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TODAY'S -WEATHER.
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day: Minnesota and lowa— Fair; warmer;
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Wisconsin- Generally fair; brisk northerly
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GENERAL OBSEItt A.T3ONS.
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p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian
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TEMPERATURES.
Place. Tcin.' Place. Tern.
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Duluth 40Winnipeg 33
Huron 36 "
larck 54 Buffalo ■"' -
Wllllston 56 Boston 2-60
Havre (; - Cheyenne
Helena ■ • •"»'- Chicago
Edmonton".' 50 Cincinnati 56-56
Palearv W Montreal |0-«
Medicine "Hat 56 New Orleans .—6g-64
Swift Current 62 New V.rk 60-fi*
Qu'Appelle 52 Pittsburg •■•-■•
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer, 30.18: mear, temperature 40;
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RIVER AT s A. M.
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St. Louis " IJI
DECAY OP STATES' BIGHTS.
In S pite of the provision of the fed
eral constitution that makes that In
strument convey to the United States
only the powers therein expressly
enumerated, and reserves to the states
all powers not so granted, there has
been since the war notably, a steady
encroachment by the general govern
ment upon the powers and rights of
the states, until little is loft them ex
cept the exercise of tlu lr police pow
ers with limitations on them where
they affect certain interstate interests.
Undoubtedly the conception of the rel
ative rights and powers of the states
and the federation was greatly im
paired by the insistence of the South
that one of the rights of a state was
to secede from the Union whenever it
deemed its rights infringed by federal
action. This position, which masked
the real purpose of secession, brought
upon all states' rights something of ttie
obloquy that attached in the North to
the one claimed, and dulled the watch
fulness with which the general govern
ment had always bun regarded from
Lhe beginning.
The most marked inroad on state
reignty by legislation is that which
has developed from the interpretation
given to the clause that gives congress
control over interstate commerce.
From Its original purpose of securing
free trade between the states it has
rapidly broadened out, with the span
ning of the continent by railroads and
the nationalization of our internal
commerce, into a practical control by
congress of all legislation affecting In
terstate trade. States have sought to
evade this under guise of their police
powers, but without avail. The "orig
inal package" act, by which congress
waived its power in favor of lowa's
prohibitory law, emphasizes the extent
to which state right had become ab
sorbed in national power. With the
constant consolidation of the railways,
that promises now to culminate In the
one great system which, it is said, Mr.
Morgan is forming, this legislation will
I practically transferred from the
.- ates i" congr< ss.
While congress has been moving thus
to the absorption of states' rights the
ral courts have been moving much
more aggressively, if insidiously. It is
over ten years now since Judge Wilson
published his pamphlet calling atten
tion to tliis invasion, a warning that
fell on heedless ears. A pamphlet now
published by Mr. Newberger, of the
Chicago bar, collates ihe decisions that
mark the advance of these courts in
the domain of the relations of employer
and employe, of "master and servant,"
as the law phrased it before those
terms became obnoxious. This has
come through the same clause of the
constitution giving congress domain
( ver Interstate commerce and the de
velopment of railways with terminals
in different states, accelerated by the
receiverships resulting from insolvency
of railway companies and their opera
tion by and under federal courts. This
tendency culminated in Judge Jenkins'
order, which forbade the employes of
the Northern Pacific company from
quilting work, and the order of Judge
Taft compelling employes to handle the
freight of another railway. This trend,
however, received a check in the d< -
cision of Justice Harlan, but it is no
ticeable as indicating the direction of
the movement.
Not less significant was the decision
of Judge Showaiter — adhered to by him
upon a motion for a rehearing: — in the
Indianapolis case in which he took
jurisdiction of a case Involving the le
gality of a state law affecting a state
corporation, and held the state law
unconstitutional, basing his jurisdic
tion upon the fact that the complain
ant was a non-resident of Indiana, but
a holder of some of the capital
Block of the corporation. The corpora
tion was ;i street, railway company, and
the state act reduced its fares. Should
this decision be sustained by the fed
tial supreme court, It removes not only
Btreet railway companies from the ju
risdiction and control of the states that
create them, but it carries out of their
control every other corporation for
whatever purpose formed that can pro
cure some of its shares to be owned
by non-residents.
And to this encroachment there is not
only a tacit assent, but the one politi
cal party that has always stood for the
integrity of the states pursues a state
policy that co-operatps with the in
fringing movement of the federal gov
ernment. We have seen for some years,
more accentuated this year, the Demo
i cratic party, contesting for the control
I of states, making national questions
the issue and either ignoring state
questions or relegating them to second
place. We see today, in the city of j
New York, a movement of Democrats,
\ with Mr. George at their head, making
a national issue the test in a municipal
election; in fact, making the excuse for
their organization the ignoring
of national issues by the reg
ular Democracy? What is this but
a surrender by Democrats of their
cherished doctrine of state rights and
state autonomy? To what is it due?
Are we becoming, what Republicans
claimed after the war, "a nation with
a big N?" Are we drifting to a condi
tion where the states will be mere
i provinces?
WITNESSES AGAINST THEMSELVES.
The prison officials would have done
well to preserve their policy of silence,
if they could also have imposed it upon
their organ, which scorns to consider
; as anything out of the ordinary the
beating of helpless men by those in
authority over them. The Pioneer
Press, from the moment that the
exposure was made, replied, as we
knew that it would, that the animus
of tlie charges was political. ?.lr. Wol
!'(■]■ now replies, as we knew that he
would, that the charges emanate from
"discharged employes and ex-convicts."
.\ singular effect, Indeed, employment
at the state prison has upon a man, if
it incapacitates him for telling the
truth, even after he has been a trusted
officer there for fifteen years. Yet that
is what the warden says of ex-em
ployes; all of whom he lumps together
as unworthy of credence and in ilu
same class with released prisoners.
The reforming element cannot be as
strong as it should, if all the prisoners
who leave are liars, and if even the
guards are so infected that they can
not, as .Mr. Wolfer assess, be believed.
We fi-uv that the unwholesome infiu
ence has spread even to the high* st
quarters, when Mr. Wolfer tells his
little story about a paroled prisoner
who has been "hounded day and night
by representatives of the Globe."
inasmuch as no reporter has been
near any prisoner out on parole,
has solicited from him any in
formation or even spoken to
him, the remainder of -Mr. Wolfer's
interview can be judged from this ex
trad, v would, indeed, lie a foolish
task to seek for information from a
man who is still subject to the ven
geance that is dealt out at Stillwater,
and would know what to expect if he
talked about what happens in the
prison when he is liable to be called
back there.
The animus of this interview and of
the comments of the Pioneer Press up:>n
it merely adds another item to the
already overwhelming evidence against
the Stillwater management. Be it re
membered that the Globe has made
no "sensational chaiges." It has pub
lished statements of events that are
said to have happened there, with the
names of the persons furnishing the In
formation; and, when their testimony
related to instances of extreme bar
barity, with their affidavits. This is
what the Pioneer Press and others of
its way of thinking regard as a cruel
persecution. The Globe has demand
ed only that the light be turned on and
the truth be told. The statements
which it has published are, to its mind,
ample to establish the need of an in
vestigation and a refoim in the conduct
of the prison. It has placed the blame
i xactly where it seemed to belong, giv
ing the language of its informants in
every case. It has not made use of a
vast mass of rumor and of unsubstan
tiated or anonymous charges. It is sat
isfied with the service that it has ren
■ !• red to the people, to the state of Min
nesota, to the cause of humanity. How
the responsibility for the state of af
fairs that has been disclosed may be
apportioned is not its affair. It is glad
to lay all the facts in its possession be-
Core the commission that is to meet
; today, n .nd to ask that the executors of
tlu sentence of the law observe the
law, and that cruelty shall cease to be
! a part of prison regimen. It has seen
nothing more convincing, in the way of
indirect testimony to show that the
charges made by those who know are
true, than the indiscreet language and
untrue assertions used by the apolo
gists of a system against which the
whole being of every true man in the
state of Minnesota rises in revolt.
ONE LONG STEP IX ADVANCE.
AVhatever may be the defects in mv
i nicipal government, against which a
'• large contingent of the voters of New
■ York are now in opposition, some dis
j tinct progress has been scored by the
| reformers in recent years. A civil
; :■:< rvice that secures qualified men to
i transact the minor affairs of the city
j has been established and maintained
[nst the strenuous hostility of those
! who made profit by the spoils system,
i and the efforts since made to "take the
! starch out of it,'" as Gov. Black phras
ed the movement to destroy it, have
been futile. Hut the greatest improve
ment, the longest advance step to
wards the possibility of good govern
ment, was the adoption of the Aus
tralian ballot, a movement for
a time resisted by men like
Platt on the one side and Hill on
the other, men differing only in the
party badge they wore, and not at all
in their concepts of government.
To measure the length of this step
and to sense its significance, one has
I but to compare elections in that city
in past years, before the secret ballot
THE SAINT PAUC GLO33: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1897.
was adopted, and the feeling of secur
ity with which all parties now look
forward to an honest count of the se
cret ballots. In former years, as con
trol oscillated from one party to the
! other in the state, In which the votes
of New York and Brooklyn were con
! trolling- factors, the defeated party im
', mediately 'set up the cry of cheating
in the count. Prior to the voting there
were charges of false registration, of
preparations for "repeating;" and on
j election day the purchase of voters was
! open and shameless. Twice a presi
dency turned on the corruption of the
electorate, and once the blundering
candor of a preacher defeated the
preparations of the bosses to dispose
of another. Between the purchase of
! votes and the doctoring of returns re
publican government seemed to be
breaking down in the initial act of its
expression.
Now we have all efforts made to
ward:; convincing the voters, winning
their support by appeals to their reason.
Great mass meetings have taken the
place of the work of the ward heelers.
The boss still dominates the nominat
ing machinery, but the voter smashes
it if he will. No longer is the voter
paid his price and marched to the polls
under the watchful eye of a henchman,
with his ballot displayed to give assur
ance that he I as fulfilled his agree
ment and earned his money. The reg
istration is honest, and the booth gives
to the voter security and also makes
profitless his purchase. This is much,
but the confidence with which all par
tins now rely upon the honesty and
practical accuracy of the count of the
ballots is more. The Times expresses
this when it says: "With what fear
and misgivings the friends of good
government in this city would look for
ward to the contest at the polls, if
Platt and Croker had control of the
(-lection machinery and of the count.
* * * But Platt and Croker will not
control the count. The votes for Low
will be counted as ca3t. Tracy votes
will not be counted for Van Wyck.
There will be an honest count and a
truthful return."
As we recall the preceding condition
when such men did control both the
election and the count and compare it
with the feeling expressed by the
Times, one can see how far the efforts
for good government have prevailed
over the element of disorder, and, see
ing this, can take fresh courage to car
ry on the reforms yet demanded. With
this record to encourage, who can
doubt that the days of the boss are
soon to be numbered with the bad
things that are past?
XOT WITHOUT HONOR.
The extraordinary honors paid to
the memory of Henry George go
far toward disproving the old adage
that a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country. A life of self
denial and a death which leaves unwon
the highest public prize would seem
to be well compensated by such an
outpouring of sympathy and such a
tribute of respect and love as have fol
lowed the death of this great leader.
The hopeful fact is always that, what
ever men may do, however weak may
seem to be their attachment to princi
ple, however they may misunderstand
and fall short of high standards, they
do appreciate and honor them. The
electric spark of comprehension of no
ble ideas is quick to flash from the
American people when it is honesty,
sincerity and courage that appeal to
them. This last campaign of Mr.
C^orge and the tribute which crowded
thousands hasten to pay to him have
proved it in a remarkable manner.
Only a small portion, comparatively,
of those who lament and praise him
had ever come in personal contact with
him. He was not what is generally
called a "magnetic" man. He did not
win others by the charm of his manner,
or even by the graces of his speech.
Among those who have gladly wit
nessed their appreciation of his worth
are scores of men who disbelieve ut
terly in the principles that he held
most firmly. It has been, indeed, a
feature of his New York campaign that
he was supported ardently by men
who were no believers in the single tax
idea, and who rejected almost entirely
the platform of theory upon which Mr.
George took his stand. They follow
ed him simply through faith in the
man. More and more do our political
struggles seem to be resolving them
selves into a balancing of personal
merit. The party organization passes
rapidly into the machine. It then is
represented to the public mind by a
few individual?, such as the heads of
the Tammany and Republican organi
zations, and their conspicuous nufitness
for place or power furnishes a great
object lesson. It is seen that, after
all, in all governments that are worthy
of name, the great desideratum is an
executive head upon whom the people
may rely absolutely without fear or
hesitation. A wise man, a true man,
an honest man is the first requirement
for good government anywhere.
Not often is it given to any man to
stand as prominently before the public
eye, to be exposed to a light so search
ing, thrown upon character, action and
motive, as that which blazed upon the
figure of Henry George. His worst
enemies admitted him to be personally
irreproachable. There is not a hint of
the reproach of self-seeking in the dia
tribes of his foes. Now that he
is gone, and no longer to be feared
as a disturber of political peace, friends
and enemies alike hasten to bear tes
timony to his singleness of purpose, to
the absence from his work and hope
of personal ambition, to his entire de
votion to the people's cause. It is an
ever fresh inspiration to the race to
find that the world recognizes and
comes at last to understand those who
are worthy. Success in the" ordinary
meaning of the term may not be theirs.
Neither wealth nor station may wait
upon their coming. But he whose
heart is true to duty, whose mind is
open to the truth, whose services are
given in all sincerity to the people,
will be understood and loved and
mourned by them. Many a man has
died full of years and outward honor
and distinction, with high-sounding
titles and covered with decorations,
who might well have envied Henry
George the honor, affection and tin-
questioned trust that his life and work
established for him in the hearts of
the people.
— " —^^^^^—
WHAT IS THE "AGKEEMEST'"
The seal fishery question, now in
some kind of stew down in Washing
ton, is not a very large public matter
in itself. It affects oniy a few gentle
men forming tTie ''North American
Commercial company, who have been
given a monopojy of sealing on the
Pribyloff islands. 'It 'also concerns that
limited number of citiz-jns in this coun
try who find in." the garments made
-from the pelts assort? of social distinc
tion given by the'; costliness of the ap
parel. It also touches: the interests of
a few furriers in. England who possess
and keep the secret of tanning and
dressing the skins. But small as it is
it has been the fcause of an interna
tional complication that has disturbed
the relations of this country and Great
Britain for over 'ten years, and, If Mr.
John W. Foster can have his way,
promises to lead to further, more ex
tended and more serious ones.
The parties in interest are our North
American Commercial company, with
whatever interests the United States
may have in its operations, and the
sealers of the Dominion of Canada.
Japan has a slight interest, not as
much in seals of her own, as in catch
ing them by such of her subjects as
choose to engage in that business.
Russia has a larger interest, having
islands on her eastern coast frequent
ed by seals, but that interest is guard
ed by a convention arranged with
Great Britain that prevents pelagic
sealing inside of a thirty-mile zone sur
rounding the breeding grounds. The
purpose of our government is to se
cure the establishment of a similar
zone of larger extent within which seal
catching will be piracy. If this is ac
complished the sealing of the world
will practically be monopolized by Rus
sia and the company to which our gov
ernment has awarded the exclusive
right to catch seals in its territory.
It was to secure this arrangement
that Mr. Foster has been trying to
coax and drive Great Britain, repre
senting Canada, tnto his international
conference, which, representing this
country, Japan and Russia, is now sit
ting behind closed doors and with
sealed lips in Washington. It was to
retain the right of open sea sealing
awarded by the Paris commission that
England, acting for Canada, refused
to enter into the convention. These
are the facts "of the case to date. From
Washington we have one of those
pieces of unofficial information relating
to the sittings of the representatives of
the three nations that are occasionally
allowed to escape the seal of secrecy
in shape to be officially denied if neces
sary. Some proposition has been made
and submitted to the foreign govern
ments which is acceptable to this
country and which "has a far-reaching
scope." We are told that it "provides
for the material limitations or the en
tire suspension of pelagic sealing." To
glaze over the evident result of such
an agreement it is said that it will not
"involve any concerted attempt to
menace the claims of Great Britain
and Canada," but will be an expression
of these nations that such sealing
should cease "in tho Interests of hu
manity."
This being the attitude of all these
governments now, excepting the ex
pressed solicitude for "the Interests of
humanity," it is difficult to see why
there should be any formal expression
of it or why the "agreement" reached
should have to be submitted to the
governments of Japan and Russia. It
is more probable that the agreement
calls for the joint action of these pow
ers to stop open sea sealing. If it does,
we will be face to face with a
very ugly question. England and Can
ada have the judicially determined
right to pelagic sealing. England has
shown a disposition to restrict the
catch so as to preserve the herds. In
the assertion of our right to make a
closed sea of Bering sea we seized and
confiscated, without right, Canadian
sealers and refused to pay the dam
ages. England declines further action
until they are paid. Should these three
nations now attempt to coerce England
into a surrender of the right of sealing
in the open sea, should this be the pur
pose of this "agreement," it is easy to
see that we may have a very serious
international complication on our
hands very soon.
Why the fight on mayor In New York
should shake the Whole country from center
to circumference is a mystery to most pso
ple.—Granite Falls Tribune.
Then "most people" have not sensed its
significance. It is not a Btrife between par
ties or the bosses of parties; it involves the
question of the capability of our people for
serf-government. Our big cities present the
problems that will confront the whole coun
try when population becomes dense, and if
good government cannot now bs had in them
it cannot be had for the whole country then.
And it is a matter of discouragement thar.
this administration is arraying itself on tbe
Bide of all that It bad in local government.
Our contemporary down street will have
to correct a correction. The law firm of
Tracy, Boardmau & Platt has no connection
with the security company, except, possibly,
an advisory one. Platt junior is a member
of the law firm and also an officer of the
security company whose profits were so hand
somely augmented by the Raiues law and
the intimation that the saloonkeepers would
better bond with "the old^man's" boy's com
pany, [i I
Congressman Tawnoy ihas returned from
Hawaii an enthusiastic annexations He
says that the people {bf that country are ripe
for such a move and would be a cred tab'.e
acquisition to the United, States.— Litc-hfield
News-Ledger.
So Tawney went out tf) Honolulu to find
out if the people ofi that .region were ripe
enough to pick, eh? '•Found them riper than
he found section 22, iid tidi
'*' -TT)
The Starch company wil,l run Its factory
thi3 fall for a short time .on small potatoes.
Save your unsalable potatoes. They will
bring you 15 cents per bushc-I.— Princeton
Union. 3 *■
Tar'.ff on potatoes'' 25 cents a bushel, on
starch l\-> cents a pound; starch factory offer
ing IS cents a bushel for potatoes. Where
is the protection to potatoes?
.The St. Paul Globe evidently think 3
President McKinlcy should be disfranchised.
It objects to his going home to vote.— Le
Sueur Nev.-«.
We don't. We are willing he should go
home to vote— and stay there.
IT SEEDS AIRING
A LITTI.K HOISECLEAXI.NG WILL.
NOT DO THfi PRISO\ ANY
HARM.
EVEN ITS FRIENDS SAY SO.
GLOSE'S K\I"OSI!JES "WILL, BE OF
BENEFIT TO THE INSTI
TI'TIOX.
COJUIKM OF THE STATE PRESS.
All Favorable to a Tlionmuli In
«jnlr>- l»>- the Coanmteslom
Appointed.
At least one good wi}l l'esult from
the exposure of the condition of affairs
at the prison, independent of the ques
tion of the truth of the charges brought
against certain officers. The publica
tions of the Glo b c have stirred up
interest in the institution among the
editors of the state, which will not
flag until it is certain that no more
crooked work is going on within those
stone walls. It is a common comment
in the state press that it is time there
was a little house cleaning at Still
water under any circumstances. Here
are the latest opinions:
» * »
The Globe has taken It upon its hands
to do a little houseeleaniug at the state's
prison. Whether the charges made against
the institution are true or not, an occasion
al airing is one of the best things for auy
state institution. These snap-shot junket
ing investigations are of but little 'account
and would be about as well if they were
discarded entirely. When an investigation is
made it should" be made for the Interest
of the state and not in the interest of the of
ficials who are in charge as is quite fre
quently the case.— Plalnview Xews.
The Globe, Saturday, * published a
lengthy article in which it exposes in a very
lucid and exhaustive manner the cruel and
inhuman way in which convicts in our state
prison are being treated by Deputy Warden
Lemon and some of his pet subordinates. To
substantiate the charges made in the
Globe, stacks of testimony have been re
ceived and scores of ex-convicts and ex
guards of the prison are anxious to tell
all thoy know of the brutal treatment they
have witnessed some of the holpless prisoners
undergo at the hands of Lamon and his men,
to any authorized committee for that pur
pose. The result of the expose will be an
official investigation by a committee appoint
ed by the governor, but it is decidedly hard
to think that a man who emphatically .as
serts his disbelief of tho statements will
select a fair-minded or impartial committeo
to make the proper investigation.— Shakopee
Tribune.
* * *
The St. Paul Globe made some very ser
ious charges against the management of tho
Minnesota state prison a few days ago, which,
if true, ought to retire Warden Wolfer and
send the deputy warden up fur a term of
years. It is quite likely, however, that the
charges are more the result of malice than
anything else. But be this as it may a
thorough investigation should be made.—
.Madison Press.
* ♦ *
The St. Paul Globe has made very serious
charges against some of tho officials of the
Stillwater prison, which should lead to an
investigation of the treatment of the prison
ers. There may or may not be any truth
in the accusations, but in any event a
thorough knowledge of the exact condition
of affairs would set all doubts at rest.— Luke
City Republican.
Some grave charges have been made in
reference to the management of the State
Prison at Stillwater. It doesn't matter
whether the charges come from a Demo
cratic or Populist or Republican paper, they
should be thoroughly Investigated, and if
found true the guilty ones should be punish
ed, and, If found untrue, the parties making
the charges should be punished for libel. —
Northfleld News.
* * •
Every party interested, and disinterested,
declares that a searching, impartial investi
gation be made at once. Wliatev er these
guards have witnessed, or claim to have wit
nessed, it is their sarved duty to corroborate
with their oaths, and no star chamber investi
gations will be tolearated. Gov. ('lough is
anxious to have this investigation conducted
with impartiality and has designated Judgo
Charles Flandrau, of St. Paul; Attorney
Stanley R. Kitchel, of Minneapolis, and B.
F. Farmer, of Spring Valley, Fillmore coun
ty, a committee of Investigation. — Stillwater
Messenger.
« * •
If the half of what the Globe says 13
true, Warden Wolfer should be dismissed
at least, and the rest of the staff transferred
behind the bars. Turn on the light. It i.nn
at least do no harm. Abuses are apt to grow
into existence in places of this kind, if they
are not occasionally thrown open to th« in
spection of the public— Cloquct Pine Knot.
* • *
Recent charges against the management
of the state prison, to the effect that certain
subordinate officials have been cruel to pris
oners, will be Investigated. The governor has
come to that conclusion within the past Jay
or two. The investigating committee will be
three or five in number, and will be com
posed of reputable business men, wholly dis
interested, and of such standing and reputa
tion all over the state as will entitle their
finding to the respect of everybody concerned.
There will be no whitewash If the governor
can prevent It; at least, so he says. The
names of the investigation committee will
be published next week.— Dreckeuridgc Ga
zette, i
* * ♦
Last Monday the St. Paul Globe con
tained a long article regarding the local man
agement of the state prison at Stillwater.
and charged some of the officers of that in
stitution with cruel anil inhuman treatment of
convicts. The principal charges were against
Deputy Lemon, and were myde by ex-con
victs t* 1"1 employes. Since then others have
voluntarily offered corroborative evidence,
and it is reported that Gov. Clough will ord'jr
an Investigation. If some of the charges are
true, the guilty should be punished, and If
they are not the public should know It; so an
open and complete investigation without any
whitewashing will be a good thing. Such n
shaking up once in a while results in good.
— Litchlield Review.
* • •
The St. Paul Globe is going after '.ho
penitentiary offlcirils in a red hot manner for
alleged cruelty to the prisoners. It is neci -
sary to keep the hard characters there under
subjection, and unless the officials arc upheld
by thp public discipline will be at an end.—
Hinckley Enterprise.
* * *
The charges against the fitcte prison offi
cials alleging cruel and inhuman treatment
will be thoroughly Investigated. Gov. Clough
has appointed C. E. Flandrau, of St. Paul;
Stanley It. Kitchel, of Minneapolis, and B.
F. Farmer, of Spring Valley, commissioners
to investigate the charges. It is understood
that discharged convicts and guards whn
•were dismissed for incompetency or dishon
esty are behind the charges which have been
given publicity through the St. Paul Globe.
—Moorhead Independent.
* * *
The St. Paul Globe has created a sen
sation by charging cruel and Inhuman treat
ment of convicts at the Stillwater prison,
and backs up the charges by affidavits and
testimony from parties who claim to be able
to prove the charges. It is but justice to
the prJson offlciair that a searching inquiry
be made by a non-partisan committee com
posed of men on whose judgment and honesty
the people can rely with confidence, and the
matter sifted to the bottom regardless of
whose toes are pinched. — Wheaton Gazette-
Reporter. % t t
It is known that all state institutions need
close watching, much closer than is given
them, and that there have been charitable
and penal institutions in this state and In
I other states where there have been great
• abuses which investigations have proven.
i Since the foregoing was in print an ex-guard
1 of the prison, who is now a business man in
i Mankato, confirms what has been published
! in the Globe, and he adds his knowledge
'of other Instances of cruelty.— New Ulm
News - , ♦ . .
The St. Paul Globe is after th" officers
of the state's prison with a sharp stick, alleg
ing cruel and inhuman treatment of prison
ers.—North Branch Review.
The St. Paul Globe is developing alleged
facts regarding the Internal management of
the state prison at Stillwater, which, if true,
are far from creditable to Warden Wolfer or
the state. Gov. Clough cannot be too nimble
in having an investigation and it will be
dangerous to the entire outfit to have a
single drop of whitewash discovered on the
nremlses.— Faribault Democrat.
1* * •
The St. Paul Globe is from day to day
charging Deputy Warden Lemon, of the state
prison at Stillwater, with repeated acts of
cruelty, extending over several years. The
charges are specific and made with such cir
■ •umstaTitiaMty as indicates either accurate
knowledge or colossal mendacity. In proof.
affidavits and unsworn testimony of ex-con
vlcts, discharged employes and former guards
who have voluntarily left tae employ of the
prison, are printed.— Sauk Center Herald.
• • •
Tf the alleged cruelties in the Minnesota
slate's prison are not exaggerated by more
than 50 per cent, there ought to be a rigor
ous shaking up of the prison officials.—Janes
ville Argus.
• * ♦
The St. Paul Globe has been stirring
up the state's prison authorities with a sharp
stick this week, and If one-ha4f of the
charges against Deputy Warden Frank H. |
Lemon are true, he should be advised to look I
out for another position. At any rate tho ;
charges are too serious to be Ignored, and j
an impartial investigation is imperative.— |
Glenwood Herald.
♦ * •
The St. Paul Globe of Saturday last
contained a write up of state prison meth >ds j
at Stillwater that brings to light many !
things which if true cast a serious reflection
upon the management of that institution. We
have no reason to doubt the truthfulness of
much that is reported in the Globe. For |
years there has been complaints numerous j
find violent regarding the brutal conduct of j
those in charge. A houseeleaning in the in
stitution would doubtless add much to the
reputation of the state's pen.— Fairfax Cres
cent.
* • •
The St. Paul Globe is stirring up fh^
Stillwaler prison officials with a rod hot pok
er. If one-half the acts of cruelty chtfrged
by the Globe are true the prison officials
should be wearing stripes inside the prison
walls.— Wabasha Democrat.
* • •
According to the Globe, this man Lemon
has maltreated ar.d abused inmates to an ex
tent that seems almost increditable. Gov.
Clough should not delay action in the pre
mises. The prison board should convene anl
a thorough investigation begun and continued
until the guilt or Innocence of the prison
officials is clearly established.— Martin Knter
prise.
* • •
The St. Paul G0 b e has been publishing
some very sensational charges against the
administration of the state prison at Still
water, which, If true, or untrue, should be
investigated. That vigorous measures are
necessary at times tcv maintain (irdor. no one
can doubt, when we consider the character
of the men the warden and his deputies have
to deal with. Unnecessary crue'ry should not
be allowed, and if practiced by the offi
cials, they should be looked after by
those in authority. Lot the matter be
thoroughly sifted. — Dawson Sentinel.
• ♦ ♦
The St. Paul Globe Is after the state
prison abuses and 'the state prison abusers
are after the Globe. Let us clean house. —
Fairfax Crescent.
• » •
These big institutions, run by tho govern
ment, are looked upon, in many instances, a>3
spoils for those sharp enough to obtain them.
Stir them up. and let's sco how much good
is accomplished — Atwa'ter Pi
* * •
The St. Paul Globe has started to shake
up the state prison management and begins
With two pages in which It recounts al
cruelty to prisoners in the Stillwater prison.
If such a condition as the (J lo b c r
is true, the onVlals should b<> swept out of
there in a body. Now that the charges are
made. It is due the state that a thorough
Investigation bo made and if the charge
true, wipe out the disgrace by discharKins
all concerned. If they arc not turn It is due
tha officers to have it known.— St. Peter lior
ald. _
FIFTY SHOTS FIRED.
A Seriona Labor Riot In n Penimyl-
THiilit Town.
SCOTTDALE, Pa., Nov. I.— A riot oc
curred here tonight In which IJoiiry Glllespie,
John Jordan and Manager Sklnip. of the
Scottdalo Iron and Steel company, were bad
ly injured. Yesterday, a union man, Frank
Keltz, was beaten into Insensibility by non
union iron workers and Keltz and his fellow
workman vowed vengeance. Manager Skimp,
fearing trouble when bin men quit work,
formed thirty or forty of them lv line and
marched up Plttsburg street. At Broadway
a large crowd had gathered and faur of
the marchers with drawn revolvers, stepped to
the front and ordered the crowd bark. Just
then some one threw a stone Into the crowd
of nnn-unionlsts. This was responded to
by a shot, followed by a regular fuslladc.
fully fifty shots being fired, nearly all com
ing from the non-union men. Manager Skimp
was shot In the left foot and was struck
by a stone or brick on th^ left siile of the
head, and Is seriously though not danger
ously wounded. Henry Gillespie was shot
through the right arm. the ball pas King
through an artery, and he almos; bled to
death before the wound could be dressed.
John Jordan had three fingers shut off. Sev
eral others were slightly injured by being
s:ruck with stones. From the numbers ol
shots fired it \e almost miraculous that no
one was killed outright. Glllespie claims that
when the shooting commenced he started for
a place of safety. Hh claims that be was
fired at by Manager Skimp. Thomas Gillespie,
a brother of Henry, stated that he saw Man
ager Skimp fire three shots in the din
tion of Henry. Gillesoie will swear out a
warrant for the arrest of Manager Skimp for
felonious shooting. Four non-union mi n
were arrested.
KANSAS PACIFIC PEOPLE OBJKCT.
Will Block Hie Work of Reorgan
isation If POHNItIIC.
NEW YORK. Nov. I.— The Herald tomorrow
will say: Opposition to the Union Pacific plan
of reorganization developed yesterday from a
new source. The Kansas Pacific bondholders
object to the treatment of their securities
under the modified arrangement, and thi
propose to block the reorganization if pos
sible. Those bonds received under the orig
inal plan 80 per cent In first. 4 per cent bonds
and SO per cent in preferred stock, but these
terms wore modified so a« to Issue *7.">.i*)<i,r»)i>
bontis, and. according to the amendment,
Kansas City consols receive 30 4 per cent
bonds at 110 per cent preferred stock. The
opposition to the plan, which is largely in
terested In Kansas Pacific consols, claims
that the agreement on which deposits of
their consols under the plan were obtained
has been broken. It Is said that steps will
be talceii In the federal courts to test tli
matter If the plan proceeds on Its present
lines.
The plan for dealing with the payment* to
the government for the Union Pacific calls
for the appointment of several national banks
1 a depositories. It is reported that the Na
tional City and Chase National banks will
be two of th<» banks selected, because thej
have larj?e holdings of government bonds
whi< h have to be <!■ posited at Washington.
Such deposits of bonds have to be made
amounting to the government funds held by
the banks. It is stated that the majority of
the New York banks have disposed of the
bulk of the new government lioii'i.s by rea
son of the high premium they command, an !
hence if they take any considerable amount
of the government deposits they will have
10 borrow government bonds to rover the
amount of the funds, and few of them care
to do this.
OPENS WITH \ SURPRISE.
\V. C. T. I. Delegation ( A-teiuls t In-
I'aliu (inrdeii Show.
The Palm (iani. ;i opened with a full va
riety programme last night and a large
audience. In fact, there were two
spectators present than the manaxemi
pected to see. Just as the performance be
gan, two ladies stepppd up, purchased tick
ets, walked in and took st^ts. Everybody
looked. Their appearance caused a buzz of
. xcitement and half of those present told tho
other heH:
"There's Mrs. Root."
The proprietor surveyed the W. C. T. V.
delegation, but said nothing to them, and th~
play, "McGuinPSs" Reception." went on with
all the fire that ten women, young and
otherwise, and several men could put in It
This was followed by a burlesque. "A Trio
to Klondike." It was a joyous Jaunt for the
audience, which seemed to enjoy 4-yerv bit
of the stage journey. Mrs. Hoot .'md her
companion didn't think there was much fun
in it. But they remainfd until the curtain
full.
After the pprformanec. a reporter for the
Globe saw the two ladies and asked them
"how they haDDened to go to the show.
"We- wanted to see what kind of a show
they are giving. What kind is it? It's aw
ful. Worst than anything I've ever seen.
And everything that appealed to tho pas
sions was *>i>i>lauded while the decent parts
were hissed."
"Yes," put in the other lsdy, "and there
were so many boys present. There most hsive
been between fifty and a hundred boys there
along about 13 and 20 years old."
"There were some of the city officials
there, too." said Mrs. Root, "at least I took
some of them to be. I suppose they went
to see what kind of a show It was."
"There was no liquor sold," the reporter
suggesteM.
"No, but I didn't know but perhaps that
was because we were there."
"What are ycu going to do about It?" Mrs.
Root was asked.
"We are going to* the mayor tomorrow
morning."
"Going to try and close it up."
"We will if we can work up public benti
ment enough."
Sfalcea hii Anlffament.
George J. Mitsch filed a deed of assign
ment yesterday to William J. Sonuen. Tho
total value of all the assets, according to the
affidavit of the assignor, will not exceed $-",(y».
ChiefM Snrr«'inlt*r.
SIMLA. Nov. t.^Sadda Khan SBd his
broiher. leading chief of the Maddakhfis, hav,
surrendered to the Br'tish. This is an im
portant step in the settlement of the Tochi
difficulty.
EDITOR MOFFET'S TRIALS.
< iii'iiKi- ott Venne W 111 I'mlialily lie
\.ike«l.
BISMARCK. N. D.. Nov. L— The reg
ular fall term of the district court con
venes in this city on Nov. 23 and prom
ises to he the most Interesting ever
held In Burtelgh county. The libel suits
against Editor Moflet, of th • Settler
are among the first cases o n I
dar, and they will undoubtedly attract
great interest all over the X .it;
It is said that Ju<l-r • Wii Chester has
decided to call in another Judge to try
the cases. If he should not d
Moffet will probably request that ;i
jud^e from une of the other dial
j in the state be asked to try the
! which request might I. granted under
the law Avhlch states that in criminal
cases the district judgf may call in
I another judg-e when the defei
i makes an affidavit nll^sririi: prejudice,
I and the supreme cunt in the famous
Kent murder case held that the
! !] may " ti s h'»ui<! be construed x<<
"must" in this section of the statutes.
After .\h>fiYt succeeds in securing an
otmer Judge he will probably ask a
change of venue to Borne other county.
, He will ask thU on the ground that
th- officials whose duty it is to i
the jury are prejudiced againsl him.
It would be very hard <.i secure a jury
'in Burleigh county, as nearly every
man in the county has fcn-m .1 and ex
pressed an opinion in the matter. Just
where the cases will be taken for tn-,1
lls impossible t>. say. It is stated on
*- i authority th.it Moffet will
two <.t" th.' leading lawyers of the
eng-aged in his und th" :■
cution will a!s.. have the i^st legal
talent obtainable.
Another case that will excite con
siderable interest is the Dixon-Barthol
omew alienation of affection suit,
j brought by M !S . |>j X o n for alienation
iof her husband's affections. This will
1 not be taki n up, however, until after
the disposal of the criminal cases,
! which Includes the Moffet libel suits.
This wil! ]„- watch, d all over the
in much the same way that the per
formance in a two-ring circus la
watched by ; , , ountrj audience.
SHOT Ills ESCAPING PRISOVER.
PlpeNtone Marnhal Resitonnible lot
v Tragic Death.
Special t.> t.li. 1;
PIPESTONE, Minn.. >. [enry
Habeling, age twenty-five, while drunk
ami under arrest this afternoon, I
!>>..-.■ from Marshal MeCall and ran.
H.- would not hall when called upon
to ,],, so and ■ hal fired
shots, th- last killing him. Th
d lias a brothi r at I burg
10.
FARGO MM. I S MM. W.
Hereafter Will lit- Known us the
VrKun-Record.
Special to the Globe.
FARGO. X. 1-.. \ V. 11.
Robinson today sold the Argus io the
Record Publishing company, which
will take possession tomorrow. The
transaction is for cash and the name
will probably I;.- the cord.
Col. ' '. A. I . ■unsi.nry will have edi
torial control.
\|>l>oiiit iiM-m is t'rlticined.
DULUTH, Minn.. N
1 linskl todaj appoli ted \. 1.. Hud
.mt postmasti r, ■. . ■ ■ .'. 1
to till un un ex pi red ti
Hudson was deputj t>o is and
■ X. K. Lindenberg, who wa
1 time ago for the place under 1.. M. Wl
Republican, at once assumed Thero
is considerable feeling about the appointment
' of Hudson, as gr< ;ii pi ■ night
t<> bear on ppolnt
V. T. Barnard, an old d .1 Rcpub
, lican who has bei n si
. sis tan t undi r E. I. I'i. i>. ■<„ th in ap
pointee of McKlnley, when I
ti' 1 next June.
Five Break Jail.
DEADYVOOD, S. D., Nov. I. Last night
about 'j o'clock, Walter Pui
1 Prank Jones and Tom • 1 the
"f the county ia
Win. Moon tlnir
from the Lawrei I. Tho
! first lour are « ..it.- mi nl
! Indicted for robbing the Belle i"
a few months ago and are looked upon
most desperate men In the Northwest. They
are membei ol the notorious Currj
: of outlaws and
only a few weeks ago fight.
Mcore was being beld for a cold-blooded mur
der committed last month. A lai
: searching the hills ami ii Is thought tin
tlvee will bi- In 1 hi.
Good Beetn Prom Maokalo.
MANKATO, Minn., Nov. 1. Returns from
tlii' state experimental farm i>i
twelve sugar beet samples from Blue Kiirtli
county, received today, show a range of su
gar from 11.4 to U.I per ■ range
of purity of from 7". to M.6 per cent. Farm
j ers raining ' iples failed to comply
with instructions, and iltiva
; tlons Instead of i 1,11111 t
1 for the comparatively Bmall per rent of su
■ gar. though enough In 1 ■■ make
the beets a •our Thi experi
ts will be continued.
t
I'- ruin <-ril linn's tlu <•«■!• ( on risli ip.
LAPORTE, liifJ.. Nov. !. Miss Mattln Bcl
lew, of St. Crolx, thl
.McU'illiaius, a well ki Hraln
erd, Minn., were married yesterday. Tho
nup( lals ■■. ■ 1 ourt -
shit). McWilliam
Hi Hew without ever ha\ in*
the couple bi came I
photographs had
mam was of !'■• c ■ ars dvi tlon Mi \\
is reputed to I" a v. althj :
On«- Home I*<tlslumJ.
al to th.- Gl
ATV\ r ATBR, Minn., 00l \
I:. |p ■ HOUBH i '
early I
but oni . v- : In the tl
thought Intoi icat&d tramps who
Bmoking in the b I
Hani mid iiniHd (<n .«■.
GLEXCOE, Mil ■ I.— J. J
le, occupied by J. 0
■
moral :
CHURCH VS. SCHOOL
Open Rapture ll«»t wi'«>n Pre*byle
rdinx tint) Princeton.
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 1
! over. Princeton Inn.- the consequi i
nation of Prim-iron university 1
i of its professors by various presbyter)
Bynods throughout thi country, and the ac
tion taken by Rev. Shields In announcing
1 that he would Bever his connection with the
Presbyterian church, has caused n breach lie
■ ill j and the church which
Is now believi '1 to be raj " hlng
an open rupture, on Thursday, Nov. 11. the
Brunswick synod of the Presbyterian
'■ church will convent i r hurch here.
A resolution will be Introduced
Prof. Shields for Big in for
a liquor license for Princeton Inn
v.ill be followed by Prof. Bhield
ÜbD na a minister of the church. Pn
'■ Patton, who will be r.
--; to speak in defense of Prof. Shields, urnl
the gauntlet may be thrown to the
by the university.
LOVERING TO BE TRIED.
President Will Order ■ Co art Mnr
tlal Ipnn Ills H«- 1 11 111.
WASHINGTON. Nov. I.— When thi
dent returns a court martial will !»• 0 I
to try ('apt. Lovering
cently been subjected to a court ' f jn»nilry
at Fort Sheridan for alleged abuse <>f Pri
vate Hammond. 1 ndi r present 1 0
in view of the r< poi I which hai
to the war di d iri Brooke, i:
becomi ■ ■" that the a
court martialed. C
taches to the trtal and army
Krtat^v Inter ted in It.
Brig ' *"■ " h " '"•
■
Great Diamond Robbery.
LONDON, Nov. I.— The stop- 1
the Diam< nd M
cadilly, this city was brol en Into by i.
bi t w 1 n Saturday nlKi't 1
and diamonds, etc., to the van:
wr.' Btolen. Ther ■ is no oltte to the
of the thieves.