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VOL,. XX.— NO. 316.
BULLETIN OF
Tri^ BT. PftUl^ GI^OBE
FRIDAY, XOY. 12, I8J)7.
Weather for Today-
Fair and Warmer.
PAGE 1.
Mi «■ nun ii nml I, mirier Confer.
J'lnji-ree'H View of Itcini I>l ii-n v ism.
Autonomy for Presbyteries.
Heavy Storm on the Lakes.
New Trial in Xew York Cane.
Durrant Gets Reprieve.
PAGE 2.
Ways and Means Session.
Committee to Reject ('ns Ultls.
Daj's Social Events.
PAGE 3.
Minneapolis "Hatters.
Ill saster to a Hrlilal Party.
PAGE 4.
Editorial.
Society of Colonial Warn Celebrates.
PAGE 5.
Yale-Harvard Teams Ready •
National Leasrae Meeting;.
Hay's Sporting; News.
Activity in Coal Districts.
PAGE G.
Stocks Lower Again.
Bar Silver, 57 :t-.Sc.
« nsii Wheat in Chicago, s).'*. r»-Bc.
World's Markets Reviewed.
PAGE 7.
Jtailroad Commissioners Return.
Hallway Gossip.
Winona Man's Strange Quest.
News of tbe Northwest.
Wants of the People.
PAGE 8.
Jio Liquor for Severalty Reds.
Court Routine.
Wild Ride of a Funeral Party.
EVENTS TODAY.
y Met— Madeleine, 8.18.
Grand— Milk White Flag, 5.1."».
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Lahn, Bremen.
Bailed: Fuerst Bismarck, Hamburg; Edam,
Amsterdnm. , . ,
QUEEXSTOWN— SaiIed: Pennland, Philadel
phia; Majestic-, Xew York.
GENOA— Sailed: Werra. Xew York.
NAPLES— Arrived: Fuldu, New York.
PHILADELPHIA— Arrived: Indiana, Liver
pool. Sailed: Switzerland, for Antwerp.
BREMERHAVEN— Arrived: Saale, New
Tork.
There are "gold bricks'* In Alaska,
too.
What did Thorn expect of Mrs.
Kack, anyhow?
Now the cranberry begins to look as
big us the walnut.
~^
Americans will eat 2,000,000 turkeys
Nov. 25. Besides, the country Is full of
geese.
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Juror Larsen, of the Thorn case, se
lected a most Inopportune time to
have appendicitis.
Gov. Tanner killed one man and is
trying to tire out the remainder of the
population of Illinois.
Mayor Doran is not writing a set
, of rules to supersede those of the fa
mous Marquis of Queensberry.
The cold storage law of Texas has
been declared unconstitutional. That
"cuts no ice" outside of Texas.
m
The heaviest sea known in sixteen
years is running in Lake Michigan.
Can't Pingree, the great, stop it?
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The barbs on the north wind yester
day may have been seasonable, but
they were altogether too familiar.
London has a slot machine which
supplies soap and hot water. It is
hoped thus to interest London in bath
taking.
Citizens of Indiana are always do
ing something unique. Now they want
the militia called out to stop the waste
of natural gas.
m
The government report reduces the
average corn yield. The yield of corn
juice, however, remains right up to
the usual mark.
And now a granddaughter of Abra
ham Lincoln has eloped. Human na
ture is running at high tide a large
part of the time.
The name of Mr. Cleveland's baby
boy, Richard Folsom Cleveland, is
rather prosaic after all. He will be
known as "Dick" Cleveland.
•The government is even giving out
its statement of the condition of the
treasury in blocks of five. It gave the
gold reserve yesterday as $155,055,050.
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President McKinley gave a banquet
to Sir Wilfrid Laurier last night. It
is understood a flask of Canadian
whisky was passed a couple of times.
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Some people go to the Klondike to
dig gold and others to start saloons.
The receipts of one saloon at Dawson
City in sixty days last spring were
$124,500.
After all, it appears that the Cuban
question is to be allowed to settle itself,
unless, perchance, the New York Jour
nal should take it into its head to
-settle it. _
An Illinois girl stepped on a torpedo
In Chicago, and it blew off her foot.
Those Illinois girls either walk with
too much emphasis or have feet two
or three sizes too large.
The funniest break of the century
has been made by the New York Stock
Exchange. It has prohibited betting
on 'change. As though every transac
tion in the exchange were not a bet
that something would go up or down.
Is Capt. Jack Crawford trying to
drive Buffalo Bill out of the show busi
ness? Crawford says the cartridges
With which glass balls are broken in
the air, while the marksman is on
horseback are filled with small shot.
A New York dispatch says William
J. Bryan has contributed $100 to the
Henry George memorial fund, and
adds: "Many of the subscriptions that
come in are from children." And Mr.
Bryan is thirty-seven.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
TWO PREMIERS TALK SHOP.
First of the Formal Meetings Between Secretary
Sherman and Laurier.
IJI ACCORD Ofl P-JAJIY OF TI(E ISSUES
Serious Difficulties, However, Stand in the Way of
a General Treaty.
YEAR'S SEAL CATCH REDUCED HALF
Figures for the First Time Made Public by the Ex-
perts at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— Secretary
Sherman and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, pre
mier of Canada, this afternoon began
the first of a formal series of confer
ences with the purpose of bringing
about an agreement by which as many
as possible of the questions now caus
ing friction between the United States
and the Dominion of Canada may be
amicably adjusted by treaty or other
wise. These conferences will be inde
pendent of the Bering sea seal fish
eries conference, which was the im
mediate occasion for the Canadian
premier's present visit to Washington.
Among the causes of friction between
the two countries have been the ques
tion of the rights of citizens of either
ccuntry to pursue business callings in
the territory of the other, and the
tariff question. The conference this
afternoon was brought about by a note
which Secretary Sherman this morn
ing sent to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, asking
him if It would be convenient to the
latter to meet the secretary this after
noon, the Canadian premier respond
ing in the affirmative. The conference
accordingly began at 1:30 p. m. in the
state department.
Mr. Sherman and Sir Wilfrid were
together for two hounj. It can be
stated on authority that the discus
sion was devoted to the consideration
of the many important questions affct
lng the general relations between the
United States and Canada. In such a
discussion the secretary of state and
the Canadian premier found them
selves in much accord. Mr. Sherman
has long favored the most cordial re
lations between the United States and
Canada, having been, while in the
senate, author of several resolutions
in that direction. Sir Wilfrid has been
the conspicuous exponent of the same
view in Canada. It was realized on
both hands, however, that the discus
sion now opened was not one which
could bring immediate results as many
of the border controversies are of long
standing and many practical difficul
ties were in the way of settlement.
The purpose, however, was to approach
the general subject in a spirit of
friendliness and allow this to develop
ways and means for dealing with the
numerous questions relating to both
countries, namely, border, immigration
receprocity, fishery rights, the railway
bonding privilege, etc.
In view of cable reports from Lon
don, stating that Mr. Chamberlain,
secretary of state for the colonies in
Salisbury's cabinet, had expressed to
Lord Aberdeen, governor-general of
Canada, a strong disapproval of any
move by Sir Wilfrid Laurier looking to
placing the United States on the same
basis as Great Britain in tariff affairs,
the matter was called to the attention
of the Canadian officials. In response
au authoritative statement was made
that no such disapproval had been ex
pressed by the imperial authorities,
and that Lord Aberdeen had received
no such notification from Mr. Cham
berlain or other source, as his lordship
was with members of the Laurier
party up to the time they left Ottawa
and no mention was made of any such
disapprobation from imperial quarters.
Today's sealing conference began at
11 o'clock, with a full representation
of the British, Canadian and American
officials. For the first time the sta
tistics of the catch of seals for the
present year were available. These
were compiled by the American of
ficers, and brought out prominently
two features which were regarded as
most important In supporting the
American contention; namely, that the
catch had fallen about one-half during
the present season, showing conclu
sively, in the opinion of the American
experts, that the seal herd was being
rapidly wiped out, and, second, that
the catch of seals from the American
islands in Bering sea was about 15 to 1,
as between the Canadian sealers under
Great Lakes
LASHED TO FURY.
DETROIT, Nov. 11.— A special to the
Journal from St. Joseph, Mich., says:
The heaviest sea seen here since the
foundering of the Alpena in 1881 is
running today. The wind is blowing at
the rate of fifty miles an hour, with
frequent flurries of snow. The two
masted schooner Una, Capt. Kemp,
was caught in a squall inside the har
bor this morning, and capsized with
ten men aboard, some of whom nar
rowly escaped drowning. The crew and
passengers were taken off the wreck
by the life-saving boat. Houses and
bathing pavilions have been damaged
to the extent cf hundreds of dollars.
The St. Joseph river is three feet above
high water mark. The steamer Frank
Woods cleared for Milwaukee at 5
o'clock, and was due there at 3 this
morning. At noon no information con
cerning her had been received at the
office of the Graham & Morton Trans
portation company, and considerable
uneasiness is felt.
"DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 11. — A special
to the Free Press from St. Joseph,
Mich.. says: The steamer Frank
Woods, which was out in the gale, ar
rived at Milwaukee this afternoon,
after being out twenty-two hours.
Nothing has been heard from the
schoners George Naughtin and W. H.
Dunham.
ASHTABULA, 0., Nov. 11.— While
leaving port today in the heavy north-
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12, 1897.
the British flag and American seal
ers. The same proportion was shown
to exist throughout the w.aters of the
North Pacific. In detail, the figures
for this season's catch now made avail
able for the first time are as follows:
Total catch of seals in the North Pa
cific for the present season, 38,700,
against 73,000 last year. The total
catch this year Is divided as follows:
Taken by British vessels, 30,800; by
American vessels, 4,100; by Japanese
vessels, 3,800. The catch in Bering sea,
which is that portion of the North Pa
cific in which the United States is in
terested, is 16,650 for the present sea
son, against 29,500 last season, a re
duction of about one-half. Of the
catch in Bering sea, British vessels
took 15,600; American vessels, 1,050. The
figures make no distinction between
British and Canadian vessels, as prac
tically all the sealing is done by Ca
nadian vessels, which, however, are
nominally classed as British.
The falling off of about one-half In
the total catch, both in Bering sea and
the North Pacific, is said to be most
significant, in view of the circum
stances. The present season is a bet
ter one, the experts say, for the taking
of seals than last season. The same
regulations apply this season as last.
Under these circumstances, it is said
that the conclusion to be drawn from
this year's figures is that the seal
herd has been greatly reduced by In
discriminate slaughter at the alarming
rate of about one-half in the last year.
The report of Prof. Lucas upon the
habits of the seal was read, as were
also the reports of Messrs. Jordan,
Thompson and Macoun. The reports
of Profs. Jordan and Thompson had
not been exchanged heretofore. The
papers led to considerable discussion,
which was, generally speaking, of an
amicable character, although some
marked differences of opinion were ex
pressed. _
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier; Sir Louis Davies, the minister
of marine of Canada, and the other
officials who are taking part in the
Bering sea negotiations, were enter
tained at dinner by President McKin
ley at the executive mansion tonight.
The list of guests included the mem
bers of the cabinet. The guests as
sembled in the blue parlor shortly be
fore 8 o'clock, where President McKin
ley met them. Escorting Premier
Laurier, the president led the way to
the private dining room, where the
table simply adorned with white chry
santhemums was set. The Marine band
was present and played throughout
the dinner.
LONDON, Nov. 12.— The Daily News
this morning argues that the conces
sion of a preferential tariff to England
will give Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Do
minion premier, a powerful argument
in favor of renewed reciprocity with
the United States.
AFIIAID OF LAI'IUER. „
iifiieials Apprelionwlve That He May
ANk Too Much.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.— The offi
cials of the agricultural department
are somewhat concerned over the visit
of Premier Laurier, of Canada, in view
of the concessions which it is consid
ered probable he will ask under the
reciprocity provision of the tariff law.
They are apprehensive that the pre
mier will direct his attention particul
larlv to securing a reduction of the
tariff rates on Canada's agricultural
products shipped to this country, and
are inclined to antagonize any conces
sions upon these lines. It is expected
that a concession will be asked espe
cially on barley, but the department
officials hold that this country is ca
pable of producing its own barley,
and believe that the farmers do not
want a reduced tariff on this article to
practically the only country whose
competition gives them any concern.
The opinion expressed at the depart
ment is that it will be well for the
United States to confine its reciprocity
relations with Canada largely to fish
and coal, on which Canadian products
it is believed there might be a reduc
tion without especial injury to Ameri
can interests.
Only Vessel Known to
Have Been in Danger
Arrives Safely.
west gale, the steel steamer Romain, of
the Hanna fleet, was caught in a heavy
sea and dashed against the bottom of
the lake, literally breaking the strong
ship in two. It was only by a miracle
that the tugs were able to get the Ro
main back into the harbor before she
foundered. No difficulty was experi
enced in rescuing the crew.
CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 11.— A severe
gale, which has been blowing nearly all
day and tonight, has suspended navi
gation on Lake Erie. At 4 o'clock this
afternoon the wind reached a maxi
mum velocity of sixty-seven miles an
hour. The warning of the coming storm
was heeded by vesselmen. Only two
or three minor mishaps to shipping are
reported.
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DARRAGH GUILTY.
Verdict Hrou-iht in A uni list tlie
Kansas City Banker.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 11.—Presi
dent J. C. Darragh, who has been on
trial for the past week at Indepen
dence, charged with wrecking the
Kansas City Safe Deposit & Savings
bank, was found guilty shortly after 5
o'clock this afternoon and sentenced to
two years in the state penitentiary.
Notice of a motion for a new trial was
made and leave given to apply there
for.
The bank failed on July 10, 1893. It
was the largest savings bank in the
state. It had $2,000,000 on deposit,
nearly all from poor people, and when
it failed only $11,000 in cash was avail
able. Darragh and Elmer C. Sattley,
the bank's cashier, were both arrested,
charged with receiving deposits when
they knew the bank was in a failing
condition. Sattley ow«l the bank
$850,000, all except $5,000 of which was
unsecured, and Darragh owed it $164,
--000, of which $56,000 was protected by
doubtful securities. Both were highly
respeoted and the failure caused a
Durrant
Will Not Die Today.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.— William
Henry Theodore Durrant will not be
hanged at San Quentin tomorrow after
all, the supreme court of this state hav
ing granted him another respite at the
eleventh hour. Up to 4 o'clock this
afternoon, when the news flashed over
the wires from Sacramento that the
court, now in session there, had granted
a writ of probable cause and instructed
Warden Hale not to carry out the ex
ecution of Durrant until further orders,
there was apparently -io further hope
for the condemned murderer of Blanche
Lamont and Minnie Williams, as his
attorneys, Dickinson and Boardman,
had made efforts to secure another writ
of habeas corpus in the United States
court, and had not even been granted
permission to appeal from that deci
sion to the supreme court of the United
States. Meanwhile, however. Attorney
Dupree hastened to Sacramento and
applied to the state supreme court for a
writ of probable cause for the purpose
of staying the proceedings against his
client upon the grounds that no official
knowledge of the action of the supreme
court of the United States in the mat*"
ter of Durrant's appealing from the
decision of the federal court had yet
been received; that the superior court
had acted too hastily in sentencing
Durrant to be hanged tomorrow, as the
law required that he be given at least
sixty days grace; and, thirdly, that the
pendency of an appeal in the supreme
court affecting the condemned was of
itself sufficient cause for a stay of ex
ecution. The matter was partially
argued in chambers and later argued
before the full court and taken under
advisement. Shortly afterward the
court announced its decision, granting
the writ applied for, in which all the
justices concurred.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Nov. 11.—
This has been a day of great sup
pressed excitement in and about the
penitentiary. The preparations for the
execution of Durrant had all been
completed and the prison officials were
in readiness to carry out the death
sentence from which there seemed no
further appeal. The man alone was
hopeful that he might yet obtain a
longer lease of life. He spent the
greater part of the day in reading and
had little to say to'- any one. At 5
p. m., the he*ws that the supreme court
had granted a reprieve was received
at the prison In a message to Warden
Hale from Chief Justice Beatty. Capt.
Edgar, who opened ihe dispatch in
the absence of the \ "arden, immedi
ately wrote a note conveying the in-
MRS. ]\IACH
Must Repeat Her Story.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.— The trial
of Martin Thorn for the murder of
William Guldensuppe, which was be
gun last Monday at Long Island City,
was suspended today, owing to the
dangerous illness of Juror Magnus Lar
sen. The Jury will he discharged to
morrow morning, and a new trial or
dered. Juror Larsen "Fas taken ill yes
terday and court adjourned on that ac
count. Physicians called to attend him
found that he was suffering from ap
pendicitis. At the opening of court this
morning, it was announced that Larsen
was unable to attend, and an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow morn
ing. Late this afternoon an operation
was successfully performed upon the
sick juror, and it is expected that he
will be able to leave his bed in two
weeks. District Attorney Young this
evening notified the other eleven jur
ors to be present in court tomorrow
and receive their discharge, and he
will then ask the court to call a new
jury. All the evidence for the prose
cution, whose case was nearly complet
ed, will have to be introduced again,
and Mrs. Nack will be required to go
on the stand and tell her horrible story
anew.
Several hundred men and women as
sembled in the court room today ex
pecting to hear Martin Thorn refute
the testimony which Mrs. Nack gave
so dramatically yesterday, were there
fore doomed to disappointment.
Capt. Metven brought Thorn into the
court room, the prisoner looking none
the worse for his ordeal of yesterday.
Judge Smith opened court a few min
utes later and District Attorney
Youngs informed him of the serious
condition of Juror Larsen, and with
the consent of the lawyers on both
sides, Judge Smith adjourned the court
until 9:30 tomorrow.
Mr. Youngs and Judge A. N. Waller,
who have charge of the case for the
people, had a conference today with
Judge Smith. They were closeted for
Princeton Inn Echo,
Prof. Shields 1 .Resignation
From the Chnrch Accepted
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 11— The
New Brunswick presbytery met in the
First Presbyterian church here today.
Prof. Charles W. Shields, of Princeton
university, who has been censured by
members of the presbytery for signing
the petition for a license for Princeton
inn, tendered his withdrawal from the
Presbyterian church, in order, as his
letter said, that he might enter some
other portion of the visible church to
which the good hand of God may guide
him. A resolution was presented by
Rev. Dr. John Dewitt, professor of
church history -in the theological sem
inary, that the resignation of Dr.
Shields be accepted. There were im
mediate protests and requests that a
resolution of regret accompany the
withdrawal. The argument continued
for some time, and Rev. Dr. Rogan of
fered a substitute' resolution that a
committee of three clergymen and two
laymen be appointed to confer with
Dr. Shields. It -*-*was finally decided to
appoint a committee of five members
to inquire into" and report upon the
sensation. Each was indicted on nu
merous counts. Sattley was tried and
convicted in August. 1894. and sent to
the penitentiary for four years. He
was pardoned this year by Gov. Steph
ens and went to Chicago. Darragh was
also tried in 1894, but the jury dis
agreed. In the present trial which be
gan on Nov. 1, most of the Sattley evi
dence was reheard. The case went to
the jury at 3 o'clock this afternoon
and a verdict was rendered after two
hours deliberation. Darragh took the
verdict composedly.
Stay Granted the California Hur
derer at the Eleventh Hour by the
State Supreme Court.
formation to the condemned man.
The message was sent to the death
cell by a guard. Durrant quickly,
without any great display of emotion,
fell on his knees and prayed silently
for several minutes.
Mrs. Durrant, mother of the pris
oner, was a passenger on the 3:30 boat
from San Francisco. When she
reached the prison the news was told
to her. She was cheerful on the way
over, saying that she had put her
faith in God and felt that he would
not desert her. On arrival at the
prison she was informed that her son's
life had been spared and she might
see him later.
"Thank God," she said. Then she
went to a hotel for rest and refresh
ments. At 7 p. m., she returned to
the prison and was admitted to Capt.
Edgar's office where her boy was
awaiting her. The death veil was re
moved and Durrant was brought
down to the office and it will not again
be placed over the prison unless re
quired by further developments in the
case. Mrs. Durrant remained with her
son in a close conversation for some
time. The Associated Press reporter
was subsequently admitted to the
prison office where Durrant and his
mother were seated on a sofa. Dur
rant had expressed a desire to make a
statement, and in the course of an In
tel view said: "Naturally I was great
ly elated at the news of the reprieve,
although my first information, based
on a telephone message was not posi
tive. Soon afterwards the news was
confirmed. All I could do was to
thank God."
"Was the reprieve a surprise?"
"Not exactly. All along I have had i
perfect faith in my God. This after- j
noon I was visited by two sisters of
charity and I believe that their prayers
and the prayers of all those who have
interceded for me have been instru
mental in bringing about this result."
Then Durrant remarked that he could
not understand why Christian people
should be urging him to confess. "I am
innocent," he said, "and would never
confess to such a vile crime. Sooner
or later the truth will lie known. 1
have faith that the real perpetrator
will yet be discovered and punished.
All these little stays bring us nearer it.
I know that the Lord will sooner or later
set all things right. I shall never give
up the fight because the Lord is with
me."
On Mrs. Durrant's face was a smile
of contentment, but the son looked
sad and his eyes were full. He earn
estly repeated many times that faith in
God would save him in the future, as
in the past. "You may say I am inno
cent," added Durrant In conclusion. "I
will never yield, and God is with me."
After an hour's private talk with her
son, Mrs. Durrant returned to her ho
tel and Durrant wa-s taken back to his
cell in murderers' row which he had
occupied before the death watch was
set over him.
One of the Jurors in
the Thorn Case Too HI
to Go On.
nearly an hour, and, after they sep
arated, Judge Weller said the prose
cution had adopted the following pro
gramme:
If Juror Larsen be not sufficiently
recovered to attend to his duties in the
jury box tomorrow (Friday), the peo
ple will ask for an adjournment until
Monday, and then if, in the opinion of
the physicians, the juror will not have
sufficiently recovered, the district at
torney will ask that the present jury
be discharged and a new panel be
drawn, from which a new jury will be
selected immediately, and the trial will
be pushed through during the present
term.
After court adjourned, Mr. Howe and
Mr. Moss had a brief talk with their
client, Thorn, before he was taken
back to his cell. Later, Mr. Howe out
lined his proposed plan for defense,
which he has been compelled to adopt,
owing to the confession of Mrs. Nack.
"Thorn will tak<- the stand tomor
row," said he. "He will testify that
the murder was conceived and plotted
and planned by Mrs. Nack. We shall
prove that she wanted to get rid of
Guldensuppe, in order that Thorn
might take his place. Thorn will state
that when he got- into the cottage at
Woodside, on June 25, he found that
Mrs. Nack had shot Mr. Guldensuppe,
and that It was she who said: 'I have
killed him.' In other words. Thorn is
going to tell the whole truth about it—
absolutely the whole truth," said Mr.
Howe, with a dramatic gesture.
"Will Thorn testify that Mrs. Nack
took away the head? Or will he state
that it was he. himself, who threw it
into the river?" Mr. Howe was asked.
The big lawyer hesitated for a mo
ment, and then replied:
"Wait till we have Thorn on the
stand tomorrow. He will tell about it."
Lawyer Joseph Moss, who is asso
ciated with Mr. Howe in the defense
of Thorn, was asked if. In the case of
a new trial being ordered, the de
fense would accept an offer from the
people for a plea of murder in the
second degree from Thorn.
"Certainly not," he replied. "We
would spurn such an offer."
case. The committee consists of Dr.
Duffield, Dr. Rogan and Dr. Studdi
ford, clergy, and Judge Lanning and
Dr. Hamilton, elders.
The committee, after an hour's de
liberation, reported chat it had accept
ed Dr. Shields' resignation from the
church, and instructed that his naii-»
be removed from the roll. It alt-o .re
ported the following resolution:
Resolved, That, owing to previous misap
prehension nf the action of the presbytery,
the preabyti deems it advisable to call
the attention co our elders, ministers and
members to the deliverances of the assem
blies of 1871 and 1877 In regard tb the sign
ing of the petitions of the sale of Intoxicat
ing liquors or beverages.
These reports were adopted, and the
presbytery adjourned sine die.
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SIAY HAVE THEIR HUTS.
Blanco Willing* to Allow the People
of Cuba Shelter.
HAVANA. Nov. 11.— Marshal Blanco has
abrogated the orders of his predecessor as
to the destruction of the fields and huts of
the Insurgents. He has also cancelled the
prohibitions by which the Spanish soldierly
have been prevented from camping in the
towns. The new orders direct that the sol
diers shall be provided with blankets and
waterproof coats, and that when In camp
they shall always be sheltered as far as pos
sible from the rainß and dew. No
fewer than 33,000 sick soldiers are now in
the hospitals of the island. Today the mail
steamer Isle de Panay, which left Havana
for Spain, carried sixty-eight officers and 500
sick soldiers.
PRICE TWO CENT3~{»» v ™&y»;
OBLIVION WILL BE ITS END.
Gov. Pingree Pictures the Future of the Re
publican Party.
TOO CLOSE
TO TRUSTS.
Ten Years of Municipal Progress
the Theme of the Address.
Executive of Michigan the Guest of the New York
Nineteenth Century Club— Eight Years of
the History of the Potato Patch Ad
ministration Reviewed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.— Gov. Hazen
S. Pingree, of Michigan, delivered an
address tonight before the Nineteenth
Century club at Sherry's. There was a
very large attendance at the meeting,
Sherry's ball room being filled with
men and women in evening dress. Her
bert Welch, of Philadelphia, had also
been invited to talk on a similar sub
ject. He spoke of reform in his native
city and the abuses of ring rule there.
President Taylor then introduced the
speaker of the evening.
Gov. Pingree spoke to the topic "The
Results of Ten Years of Municipal
Progress." He said in part: "I am a
little ashamed to tsy that ten years
ago I knew but little about municipal
affairs. I was like thousands of others
of plain business men who imagine that
they are good citizens, but -not oniy
allow, but expect, those upon whom
they look down with contempt to fur
nish them with good government. They
grumble at the results of caucusses,
which they do not attend, and com
plain of the mismanagement of those
they take no part in selecting. I have
come to believe it would be a wise law
that would prohibit men from voting
who have voluntarily abstained from
taking part in nominations."
The governor reviewed his connection
with municipal affairs as mayor during
the past seven years. Detroit, he as
serted, had long I icon safely Democrat
ic; its streets were mostly unpaved,
but had been given away to street car
and gas companies, etc. One could not
drive uut of the city on any prominent
street without paving tolls; the city
was less than half lighted, but at ex
orbitant cost; an apparently powerful
paving ring existed; large tracts in the
city were paying farm taxes; the street
cars were wretched, uncomfortable,
drawn by horses; the original railway
charter granted for thirty years and
authorizing 5-c»nt fares without trans
fers, was renewed for thirty years aft
er It had run but thirteen years; the
municipal boards were conducted inde
pendently of each other, and of the
people; the pavements were of the
worst character; most of the park
grounds had been given away, and all
electric wires were stretched on poles.
"I take some pride," continued the
| governor, "In saying at the end of
nearly eight years as mayor, Detroit
! is conceded to be ono of the most beau
tiful cities In the United States. It
has its own electric lighting plant and
is magnificently illuminated at less
than half the old rate; gas has been
reduced one-third in price; there are
no toll gates left within the city; the
boards are compelled to do their legal
business through the corporation
counsel and their financial business
through the city treasurer; conduits
have been provided for wires; the old
paving rings have been broken up; the
horse cars have disappeared and a
splendid electric system established;
the old companies have been forced to
sell tickets at six for a quarter, with
transfers; a new company, carrying
40 per cent of the passengers, is selling
eight tickets for a quarter with trans
fers; all the companies have been com
pelled to Bell worklngmen's tickets dur
ing certain hours at three cents; an
opposition telephone company has
been established by which rates have
been reduced more than 75 per cent;
more than two hundred miles of mod
ern pavement has been laid; the parks
have all been improved, i found tbat
over 25 per cent of the children could
AUTONOMY
For Presbyteries.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Nov. 11.—Af
ter being in session all day and until a
late hour tonight, the special commit
tee appointed by the last general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church to
reform and harmonize the methods of
giving to home missions agreed on a
declaration of principles and unani
mously adopted resolutions embody
ing its views. The struggle that w;is
fought out during the day was wheth
er or not the growing demand among
the state synods and presbyteries to
be allowed to manage their own affairs
without the aid of the home board of
missions, the national board, should
be indorsed, such Indorsement mean
ing a granting of practical autonomy
to each presbytery.
This sentiment prevailed unanimous
ly, and although the committee mere
ly voiced its principles and left It to a
subcommittee, to be appointed tomor
row, to draft a plan, the action of Ihe
committee was such as to be entirely
favorable to the large element In the
church that is opposing the domina
tion of the home board. The resolu
tions adopted were "tentative," the
members said, and intended merely to
test the sentiment of the committee.
There were four of them and each was
adopted without a negative vote. They
all tend to let the home board down
lightly, but all speak unequivocally
for liberty for the synods.
The first and most important declar
ed in favor of a local administration
of the affairs of each presbytery la
every case where practicable. The lat
ter phrase is taken to refer only to
those presbyteries or synods that have
not shown themselves capable of be
coming self-sustaining. This is the only
important resolution, as it covered the
main point, the others being matters
of small significance. The second
merely recognizes the national unity of
the home board. The third is slightly
more important. It provides that each
synod that launches out for itself to
do its work shall Incorporate in its
plan a provision that will insure the
home board from suffering loss and
final decay; in other words, it must
provide for sending to the home board
a percentage of its receipts. This is
already done in presbyteries that have
broken away from the home board. Illi
nois forwards 10 per cent and lowa 25.
After laying down these principles
not attend school on account of no
buildings to accommodate them. We
built thirty-three school bouses, With
all this the rate of taxation has not
materially Increased.
"This period has been to me more
like one of war than peace. I was
lected as a candidate by the most in
fluential people. I discovered after
election that the railroads were pay
ing less than their share of taxes. I
said so and the railroad support im
mediately left me. I discovered that
the gas companies were charging ex
orbitant rates. 1 said su and the
owners of gas stock turned their backs
on me. I found the bankers si
lating with city funds. 1 denoui
the practice and they denounced me
as unsafe. I attacked the turnpike
roads and their owners called me an
anarchist. Every time l attempted to
correct an abuse I lost a large and in
fluential class of supporters. I was
four times elected mayor, but in •
campaign was made painfully a*
of the loss of old friends, although my
majorities crept up from 1,600 to more
than 10,000. When the Influential
classes turned their backs upon me
the common people always Btood by
me. You will not be surprised that I
have come to lean upon the common
people as the real foundation upon
which good government must rest.
"A3 to a remedy for these evils, my
experience has brought me to the con
clusion that the streets of a city be
long to the people, and no mayor or
common council has a right to barter
them away. The remedy against many
of these evils is municipal ownership
and entire abolition of monopolies, i r.
if monopolies must exist, which depend
upon public favor, their absolute con
trol and dependence upnn the people.
This remedy will not only solve ma'iy
municipal problems, but will bring
other agencies of commerce and* r
proper subjection. VVe are jobbing
out the sovereign power of the people
to speculators. My experience ia
that those who stand
most in the synagogue of a
Sunday and are engaged the resi C
the week In bribing aldermen, or
tins* up stock jobbing schemes are the
most dangerous members of Bociety.
Last winter, in the Michigan lei
ture. I tried to have some legislation
passed which would tax railroads as
other property is taxed, and to have
uniform fares established for rich and
poor alike. I failed. The railroads
were too much for tne. Tho lob
was there With bood!-* and others with
promise of federal offlce, to kill the
bills. But I am going to try again.
"How long can a governmeni
which increases constantly the burd< ns
of the industrial class and gives it to
those who prey upon the bone and sin
ew of the nation.' Here In New York
I fear that my remarks may not be
well received, but I hope and believe
that self-government l^y the people
and f>>r the people may yet reach that
stage whi.-h all men who love liber
ty hope it will eventually reach, It is
the duty of government to protect tic
weak against the strong, the poor
against the selfishness or wealth. I
say right here that, unless the Repub
lican party comes out as a champion
of the average man and bis welfare,
and, unless it ceases to cater to syn
dicates, trusts and monopolies, it will
be buried in oblivion. We must begin
by advocating municipal ownership of
natural monopolies, and take
from tbem the Item of profit, and re
lieve the wage earner to that extent."
Home Mission Board Rob
bed of Its Power Over
Local Measures.
th-- commits •• decld. •' tit a
subcommittee, which is t-< draw up a
plan and report to a meeting of *
special committi c al a time to
This subcommittee is to enter upon
its work bound by the Instructioi
th<.- special committee as laid down.
'i he special committee will be In
sion again tomorrow, ai i addi
tional principles may be adopted, but
these already adopted will remain un
changed. The Rev. G-. L. Spinning,
or New York. repr< the home
board of missions. Is a i I of the
committee. The vol
and he was either drowned out or 'ii.l
not volt-. The committee, with a slight
break this evening, was in Besslon from
early this forenoon until 1! tonight.
The only one of I -liicrs
absent was Rev. John McH
Xew York. Th" forenoon and after
noon were spent in tabulating and
.■-•ifying the Bug
members of the church, it
vi.til tonight that the yot
down to i ■
ROBBED OF NUGGETS.
lln};- Taken From Ihe Pocket of the
Klondike Klaa*.
CHICAGO, Nov. I> Joseph Ladue,
who struck It rich on
was robbed of $700 worth of nu.
in tin- depot of the La
road today. The gold was in a bag In
his overcoat pocket and the thief
manap-i] to B" was
walking from h ! * *
'•• mt. There is no I the ] Ick
pocket.
Tl'.Ai HON TRAFFIC AGBEE»E.\T,
Official statement |{«*Kiir<i ii>n a Di-ul
at Brool* l > 11.
NEW YO
l'hlmann. cf th? Brooklyn
: -.t authoritative conl
day of tbe rumors that hay i»- n ;.r
of late, in n all
the Brooklyn railroads. Mr. Cl
that " :i"»any. the
Rapid Transit compan* I
tho Brook!"
! and Brooklyn, w<*ra ransid'-riiiK a
general traflV a~*
ing toward a eonsolM
have been abend able. Mr.
l'hlmann said that th' would prob
aMv be brought to i *
11.- also said that the r.»urKani":atloi". of tho
Brooklyn eknraft
in about six week*, when i^i expected the
•stwkhr.ld(.-rs to hu y in tl ■ ' !•
closure procotdiiii-Ts h> the calling of the $11
per kUare at*s«?s-*ru*-nt.