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4 THE DAILY GLOBE IS PUBLISHED EVERY DAY .AT NEWSPAPER ROW, COR. FOURTH AXD MIXXESOTA STS. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ST. PAUL. SUBSCRIPTION RATEST Payable In Advance. Dally and Sunday, per Month .50 Dally and Sunday, Six Months - 92.75 Daily and Sunday, One Year - f5.00 Daily Only, per Month - - - - .40 Daily Only, Six Months **"*"".ii.*** Daily Only, One Year ----- f4.00 Sunday Only. One Year - - - - S**l.so Weekly, One Year - - - tJI.OO Address all letters an/1 telegrams to THE GLOBE, St. Paul, Minn. EASTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE, ROOM 617, TEMPLE COURT BUILDING, NEW YORK. WASHINGTON BUREAU, 1403 F ST. N. W. Complete flies of the Globe always kept on hand for reference. TODAYJS WEATHER. WASHINGTON, May 26.—Forecast: Min nesota Local showers in northern, generally fair in southern portion; westerly winds. Wisconsin: Generally fair, except probably local showers In northern portion. South Dakota: Generally fair; northerly winds. North Dakota: Partly cloudy weather and local showers; northerly winds. Montana: Local rains, followed by fair; northwesterly winds. GENEPAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau, Washington, May 26, 6:48 p. m. Local time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time.—Observations taken at the same mo ment ot time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. Place. Tern.* Place. Tern. St. Paul 66 Qu'Appelle 56 Duluth 56 VVinnipeg 48 Huron 68 Bismarck 54 Buffalo 58—62 IVilliston 56 Boston 62—64 Havre 56 Cheyenne 72—74 Helena 52 Chicago 72—76 Edmonton 56 Cincinnati .. ..74—78 Battleford 54 Montreal 68—76 Prince Albert 56 N Tew Orleans ...82—88 Calgary 54 New York 76—78 Medicine Hat .... 58 Pittsburg 70—78 Swift Current ... 58) DAILY MEANS. Barometer, 29.77; thermometer, 62; relative humidity, 56; wind, west; weather, partly cloudy; maximum thermometer, 69; minimum thermometer, 56: daily range, 13; amount of rainfall in last twenty-four hours, 0. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Gauge Danger Height of Reading. Line. Water. Change. St. Paul 10 10.5 -0.3 La Crosse 14 9.5 —0.2 Davenport 15 9.1 *0.3 St. Louis 30 27.7 *0.7 —Fall. *Rise. Note—Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer. AS TO JEFFERSOXIAX DEMOCRACY. The St. Charles Times is one of the species of newspapers that, in dealing with the silver question and other top ics of the time, mistake rant for com mon sense and abuse for argument. It declaims, at great length and with much coarse wealth of invective, against the position of the Globe on the financial question, with the usual . reference to Judas Iscariot and Bene dict Arnold, and the other historic characters who stand, to its limited intelligence, as types of evil. We have no time to spare from the serious work of the world, In which we have a part, to devote to the mud-throwers who stand with disheveled hair and disor dered garments in the market place and think to impose upon and impress the public by mere abusive shriekings. What this one has to say would not be worthy of, or receive the slightest at tention at our hands were it not for one point which the writer repeats parrot-like, because he has heard it said by somebody else; that those who stand for sound money today have de parted from the standard of the found ers of Democracy. Again and again he talks about the "-Democracy of Jef ferson and Jackson," the illustrious record of the party "from Jefferson to Cleveland," and winds up by calling "upon the memory of the immortal Jefferson and Jackson" to deliver U3 from "apostasy of a true Democratic principle." We presume that this wretched penny-a-liner does not know what he is talking about in this particular case more than in others. We have no idea that he ever read a line in his life of the writings of Thomas Jefferson, else he would be a better Dem ocrat than he is today. But there happen to be people better informed, and more sincere and hon est, as well as more intelligent in their opinions than he, who are befooled by the common cry that Jefferson would •have favored a dishonest dollar, just as they arc- by the meaningless expres sion, "the money of the constitution." Just as there is no such thing as "the money of the constitution," and no reference in that document whatever to silver, except the single line on the negative side which prohibits any state from making anything but gold and silver a. legal tender in payment of debts, so not only did Jefferson never dream of attempting to join two metals in coinage at a ratio widely divergent from the commercial ratio, but he laid down explicitly the only possible prin ciple of coinage relation, and the one that ought to and must govern us to day. We do not have to guess at the doc trine of Jefferson. We are not left in any doubt as to what constitutes "Jef fersonian Democracy" in the matter of finance. Writing in 1784, at a time when his mind was free from the pre possessions which the later exercise of" the legal tender power created in oth ers, Thomas -Jefferson discussed this subject with that wonderful clearness and force which have made his opinions on almost every question of public pol icy, and of the proper relation between the state and the individual, a model for us today. Here is what he said, and what therefore constitutes true "Jeffersonian Democracy" as applied to finance: The proportion between tho values of gold and silver is a mercantile problem alto gether. Tho legal proportion in Spain Is 16 for 1; in England, 15V2 for 1; in France, 15 for 1. The Spaniards and English are found in experience to retain an over-propor ilon of gold coins, and to lose their silver. The French have a great proportion of silver. Just principles will lead us to disregard the legal proportions altogether; to inquire into the market price of gold in the several coun tries with which we shall be principally con nected in commerce, and to take an averago from them; Tic-re is not in all the treatisos, pam- phlets, speeches and newspaper articles that have been poured out over the country in the last five years, put to gether and boiled down, so concise and comprehensive a statement of the whole subject as is to be found in the foregoing sentences. Every great log ical principle that lies, and must lie, at the bottom of a sound or possible financial system, finds expression there. Mr. Jefferson notes the different ra tios between gold and silver prevail ing m the different countries with which at that time we maintained com mercial relations. He found that where silver was overvalued by the ratio, gold constituted the principal part of the currency; and where gold was overvalued, a contrary effect was produced. He was a true bimetallism He believed in the concurrent use of both metals, and was seeking for means to make It practicable. He found that any departure in the coin age ratio from the commercial ratio produced monometallism. It tended to the exclusive use of silver where gold was overvalued, and the exclusive use . of gold where silver was overvalued. Therefore, says Mr. Jef ferson, a sound economic principle will lead us "to disregard the legal pro portions altogether; to inquire into the market prices of gold in the several countries with which we shall be prin cipally connected in commerce, and to take an average from them." Mark the language carefully. No nation can maintain a sound monetary system which does not cause its coin age ratio to conform to the commercial ratio. What we are concerned with is the market ratio in the various coun tries with which we have most exten sive commercial dealings. Observe, says Mr. Jefferson, what is the market price of gold in these countries. Mark the term, ye worshipers of Jefferson. Not the market price of silver, but the market price of gold is to be deter mined, and by that the coinage ratio must be fixed. Legal proportions are to be disregarded altogether. They are both harmful and impotent. We can imagine the amazement, the right eous indignation, of the great apostle of Democracy if he could rise from his grave, and, with his record as we have stated it, hear his own name used to bolster up the cause of those who demand the fixing by law of a ratio of 16 to 1, under conditions which show that the commercial ratio is between 30 and 32 to 1 in all the countries with which we have extensive commercial relations. As we have said before, if a man chooses, in defiance of history, of ex perience, of sound logic and of the laws of nature, to advocate free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 by the United States alone, that is his privilege. It -is not his privilege, it is not common hon esty, to connect with that impossible proposition the great name of that illustrious Democrat who is on record, as emphatically and finally as any liv ing leader of the party today, as de claring that the coinage ratio and the commercial ratio of the two metals must coincide if both are to be utilized in coinage and to circulate together. This is Jeffersonian Democracy. The man who departs from it is striking out a new line for himself; and, what ever else he may say, has no right, save that born of slander, to take the illustrious name of Jefferson upon his lips. . PUT ON RECORD. It has been the constant claim of Republican managers that the Demo cratic party is responsible for the in sufficiency of national revenue to meet national expenditure. The sole basis for this charge is the fact that after the supreme court had struck out of the revenue bill passed by the last congress the item of the Income tax, which would have brought in about $50,000,000 annually, the remaining re ceipts have been something less than that amount short of meeting our re quirements. Now, what of the record since this congress met? The instant that it assembled the president sent to it a message exhibiting the condition of the finances, and calling upon it for appropriate revenue and currency legis lation. There can be no doubt that had congress risen to the level of Mr. Cleveland's patriotism and statesman ship, the country would today be high ly prosperous and happy. If there had been intelligence enough and courage enough in the two houses to pay off the greenbacks, take the government out of the banking business and pro vide for issues that would reflect the changing wants of trade, all anxiety about the future of our monetary sys tem would have been allayed, and the gold reserve would have be come a thing of the past. Had there been in congress a sufficiently disinter ested devotion to the public welfare to meet the practical emergency of a rev enue deficit, the treasury could have been fortified before this time to meet all demands. It was the duty of men of both par ties to lay aside, in this case, their theories as to the proper methods of raising revenue, and to unite upon some kind of bill that would bring money in to the treasury, without raising the old fight between protection and free trade. Instead of this, the house, under the leadership of Mr. Reed, prepared a par tisan bill which was drawn up with the express view to securing a presiden tial veto. Not for one moment did the house Republicans rise far enough above the pothouse politician's level to consider the dire needs of the country, and to legislate with reference to them. Their purpose was "to put the presi dent in a hole." They passed a bill on strict party lines by a party vote, which they believed that Mr. Cleveland must either disapprove or stultify him self by signing. Their programme was interfered with in the senate, not by the wicked Democrats, as they are now pleased to state, but by their own senators from the silver-producing states. These, to the great wrath and disappointment of the Republicans in general, voted to prevent consideration of the tariff bill, and so put a stop to ail remedial legislation. Since that time, however, the party THE SAINT PAUL GI/OBE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 18»n; has been put on record even more posi tively. The end of the session is at hand, and the condition of the treasury is no better. Owing to continued financial distress, business has not re vived, and therefore the treasury re receipts have not risen to the point which it was reasonable to expect they would reach. There is prospect of a continuing deficit, and it is the first duty of every congressman and sen ator, without regard to party, to put an end to that situation. Proffers have been made; from the Democratic side to do anything within reason to raise the revenue to the necessary sum. One senator after another has declared his | willingness to unite with the Republic- ! ans, even at the sacrifice of some of l his personal convictions, to relieve the i treasury's distress. Yet every proposi tion that was made to raise more rev enue was voted down in the senate by the Republicans under the lead and at the direction of Senator Sherman. This was true not only of plans to add or change tariff duties, but also | of the proposed tax of $1 per barrel | additional on beer. This could not have affected in any way the protective principle or system; but, although a sure relief from financial embarrass ments, it was defeated by Republican votes, lest its approval might affect un favorably their party's chances in the coming election. We are not con sidering here the propriety or impro priety of any of the suggestions offered in the senate. We are interested only in making public the undeniable fact that the Republican party, which has exhausted itself in the last year and a half in charging up the treasury deficit to Democratic incompetence, has bold ly, openly and repeatedly refused all relief, and directed the maintenance of a deficit for another twelve months, at least, rejecting all offers of Demo cratic support. For whatever misfort unes are to arise in the coming year from an insufficient revenue in con nection with an expenditure made lav ish beyond all precedent, the Republic ans in the two houses of congress are now directly responsible. 9 DOES NOT TAKE IT KINDLY. The medicine which the Republican convention of South Dakota adminis tered to Senator Pettigrew evidently disagrees with him. It was a nauseous dose, and he had to swallow it with out a wry face while the convention was in session, else he could not have gone to St. Louis at all. But the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune have evidently pierced his tender skin since then in many places. Even the com fort and sympathy which he is sure to find in the exclusive club known"as the United States senate are not any balm to his wounded soul. He has had some time to meditate upon what the political future has in store for him, and has evidently come to the conclusion that docility will not pay. There is nothing in it for him. If a press report is authentic he has written a letter to Mrs. Bones, a promi nent agitator of his state, in which he says that he will kick overboard the Huron platform and go to St. Louis to work ,<for free silver. No "thieves' money" for him. He goes back to first principles and will stir up the animals all that he can. It is not difficult to fathom the probable workings of Sen ator Pettigrew's mind. Few people will credit him with such devotion to any financial principle, good or bad, as to sacrifice for it his political prospects. The trouble with Pettigrew te that he sized the situation up wrong. He be lieved that his plan of campaign, in cluding free silver, would catch the South Dakota farmers. He was never more surprised in his life than when they turned him down. Thinking the matter over, he has probably come to the conclusion that there is no chance for a re-election to the senate for him on the basis of things as they are. He cannot hope for that honor from the hands of those who tied him hand and foot and ad ministered so severe a castigation. So he breaks out in a new place, and you. will hear of Brother Pettigrew later on coquetting with free silver Dem ocrats and Populists and all the ele ments of discontent in his state to fig ure on a possible majority in the im portant legislation for himself. These poor Dakota fellows are in hot water. Hansbrough has been to McKinley to try and reinstate himself, and Petti grew is calcuTating on revenge and a new deal. The probability is that it won't go. Neither of these men ought to have been sent by any party in any state to the United States senate, and this is the end of them. —a»-—. CAUGHT OUT IN THE STORM. Few things in connection with the free silver craze are more amusing or more significant of the political inter ests prevalent today than the fight which is going on in the inner circles of the Prohibition party. "This curious organization is all torn up over the question whether it shall declare for or against free coinage. Nothing could possibly be more foreign to the purpose for which it exists, and no issue would seem to require to be so forcibly lugged in by the ears as this. If the Prohibi tion party means anything at all it means that the men who compose it are banded together to secure what they believe to be the necessary re straint of the liquor traffic by state and national legislation. When an or ganization is founded to carry to suc cess a principle like this, Its only policy with regard to other issues is to per mit full liberty of individual opinion. The consistent Prohibitionist ought to be perfectly willing that his associate in the propaganda should believe in high tariff or low tariff, protection or free trade, gold standard or silver standard, as he may please. All these questions have nothing to do in the remotest way with prohibition. If the destruction of the traffic in intoxicants Is an end worthy of the formation of a political party, and if the members of that party have any hope or inten tion of carrying that policy through, then they should refuse to complicate it with other issues on which their own voters must inevitably be hopelessly divided. Instead of th_t " qttastion of pro- hibition seems to have been relegated entirely to second place. The whole fight is on tse free silver question. Th-* whole JfctVgument, imoreover, on each side, seems to be! not whether free coinageglfjl | right or wrong, but whether it %^ popular or unpopular. One faction **f*j|£ys that to declare for silver will add 100,000 votes to the Pro hibition ticket. - The other asserts, with equal confidence and emphasis, that it will cost that .ticket 100,000 votes. It is evident that the prohibition ques tion, or the moral question of the right or wrong o£ free coinage, has been dropped out <JJC sight in comparison with the question of how to get the most votes. _ ,V ? We must pop fess that it looks at the present as if neither of the great political organizations was en titled to-throw any stones at the Pro hibition edifice. Their own houses are of glass. Mr. McKinley te waiting, ob viously and publicly, before declaring himself, to determine, if possible, pre cisely the same question that is agi tating the prohibition men; namely, whether there are more votes on the side of the gold standard or the silver standard. Democrats, in too many of the states, regardless of the fact that the very existence of the commerce and prosperity of this country is at stake, and forgetting the principles of Jefferson and the immutable laws of finance, are leaning toward'free silver, solely from the hope and idea that there are votes in it. There has been no evidence of party decadence in re cent times equal to this general ex hibition of a willingness by all parties to cater to good or evil indiscriminate ly, according to the relative promise of success. • No party will live, and none is wor thy of life that does not make its fight on conviction and principle, and throw expediency to the winds. Cour age and faith in the right pass through the fire untried. Imme diate defeat means ultimate victory. A party policy that bribes the voter by offering tc declare for anything that will allure him', to its side is a house built upon sand. The political party which is to rule this country in the future will rest upon convictions that are as ready to face de*feat as victory, and be equally careless of either in its mission to uphold the right. Missionaries Alger and Hahn, in quieting the apprehension of New York business men that McKinley is not sound on the, money issue, reminded them that a man, especially a wise one, has a right to "change his mind," and that McKinley has changed his since it was at work demanding the "double standard," and denouncing Mr. Cleveland for his hostility to silver. That was six years ago. We have re ferred to his Toledo speech in 1891, and in 1893, when he was running against Campbell for governor, the adoption by the Democrats of a silver plank forced McKinley to change his mind and oppose it. But he swung back in 1894, and in a speech at Find lay, 0., on Sept 27, 1894, he arraigned the Democratic congress for being in session twelve months, in which time "it has given us no silver legislation whatever except to strike down the Sherman law at its special session, called for that purpose, and in response to the urgent request of a Democratic president. The party that struck silver down and gave it the' hardest blow it ever had cannot be relied on to give that metal honorable treatment." This narrows the margin within which a wise man may change his mind to one year, seven months and sixteen days. > -«*~ As Tom Reed's presidential boom has gone glimmering, with Hans Breit man's himmelstrahlende star away In der ewigkeit, he pulls the cork out of his bottled satire and tips it up now and then. He follows his recent "straddlebug" description of the man he made by this reflection on the claim that McKinley is "the advance agent of prosperity." "Advance agent of prosperity," said he tv the World's correspondent. "Humph; when I was a boy the advance agent of the circus would go through the country and cover the sides of barns and the fences with the most gorgeous post ers of what the circus would be. There would be a long procession of knights in gold and silver armor, and ladies bedecked in silks and diamonds, mount ed on beautiful Arabian steeds. There would be huge elephants, tigers, lions, camels, hippopotamuses and such, enough to stock a wilderness. When the circus came it was the usual little old one-ring affair, with one measly flop-eared,slab-sided elephant, a mangy lion and a one-humped camel. It never came up to the show bills, but there was always at least one first-class acrobat who could ride two horses at once." m Farce on farce. Congress passes bills donating "condemned" cannon to sun dry associations for monumental pur poses. "Condemned" cannon are those made useless by service. There Is none; the supply was exhausted long ago. So the government foundries make new ones, a board of inspectors "set" on and condemn them, and then they are shipped on to the association and are duly "unveiled" amid oratory telling of their gallant service in sav ing the Union. It is a sorry comedy. 0, The free silver Democrats of Chicago are an exclusive set They held their primaries and county convention all by themselves, not a gold bug being in sight. a . "H— Nicholas Alexandrovitch, autocrat of all the Russias, got his crown in fee simple yesterday, and is feeling as gay over it as a flour-year-old boy with a new toy. j—^^ Minneapolis still has its first liouse, its first settler its first school teacher. The toWn. has reason to be proud of this rather remarkable state of things. c 9 1 ■•—I m Retail Clerks Meet* What promises'* to 'be the most Interesting and enthusiastic meeting of the Retail Clerks' association will be held at Assembly hall to night. The arrangements for the picnic will bo completed, and as the two great holidays. Decoration day and Fourth of July both hap pen on Saturday, the clerks expect to work all day on those holidays, and on that account they look forward to a general observance of the picnic" day. The butchers' association have decided to hold their picnic on the same day as the clerks, so that It Is fair to assume that every store in town will be closed on that day. A splendid programme of sports is being arranged, including a base ball game between the merchants and clerks, and a four-cornered tug-of-war between the clothing clerks, dry goods clerks, grocery clerks and shoe clerks. TO POIBPAfID POWER THE DYING COUNCIL BIDS A LAST, FOND, ELO'tI'K.NT, HEARTFELT FAREWELL. JESTING ON THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH STATION TO OBSCURITY WITH A WELL-FEIGNED PLEASURE. ALBEMARLE STREET SCHOOL Is Defeated In the Board of Alder men, and Election Judges Are Paid. ■ Assemblyman Robb, the president of the common council, wielded his gavel for the last time last night. Mr. Robb wore the "trap pings and the suits of woe." His suit of solemn black, which is not by any means "customary" with him, consisted not only of somber trousers, coat and vest, but likewise included a sable shirt, collor and cravat. In the midst of this vast expanse of blackness sparkled a huge diamond (?) that hung "like a jewel In an Ethiop's ear," fairly blinding the eyes of the members upon the floor of the ccuncll chamber. The "spark" provoked a resolution the In stant the roll call was finished. The resolu tion offered by Aid. Kartak requested that the "lamp" be "removed from the bosom of President Robb and attached to the boiled shirt front of Timothy Reardon."- President Robb declared the resolution carried, but as it did not designate a committee to carry out its provisions, the presiding officer retained his jewel. The common council then transacted the business before it, which was the passage of a resolution adopting the report of the joint committee appointed to carcass the election returns. The resolution announces the number of votes received by each can didate at the last city election, declares those receiving the highest number of votes to be elected and Instructs the ctty clerk to issue the proper certiSeitas of election to them. Then followed the interesting feature of the meeting, which prjved to be a love feast, in which the aldermen and assembly men interchanged their best opinions of cne another and expressed their regret over the inevitable parting of offlciil company whi--h is to take place next rue.ida,-. Assembly man Strouse was the first member honored with a request for a speech, to which he responded in the following felicitous and humorous manner. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Com mon Council: "It Is not all of life to live, nor ail of death to die." This is so po litically, as well as otherwise. If the of ficial returns be correct, most of us will soon be with the mourners who go about the streets, but, unlike them, we will not refuse to be comforted. The people have spoken by a large majority, and have de cided that others shall fill the seats which some of us have endeavored to hold during the past two years. I had almost concluded to make a contest, because nearly every man I have met since the election, and I think I met at least twanty thousand, as sured me that he voted for me. Either mis takes were made In the count, or the state ment that "all men are liars" is again veri fied. (Laughter.) However, Mr. President, I will % not contest, because If it should be a success, I would feel awfully lonesome in this chamber—like "the boy who stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled," by particular request. I don't hanker after a seat on any assembly where Demo crats "cut no ice," I have concluded to quit, and to quit soon—the sooner the better. "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil," for most of you will be there to comfort me. Besides, I will not be needed here any long er, as my friend Tim Reardon has agreed to turn over a new leaf and do a little kick ing whenever opportunity presents itself, and we can safely count on our friends, Lewis and Arosin, to show the new assemblymen the ropes and secure the choicest plums. Mr. President, I am a Democrat, and as a Democrat I bow cheerfully to the ex pressed will of the people, but before leav ing this hall I wish to thank you and all the members of both bodies for many favors and courtesies, and to assure you that I carry out no ill-feeling towards any one, and I wish also to thank all officials with whom I have come in contact, especially City Clerk Jensen and his assistants. And particularly do I wish to express my grati tude to the city press and its representatives for the more than fair treatment received at their hands. To conclude, Mr. .President and brothers of the common council, hall and farwell, and, if forever, fair thee well. ' Liberal applause greeted Mr. Strouse's speech. Aid. Markham was next called upon for a few appropriate sentiments, and. In response, the representative from the Seventh ward said: "It Is not without regret that I part from the outgoing members of this council. It is one of the misfortunes of the conduct of government by political parties that the leg islative body of this city is deprived of the services and counsel of a man so able and upright as Mr. Strouse, and I feel sure that If the election had simply expressed the choice of the individual voters of this city, . without regard to party, Mr. Strouse would certainly have been re-elected." Aid. Markham expressed his gratitude for many courtesies extended to him by his fellow members of the council, and In con clusion said that It would always be a pleasure at the meetings of the incoming council to see present as visitors and coun selors the members of the outgoing council. Assemblyman Parker, when Invited to say something, said that he belived all the mem bers of the common council had la bored for the best interests of the city, and had devoted much of their time to looking after its welfare. The consciousness of con scientious sen-ice was their recompense. As for the incoming members, Mr. Parker knew them to be men of character and ability, men In whose hands could be entrusted the future of the city for the coming two years. In conclusion, Mr. Parker said: "I will not say farewell to the retiring members, but rather au revoir." Aid. Murphy was next called upon. The alderman said that he heartily Indorsed the sentiments of Messrs. Strouse, Markham and Farker. Assemblyman Lewis considered that the re sult of the last election was no reflection upon the members of the council who failed to be re-elected. Mr. Lewis concluded by thanking all the members for their courteous treat ment and kind consideration. Similar sentiments were expressed by Aid. Ehrmanntrout and Assemblyman Van Slyke, and Assemblyman Johnson remarked that the ending of the life of the present common council was happy compared with the begin ning. The common council then adjourned, but will meet next Monday evening for the pur pose of being photographed, though Assembly man Van Slyke remarked: "I would like to inquire if it would be a good thing to hand our faces down to pos terity?" Just before the common council was called to order Aid. Murphy graciously escorted his successful political opponent, Aid-elect Lar son, about the chamber and Introduced him to the members of the council. NEW SCHOOL DEFEATED. Eighth Ward Forced to the Gorman Addition. As was expected, the board of aldermen turned down the proposition of the board of school inspectors to erect a separate school building at Albemarle and Wayzata streets. The aldermen met after the ad journment of the assembly last night. Having disposed of some routine business, the board listened to the report of the com mittee on public buildings, .to which the matter had been referred. The report was signed by Aid. Markham and Lindahl. It recited the hearing had before the com mittee a week ago Monday, and the visit paid by several of the aldermen to the pro posed site of the new school building at Albemarle and Wayzata streets. After in specting the site the committee was unable to agree with the position taken by the opponents of the separate school building that the site was unsuitable mad unfit for a school. The committee believed that if filled in and properly Improved, the site would" be suitable and unobjectionable. The report concluded with the same argument advanced by the school board In favor of building a separate school. Accompanying i the'report was the resolution repealing tha resolution by virtue of which the sum of $15,000 was placed In the tax estimate for the purpose of building an addition to the Gorman school. The committee recommend ed the adoption of the repealing resolution. There was no discussion and the clerk pro ceeded to call the roll on Aid. Markham's motion to adopt the resolution. The vote was as follows: Yeas—Aid. Lindahl. Markham. Montgomery, Ulmer—4. Nays—Aid. Brady. Kartak. Krieg er, Murphy, Wolf, President Ehrmanntraut —«. The resolution was thereupon declared lost. In explaining his vote, Aid. Wolf remarked that he was surprised at tbe pains taken by Aid. Markham in preparing the report of the committee. It looked as though Aid. Markham must be the attorney for the par ties who were fighting for a separate school. After the result of the vote had been an nounced. Aid. Markham rose to a question of personal privilege, and replied: "It U pretty late In the day for any mem ber of this body to accuse me of being the attorney for those in favor of a separate school building, or for any interest pending before the council." Later In the evening Aid. Wolf offered a j resolution instructing the board of school inspectors to proceed with the erection of an addition to the Gorman school. The reso lution was adopted by a vote of 6 to 5, Aid. Milham having put in an appearance in time to vote with Ald.Markham,Montgomery, Lindahl and Ulmer against the resolution. Thus the original resolution appropriating $15,C00 for an addition to the Gorman school still pevails. though in all probability the school board will renew its request with the incoming council for authority to erect a separte school building on the proposed site. The bond in the sum of $500,000 given by City Treasurer-elect Charles E. Horst wts approved by a unanimous vote. The bill of Frank McClellan, the gasoline contractor, for lighting the city with gaso line during the month of April, amounting to $3,159.03, was passed on recommendation of the special Joint committee, to which the bill had been referred in consequence of charges that the work had not been properly performed. In accordance with the suggestion of the board of public works. Aid. Ehrmanntraut introduced two preliminary orders, one for paving Broadway, from Third to Seventh street, and the other for paving the samo street, from Seventh to Mississippi street. Both orders were passed. The board then adjourned until next Mon day. Juno 1, at 7:15 p. m., as the assembly Is to meet at 7:30 p. m. PAY'S THE AXMEN. \-i.-.i-iiilil > im-ii Pays the Judges Who Counted .Them Out. The assembly met Immediately upon the adjournment _ the common council, and adopted without debate the resolutions for the payment of the Judges and clerks of election and the workmen who erected the election booths. The judges' pay roll amounted to $ti,498. that of the clerks was $1,140, and that of the workmen $405. The individual compensation of the Judges was $19 each. The clerks will receive $5 each. The assembly then adjourned. BLETHEN HAS A SURPRISE When the Sorg-Allen Slander Trial Is Heard. There promises to be a real sensation some time today In Mankato when ex-Sheriff Casper Blethen, of Redwood county, puts in an ap pearance at the court where the slander case of Joseph Sorg against G. W. Allen will be taken up. Blethen, who lives at Stuartville, In Olmsted county,passed through here yes terday from the Red Lake reservation, where he was when the land was thrown open for settlement. He explained to a Globe reporter that the slander suit referred to above is the out- I come of a transaction in which Sorg and a ! brother-in-law were said to have made away with property upon which Allen held a mort gage. For some reason it was alleged further that Sorg's wife had told somebody that her husband had in his possession plaster easts for the manufacture of spurious silver dollars. Sorg has brought suit against Allen, who Imagines that he will have to combat the tes timony of Sorg and his wife alone. Now Blethen avers that the Sorg woman made the statement to him, and he means to be on hand at Mankato and bear witness of the fact, which he understands the woman will deny. He left here last night at 8:15. SIRS. PEPPER'S STORY. Says Her Husband Seenred a Di vorce Secretly. Mrs. Ilona A. Pepper, a former resident of St. Paul, living at one time at 617 Cedar street, began a peculiar suit In the courts at Duluth yesterday. She seeks to annul a divorce secured In that county by her dead husband, Ashbel H. Pepper, of Minneapolis, In her complaint she says that they were married in Polteny, Vt., July 4, 1854, and had five children, whose ages now run from twenty-five to forty years. She claims that in 1886 her husband abandoned her and after that they lived separate, she in St. Paul, and he in Minneapolis. In 1889 Popper went to Duluth, represented himself as a citizen of that county, and presented a petlon for di vorce, alleging that his wife had deserted him and removed to Boston, when in fact he was not a resident of that county at all, and he well knew that his wife was living at that time In St. Paul. In August, 1895, Pep per died In Minneapolis intestate, and the plaintiff did not hear of his death or of the divorce until February, 1896. She wants the dhorce annulled on the ground of fraud. "EDDIE" HINEBAUC,H**S CHANGE. He Will Be Business Manager of Mannlngr College. E. G. Hinebaugh, whose advertising agency was burned In the Yerxa fire, and who had practically completed arrangements to move to New York, has accepted the business man agership of the Manning College of Oratory, Music and Language of Minneapolis, with full charge of the advertising, department. The Travelers' Magazine, which he has published here for seven years, was sold yesterday to a local newspaper man, who will continue it here, instead of removing it to New York, as Mr. Hinebaugh had planned. Mr. Hinebaugh leaves tomorrow for an Eastern trip in the in terest of the school. Two Baby Cabs Needed. The relief society was called upon to as sist two sad cases yesterday. In each family there was a paralyzed baby. One, now about five years old, is an imbecile and wholly paralyzed; being able to raise but one hand a very little. It has never walked, and the mother is obliged to carry it about with her or leave it lying on the floor. The other is a girl eighteen months old, paralyzed on one side. She is as bright and sharp as any baby more fortunate than she. and c&os and laughs in a happy manner when spoken to; but the mother, thin and care-worn, is obliged to carry the child wherever she goes. The society would like two baby cabs con tributed. Goss Sees Chicago by Gaslight. Special to the Globe. CHICAGO, May 26.—M. N. Goss, who Is to be chief of police of St. Paul under the Doran administration, was here tonight, and was taken through the levee district to see the sights. He was given a number of tips on handling the police department of a large city. Will Speak at Carleton. Rev. Dr. J. G. Johnson, of the New England Church of Chicago, who addressed the Con gregational club Monday evening, left yester day for Northfield to address the students of Carleton college. Will Have a Paper* C. C. Strands, of CottonVood, was in the city yesterday purchasing a plant for the pub lication of a new paper at that place. MISSING BIRNEY SABIN. The Young Man's Disappearance Causes Much Worry. H. H. Sabin, the druggist of Aberdeen, S. D.. is still at the Windsor hotel worrying about the disappearance of his nephew, Birney Sabin. The latter, as mentioned a few dayi jj||k "36T Wm^ ago, left his room In the Utopia early last week without saying anything to anybody about where he was going. Mr. Sabin cannot understand why the young man does not let his relatives know where he is. unless something has happened to him. He does not think the young man got Into any personal trouble, and as he had no money to speak of and no jewels, does not hardly believe that he could have become the victim of foul play. And it does not seem as if Birney had any excuse for making away with himself, for although he didn't have money to burn, he didn't need for any. His friends in St. Paul helped him to get whatever he act ually needed after his own funds had run out. and he was a young man who thought a great deal of his relatives, so that they can find no motive for thinking he has made way with himself. Neither do they understand why he Is keeping them in suspense if he is alive and free to communicate with them. It developed yesterday that while he left some of his Jewelry in the room occupied by him and seemed to have left all of his effects there that a canvas valise which he carried had been taken away. Which might be taken to indicate that he did not leave in as bad shape as the first report seemed to indicate. Young Sabin is twenty-one years old and slight, weighing only about 115 pounds. When he disappeared he wore a brown Fedora hat. light gray pants, brown silk vest, dark squar. - cut coat, white shirt and collar and brown fell shoes or slippers. FARMERS AT COLLEGE. nig stone Co-onty visitors Knter tti inert for a Day. The delegation of farmers from Graeevlllo Big Stom> county, whose arrival in St Paul Monday night was noted in the Globe ol yesterday, spent the day at the agricultural college. After the party had been conducted by Prin cipal Brewster to the etomologlcal depart ment, where they listened to an Interfering and instructive talk from Prof. Lugger on the work of his department, they were taken to the dairy hall, one of the most important features of the Institution in the winds o! those whose interest so largely lies in tha manufacture of creamery product*. When ProL Haecker concluded an interesting little talk on the work of his department, the party was escorted to the cooking school In the main drill hall. Here Miss Thompson spoke of the work being done In the interest of tha young women from the farms of the state. The next visit was to the chemical labora | tory, where. In the lecture room. Prof. Sny der gave them a practical talk on the im portance of a thorough knowledge of what ha calls farm chemistry. Prof. Robertson, of the department of bot any and physics, followed In a practical talk. He illustrated his department work by speak ing of the generally prevailing opinion In j the country that botany was good enough for ! girls, but it wasn't a study which was of . any value to boys, and then told them that | botany was not a study of 'lower* but a study of plants and plant life and that It waa the most important thing in the whole range of the farmer's life. The sewing school was visited and then an Informal meeting was held in the main hall of Pendergast's building, where Prof. Brew ster welcomed the farmers to the school. Short talks were made by various members ot the party expressing their appreciation of the courtesies shown and of the value of the work being done. After dinner was served In tho dining hall the party was shown the field work of the farm, Including an Interesting tall in the open by Prof. Green, on horti culture. Today the delegates will visit the Wood Harvester works, and in the afternoon will go to Minnetonka. The party consists of the following: • William Rlx, president of the association; H. J. Billsborrow, Graceville Enterprise; Dr. Burt Robinson, Graceville Phoenix; J. K. Crowe, T. R. Homer, A. J. McLean, Arthur Flynn, R. P. Kelly, Michael Smlthwlck. Jas. P. Homer. Thomas Ryan, B. K. J. Clark, W. P. Moon, Timothy Sullivan, J. J. Costello, Robert Homer. Charles Glnnaty, T. J. Keat ing, Dennis Lynch, D. P. O'Neil, E. S. Ut ley, Jerry Murphy, Patrick Coyne, Patrick Costello, W. F. O'Neil. J. C. McCormlck, M. O. Sullivan, P. 11. O'Hara. Audy Launen, W. E. Burns, Eugene Broderick, Patrick Highland, John Mcßae, B. H. Trainor, James Conway, J. M. Finney and wife, George Ches ley, Morris D. Leeney, Dennis Donovan, P. M. Nelson, Joseph Rolhwell, Frank Rosen thal, Joe Windorpskie, Joseph Flnkler, Si mon Roach, George Bassett, J. 11. Utley, Michael Costello, M. H. Casey, J. O. Bteen, Charles Rlx, John Wolff, August Norenburg, Henry Altolf, John Altolf, Louis Hurler, August Rix, Michael Burns, John Chlsm, John J. Sullivan, J. M. Cunningham. Thomas Woodard, Robert Mcßrady, August Fore man, Charles Westfall, Edward Downs. CRITICISE HORST'S SLATE. There is much feeling, according to several j Republican workers, over the selection of assistants made by City Treasurer-elect Horst. ' Prof. W. J. Mulliken is said to be slated for | chief bookkeper, W. Bjomstad for cashier, ! and W. Foulke for Judgment clerk. The minor places will be tendered to men who ex petted better treatment, and now there is a movement on foot to break the slate as at present made up. The Dogs and Ponies. Prof. Gentry's dog and pony show attracted a large audience again last night, every seal being occupied and many were forced to stand. The dogs and ponies delighted all present by their wonderful acting. When II became known that It required eight month* of constant labor to train the little dog Prlnc« to turn somersaults, an idea can be gained ol how much time and patience must have been necessary to educate the entire company. j Prof. Gentry's show is all that is claimed ol j It, and Is thoroughly worth attending. Tin , dogs and ponies will parade again today, and the little folks should be on hand to see them. Hurt by a Car. May Wlllard, while riding a bicycle at Duka and Seventh streets last evening, was caught between a car and a buggy and struck by tha car. She was rendered unconscious, and taken Into Mueller's drug store, after which she waa taken to her room on Market street. LOCAL NEW NOTES. Division No. 8, A. O. H., met last night and elected delegates to the state convention at Mankato. Hereafter Lake Minnetonka and St Paul trains, via the Minneapolis & St. Loul's rail road arriving at St. Paul at 9:15 a. m. and leaving St Paul at 1 p. m., will stop at St. Anthony Park. rf-^'K? BickCl T ecelved a terrain Mon day night announcing the death of his broth er, Karl Blckel. The deceased lived on a farm In Huntington county, Indiana and was sixty-eight years of age at the time of his death. Saturday Is the last day for the payment or taxes before the usual penalty Is imposed. The county treasurer has been keeping open his office until 10 o'clock each evening, and will continue to do so up to aud Including Saturday. The May fete will be repeated or. the cam pus of Macalester college Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. The college band will be in attendance, and re freshments will be served In the art building and on the grounds.