from the Chilian minister of foreign af fairs: ••Relations with Argentine Republic per fectly cordial." This is regarded as finally disposing of the report coming via Lima. Peru, to the effect that relations between the two countries were severely strained owing to the boundary dis pute which has been pending several years but concerning which it is stated at the Chilian legation here negotiations are now progressing satisfactorily. ' -___■* — SUGAR BOUNTY. Letters in Bowler Case Transmitted to the Senate. -* WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— presi dent today sent to the senate letters of Secretary Carlisle transmitting such information as the secretary possessed relative to the refusal of an executive officer of the department to pay the sugar bounty appropriated for during the last congress: He says that these letters contain all that he knows about the matter. Mr. Carlisle's letter to the president recites the now well-known and public facts of the reference of the sugar bounty claims to the court of claims at the instance of Comptroller Bowler. The secretary adds: Pending these proceedings the treasury de partment suits were instituted in the United States circuit court for the Eastern district of Louisiana on two claims for bounty on sugar, one claim being for sugar produced before Aug. 26, 1894, and the other for sugar produced since that date. In each case a de cree has very recently been entered against the United States, and I am advised by the department of justice that the necessary steps ' are being taken for the Immediate prosecu tion of appeals to the supreme court of the United States in order that a final and au thoritative adjudication of the questions In volved may be had at the earliest possible date. The secretary says the sugar bounty claims Involve controverted questions of law and ; that the decision will affect a number of claims In the future. CONDITION OF BANKS. Increase Shown Both in Re-serve and Deposits. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.— The ab stract . from the ' reports made to the comptroller of the currency by the 3,706 national banks, in the United States shows their ■condition .as follows: - Loans and dlsc'ts. .$2,020,961,792 $2,059,408 W- Gold c0in....... ...; 113.843,400 110.378,360 Gold treasury ctf. . 20.936,030 21525 930 Gold C. H. certlf.. 33.465.000 31.021000 Silver treas. certlf.. 25.878,323 . 22.914.150 Total specie ..:..... 206,712,410 190,237,311 ; The reports show that between Sept. 28, ; 1895, and ' Dec. 18 the national banks increased their individual deposits from $1,701,653,521 to $1,720,550,241. f*. SfIINT Pf*IUL. TALKED FOREIGN MISSIONS. Striking** and Graphic Lecture by Rev. Dr. Davits. There was an enthusiastic and thoroughly Intelligent audience present last night at the House of Hope church, where Rev. Dr. Davies. of New York, successor of Rev. Dr. Howard Crosble at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church, delivered a striking and graphic lec ture on the subject of "Foreign Missions." The interest aroused on this phase of mission ary effort by the recent massacres at Marso van and In other Turkish provinces was well Illustrated in the large congregation present on this occasion, and every word uttered by Rev. Dr. Davies was listened to with atten tion. The Individuality of the speaker is by no means striking, but his earnest and Incis- I ive style of delivery Impressed every listener, ] and there Is no doubt that the lecture had a ! very strong moral effect. Rev. Dr. Davies began by pointing out the | terrible needs that still exist in the foreign mission field, and he dilated on the ability of ! America and Americans to supply just what was needed. The conditions now existing, both in China and India, were intolerably wretched, and it was fully within the power of God's people in the United States to remedy this. Reverting to the Armenian situation. Rev. Dr. Davies gave a most thrilling recital of the wrongs to which this long-suffering race has submitted in the name of Christianity. From the Turk they have suffered the sword, j fire, pillage, rapine and murder— all man- ; ncr of hideous atrocities. In fact. Still they were steadfast in the cause or Christ, and surely worthy of the best effort that Chris tians the wide world over could devote to ' their cause. Did not the Bible preach this gospel of foreign missions from Genesis to ' Revelations? It was the honest duty or ev ery honest Christian, and no man dare call himself a Christian that Ignored this sacred i Injunction. In the opening of the century there had '< been printed 2.0,000,000 copies of the Word 1 of God, and each copy contained this message to man, the observance of which now be comes a matter of even more than ordinary import. By the greatest of all books Rev. Dr. Davis called on his hearers to ' give their attention to the work that God had outlined for them. The authority for i such work was Indubitable. Thomas Car- ' lyle, who spent his life reading and making books, had said that there never was a book written that could rank with this model of simplicity, the Bible. The Bible was not an intellectual orphan, but the Gospel of God— a living creature, a thing with a power all Its own. breathed into Its pages by the power of the Holy Ghost. This book came not only i to redeem men from sin, but as well to save them from all that tended to sin. and con- ' duct them into the paths of righteousness. Wherever the missionary had labored, thero the wife and mother and child had felt the ; uplifting power of the Gospel— the Gospel of : the Cross. In India it was tacitly admitted that the missionaries had identified themselves with all that was greatest and noblest and I best for the redemption of the land. Perhaps there were some in the congrega tion who would say "1 am not Interested in foreign missions." True, there were "nice" ' Christians in India, in China and in other countries— no less in America, however, than any of them. There were spongers in tin church here as well as abroad— that were In the church for what the church could give them. But if the earnestness and hon- j or of the missionaries were called into ques tion, it was easy to point to hundreds who had suffered the tortures of the damned in prosecuting this -work for the glory of the Great Master. "In China," said Rev. Dr. Davis. "I know of a man, a missionary, who was captured and beaten by a court mob until his back was a mass of shivering and lascerated flesh. 'Ah, my friends.' he said when beaten Into the hospital, 'I am sore without, but there i Is a great peace within,' and this man. ere his wounds were healed, was once more among the people that had persecuted him. busy on the service of his master, whose last command had been 'Go forth and preach the gospel to all nations.' " To the man who dared say that ho was not interested in foreign missions. Rev. Dr. Davis issued a printed injunction: "I say to you who are not Interested In foreign missions this: That you are not In terested in that which most Interested your master. This is a duty we must observe. "We must plant Ills cross on every shore, preach His gospel to every living creature. 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.' " Rev. Dr. Davis came here under the aus pices of the Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church. He is one of the ablest speakers on the subject of foreign mis sions in the church, and his utterances last evening were listened to throughout with tho most complete attention. SURVEYORS ELECT OFFICERS. Close of the .Vssui'iiitlimN I*l rut An nual Session. The State Association of Engineers '' and Surveyors held its regular business session in the Lumber Exchange yes terday. The forenoon session was de- \ voted to the presentation of papers on ' various subjects and the discussion of j the matter treated therein by the mem- ; bers generally. Judge Flandrau and j Judge Kelly were present at the open- 1 ing-, and made short addresses, in ! which they welcomed to the city those i who were in attendance from the out- | side, and congratulated them on their organization for the benefit of their profession. At the afternoon session officers were elected as follows: President, N V Taylor, Litchfield; vice president, G. A. Johnson, St. Paul; secretary and treasurer, Charles A. Forbes, St. Paul* directors, Prof. William R. Hoag state university; William Danforth, Jr. Red Wing; O. A. Case, Fountain; Oscar L Hamery, Crookston; Arthur Gibson' \ Windom; O. J. Anderson, Le Sueur- ' Gates A. Johnson, St. Paul. Standing committees were appointed as follows : Legislation-George W. Cooley, chairman' : Minneapolis: L. R. Mover. Montevideo; O li' ' Case, fountain; William Danforth Jr., 'lied Wing; B. F. J en "? ss -, Willmar; Gates A. John son, St. Paul; Fred Davis, Duluth; A. M Haynes, Mankato. Municipal— l. H. Armstrong, St. Paul, chair- ! man; I. C. Christlleb. Hutchinson: A. M S**??*-**, Mankato; Arthur Gibson, Windom* M.N. Clausen, Austin; L. P. Wolf. Red Wing. Roads— l* red Davis, Duluth; F. H. Rowne ' Pipestone: S. F. Mullen. Sibley county: An drew Forsberg. Cambridge; O. H. Sterk Bren ner; N. D. Simar. Shakopee; Jonah Peterman Granite Falls; A. R. Choate, Montevideo* H A. Compton, Dodge county; C. R. Lowell Hat-tings. " ' A bill introduced in the last legislature known as 11. F. 661, relative to the perpetua- ! tion of the section and Quarter section cor ners, was discussed at some length A. li Choate, In a paper on "The Relation of Sur- ; veyors and Engineers to the Road Improve ment Question," said: ; I think I can partially explain the reason for : this Inconsistent conduct on the part or the farmers. For the past twenty-five years the country has been overrun by shrewd, ener getic machine agents, who have succeeded in convincing the farmers that modern machin ery pays for % elf. The flrst machinery had to be almost forced upon the formers. When Its advantage-* were demonstrated, the Idea j became contagious and every farmer who can i possibly spare the money now has the latest I Improved machinery. Had It not been for those shrewd, energetic machine agents, who for their own personal interests, presented the ' strongest kind of arguments in behalf of the 1 farmers, they would today be sowing their ! wheat broadcast by hand, cutting it with a ' cradle and threshing it with a flail. In short agricultural business would today be done by facilities comparable with our wagon roads a 1 hundred years behind the times. There has been no one to take the place of those machine men and force modern roads on the farmers, because there is no class of men I whose personal Interests justify them in doing I the hard work on the good roads question, which those machine agents have done on the _____ machinery question. The bicycle riders ] have come the nearest to filling the bill. They 1 have been urging better roads for fifteen j years, and to them must be credited most that has been accomplished. The farmers t have opposed road improvement on the ground j that It was for the benefit of wheelmen, and I you may expect them to oppose you in the ! same silly way. The thing for us to do Is to I make as clear a case from the farmers' stand- I point as the machine agents did. J. H. Armstrong read a paper on "Restora tion of Lost Corners," F. 11. Elerbee pre- 1 sented' one on "Modern Mathematical Instru- 1 ments and Their Adjustment," Illustrating his points with a number of Instruments he had with him, and O. H. Case read a paper on "County Roads and Their Modern Con struction." One of the Interesting features of the pro ceedings was a report made by a committee on the result of a test to ascertain the rela tive crushing and hydraulic strength of Eastern sewer pipe as compared with the product of tho factory at Red Wing. In which the Red Wing pipe made much the best show ing. Following are the averages on tho crush ing lest: Pounds Average Akron 10,260 Average granite 12,000 Average Red Wing...... 37,650 Where the Akron and granite pipe fractured it went to pieces, but ln the case of the Red Wing pipe white cracked it did not fall to pieces. - . ._■"*-'■. Following is the report en Ihe hydraulic or bursting, test: .'.-■'.- Pounds Average -Akron . ;.*..- &2 ••*** A - AA^^^^^A A _■.■•*' JGOUGHIGOijGnTf If* the Hacking: Couch that often ends r *" < in the most serious trouble. [c J © Allen's © ► « Lung Balsam [ 4 Stop-? the cough at once and heels the I inflamed membrane. Try it. -old by ■► — j druggists. ' *; a Price, 25c, 50c and Sl a Bottle. T Average granite 112 Average Red Wing ''117 In these tests the pipe or the Central Sewer Pipe company (or granite pipe) was double- _. strength pipe as against the standard strength of the other companies. DR. STONE DROPPED IN. He Surprise..* Hi* Critics nt a Mas*. Meet 1 uer. The mass meeting advertised to take place in Market hall last evening, fur the purpose of discussing the "evils of department stores." was not largely attended, out what was lacking in numbers was made up in enthusiasm and vehement speeches. • C. N. Wolterstoff occupied the chair, calling upon different speakers to present their views of the question under consideration. Jacob Steener was the first to address the audi ence, stating the object of the meeting and naming the reasons why. in his opinion, de partment ires were detrimental to the busi ness interests of the city. *, Aid. Hare stated, when called upon, that he had not attended the meeting prepared to make a speech, but thai he wholly accorded with the views of Mr. Steener. Charles Kelly prefaced his remarks with the statement that "competition was not the life of trade." but was rather the death of all business undertakings. He believed that the whole system of competition was wrong and should be abolished. Ra'ph O'Hara, the following speaker, was particularly emphatic in his denunciation of the department stores. In his opinion they , worked a great hardship on the workingman by bringing him Into competition with wom an labor. In referring to the sanitary conditions of a department store, recently Inspected by the health department, Mr. O'Hara took Dr. Stone's office to task for its action In the mat ter. Dr. Stone happened to be down town, and, hearing of. Mr. O'Hara's remarks, went up to the meeting to "square" his depart- -• ment. which he did so successfully as to elicit a hearty round of. applause at the close of his remarks. Several gentlemen in the audience under took to question the doctor about the city's method of removing garbage, and before the meeting was aware at It the department stores were entirely lost sight or. and Dr. Stone was answering questions with a volu bility which clearly despoke his familiarity With the duties of his office. One man wanted to know why, last summer, his swill barrel had not been removed when it had become very odoriferous. Dr. Stone explained the garbage contract existing last year, when • the man said lie had not Intended to em- f barrasa the doctor at all. but simply wanted ' to know how such things were dene. "Don't let that bother you." Bald Dr. Stone. "Are there any more questions, gentlemen?" At this point -■ me me asked the chair what the meeting had sen called for, and Dr. Stone withdrew, amid the plaudits of the audience. Ehmil Ghelst was called upon and said ho was in sympathy with the objects of the meeting and hope 1 good results might ac crue from the discussions. At the conclu sion of Mr. Ghelst's remarks a young man arose ami stated that the meeting was argu ing In favor of a labor trust, which was just as unlawful as a trust In commodities, but he wis promptly called down by the chair. "* Mr. O'Hara .aid the gentleman was attempt ing to "ring" in politics. A general discus sion followed, after which the meeting ad journed. A DAI IX SOCIETY. Enjoyable Events That Add a Spice to Lite. A reception to the chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Minnesota will bo given this afternoon by Mrs. R. m. New port, state regent, at her residence on Sum mit avenue, St. Paul. The hestess will bo as sisted in receiving by the regents and ex- \ regents of the various chapters in the state, with Mrs. John Quincy Adams, vice president genera] of the state. The reception will bo from 3 to C o'clock. Prof. Morris spoke to an assembly of wom en at Relief association room yesterday aft ernoon upon "Gynaecology." His address was of interest, and was Illustrated by col* ored charts. Mrs. Philip Riley, of Dayton avenue, enter tained yesterday afternoon. Miss Edith Cline Ford will give a dramatio recital this evening at the Ninth Presbyto rian church, Farrington avenue and Edmund street. . Miss Constans will be the guest of honor at a dancing party to be given Friday even ing at the home of Mrs. Henry 11. Button, 291 Lynn street, Milwaukee. Mrs. F. A. Schulze, of Summit avenue, will give a luncheon tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Weyerhauser, of Summit avenue, en tertains Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Shey gave a alelghrlde to Fort Karnival last evening. Mrs. Henry yon Wedelstaedt gives a largo children's party Saturday evening. Mrs. ('. G. wards gave a cinch party last evening at her home on Dayton ave nue. j The K. and J. Dancing club gave a hop at Odd Fellows' hall last evening. The second at home of Mrs. Frederick A. Pike occurs this afternoon at 543 Oakland avenue. Mrs. It. M. Newport entertains the Daugh ters of the American Revolution this after noon. St. Anthony Hill Dancing club will danco at Liu's hall this evening. Mrs. George Gardner gives a luncheon to- , day. • Mrs. Horace Rigelow entertains the Fudge Bee club this afternoon. Mrs. T. L. Snow, of Summit avenue, enter tains today. Mrs. R. F. Ball gives an informal reception this evening. Mrs. George l. Wilson entertains today at her home on Lincoln avenue. Mrs. E. C. Green gives a luncheon today at her home In the Colonial. s Miss Lena Smith and Charles Knapp were married last evening at the bride's home on Lawson street. ■ The Five Points Carnival club gave a masquerade last evening. Mrs. Fred Ingersoll, of Grand avenue, gave a large cinch party last evening. Mrs. J. Hoxsle will entertain Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Tea will be served by the ladles of Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church from 3 to 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in the church oar lors. 1 Mrs. W. F. Graves, of Summit avouue gives a luncheon Saturday for Mrs. Wilson. The annual meeting and supper of the Unitarian church will be held Saturday even ing at the church. Miss Anna Corrigan, daughter of Mrs James Corrigan of Egan Town, and William Cunningham were married yesterday morn ing at St. Patrick's church. Miss Rose Cor rigan was maid of honor and It. D. Wilson was best man. ■»..-*-_■ The St Paul chapter. D. of R.. will hold Its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at Dayton Avenue Presbyterian church. Dele- , gates to the national congress will be elected. The historian . will give a historical sketch, and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs will read a paper. HillH Introduced. WASHINGTON*. Jan. 22. -The . following bills and resolutions wore Introduced ln tho house today: By Mr. Dearmcnd. *>f Missouri, a joint res olution tc enable the. president to veto Items In appropriation bills, and to enable congress to pass bills ever tho veto by a majority vote. By Mr. Aiikcn. cf Michigan. creadn* a national reserve consisting of ono regiment for each congressional district and one regi ment for each territory and the District of Columbia, In time of peace to remain skele tons only. By Mr. Scuthwlck. of New York, 3 calling on- the president for copies of all cor respondence between this government and that of Germany relating to the exclusion ot lit* insurance companies.