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IWR. GAGE GOES OH
SECRETARY OP THE TREASURY
A.iAi;. BEFORE THE HOUSE
COMMITTEE.
HE DEFENDS HIS MEASURE.
ANSWERS FOR THE CROSS-FIRE OF
QUESTIONS AIMED AT
HIM.
A VOTE OF THANKS HIS REWARD.
Jo.olnr Political Di_en_«lon the
Feature ot the Proceedings of
Afternoon Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.— Secretary
Gage resumed his exposition of his
currency bill before the house commit
tee on banking and currency today.
Chairman Walker had left the city,
and Mr. Brosius (Pa.) presided. Be
fore the bill proper was taken up some
Bi mi-political questions were asked.
Mr. Hill (Rep., Conn.) called Mr.
(-age's attention to the statement made
>t sterday that the first purpose of
the bill was to commit the country to
the gold standard.
"You are recognized as a Republi
can," said Mr. Hill, addressing the
secretary, "and you are familiar with
the financial platform of the Republi
can national convention at St. Louis.
Do you consider that this purpose of
more firmly fixing the gold standard
on the country conflicts with the prin
ciple of the St. Louis platform?"
"Yes, sir," replied Mr. Gage, "as
I look at the principle of bimetallism.
Bimetallism must mean one of two
things; either It is two kinds of money
of unequal value circulating side by
side by reason of the exchange of the
less valuable for that of greater value,
or else two kinds of money of such
intrinsic equality of value that they
will circulate naturally side by side.
We have a bimetallic currency In the
I'nited States. A firm establishment of
the gold standard, with such lnter
changeabillty with silver as will make
it acceptable on an equality with gold,
will maintain this bimetallism, the
same as it has existed for the last
eighteen years."
Mr. Cox (Dem., Term.) asked if the
result of the Gage bill eventually
would not lead to one kind of paper
money — bank notes — and no silver ex
cept subsidiary silver.
"There Is nothing in the plan to op
erate to that extent now," answered
Mr. Gage. "It is in that direction,
and, with further legislation develop
ing it, it might ultimately lead to such
a result, but I would not say that sil
ver will not be restricted to subsidiary
silver. I would say a system of silver
which would be subordinate. It Is
subordinate now."
SECTION SEV__N.
After this diversion to the silver
question, the consideration of the bill
by sections was resumed at section 7,
where the discussion closed yesterday.
This section provided for an increase
of national bank note circulation to
be secured not by the deposit of bonds
or notes, but by the assets of the bank
and the government guaranty. Mr.
Case referred to the advantage of this
additional unsecured circulation, in
giving an elasticity to the currency at
pi lints where it was most needed. He
showed from the returns of the comp
troller's office how small a percentage
of loss came from national banks, and
urged that this unsecured circulation
would entail an inconsiderable oDliga
tion on the government by reason of
its guaranty, and this would be over
come by the small' tax on the banks,
constituting a safety fund.
In answer to questions by Mr. New
lands, of Nevada, the secretary said
that the amount of the refunding bonds
under the bill would reach $1,138,000,000
if all of them were issued. These be
ing the basis for circulation, . bank
notes could be issued to that amount.
Besides these, the additional 25 per
cent of unsecured circulation would
Rive a further issue of bank notes of
about $300,000,000. But that vast issue
was merely the creation of a spectre,
and was not a reality. The banks
could not get all the bonds and use
them for issuing bank notes. On the
contrary, government bonds are al
ways taken largely by private invest
ors, trust companies, insurance com
panies and parties across the water.
Any effort by the banks to absorb all
the bonds would so affect the price
as to defeat the object in view. And
this also would serve as a check to
the expansion of bank circulation.
Mr. Newlands referred to "gold con
tracts," and asked the secretary's view
cf them.
Mr. Gage said he did not consider it
d.-sirable to interfere with private con
tracts of this character any more than
Was necessary. To Mr. Prince, of Il
linois, he explained that hi.s expression,
"gold and other legal money," us.d in
the bill, meant no reflection on silver
or other classes of money. The other
legal money included silver, and th?
expression merely served to cover a
Well -understood term.
SERIOUS QUESTION.
Mr. Fowler, of New Jersey, said thi3
opened a serious question, and inquired
if silver certificates would not be de
posited and impounded and their place
taken by national bank notes, thus in
creasing the drain on our gold supply.
Mr. Gage answered that it was easy
to conjecture up hypothetical objec
tions, but he did not look at this one
as serious. Any secretary of the treas
ury, on receiving these silver certifi
cates, would "swap" them for green
backs, treasury notes and other forms
of demand notes which served to drain
gold, and thus build up the redemption
fund.
Regarding section S. which pledges
the faith of the United States to the
redemption of the bank notes, Mr. Gage
said this was merely to make clear the
game pledge as the government now
gave to the Integrity of bank notes. He
did not agree with objections suggest
ed that the 10 per cent deposit re
quired of the banks by this section and
the 2 per cent tax on them for a safety
fund would make it unprofitable for
them to issue circulation. There were
other advantages secured to them
which offset this objection. The pur
*• pose of section 9, providing that issues
of national bank notes shall be in de
nominations above $10 was to give the
government the monopoly on small
bills in most common use.
When section 10, providing for the
redemption of bank notes at the New
York subtreasury and other designated
points, was reached, Mr. Cox asked Mr.
Gage why he did not specify that the
redemption should be in gold or other
legal money. The secretary answered
that the less discretionary power im
posed on an executive officer ln the
execution of a principle the better, for
\ A PERMANENT CURE I
5 of the most obstinate ca.es of Gonorrhoea ?
5 mid Gleet, jrtiarantet.l in from 3 to O %
| 2 days ; no other treatment required. >
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sometimes executive officers might
have indiscretion and do foolish things.
Moreover, this discretion existed now.
GENERAL CROSS-FIRE.
When the remainder of the hill had
heen read a general discussion began.
In answer to a cross-fire of questions,
Mr. Gage said the bill could not re
sult in a raid on the treasury by bank
notes. It was not the substitution of
an "endless chain" of greenbacks for
another "endless chain" of bank notes.
The banks would have to redeem their
own notes, and it would be to their
object to do so, or they would be clos
ed. But so long as a dollar of demand
obligations was outstanding so long
this "endless chain" would go on.
He said: "This, bll is simply a step
in the right direction, and a most im
portant step. It would give the gov
ernment $325,000,000 of the very liabilities
which were likely to be brought against
it. Of this $125,000,000 is in gold. Then
with the further measures, recommend
ed by the president, giving authority for
a loan up to $100,000,000 when required,
the government would be so strong In
time of emergency as to resist any
stress. Faith would be established and
the people would not come to the treas
ury for lack of faith, but only from ne
cessity."
This brought out an Interesting and
amusing discussion of politics as relat
ing to finances. Mr. Brosius asked If
the secretary felt that the bill would
obviate any possibility of the country
being forced to a silver basis. The sec
retary thought it would be beyond
question.
"Suppose the next election should
bring a house of representatives favor
able to free silver" asked Mr. Fowler,
Republican, "and a free silver bill was
'passed by the house and by the sen
ate. Now—"
"I object, ' interpo. Ed Mr. Hill (Rep.),
"as that is not even hypothetical possi
bility."
"It is a certainty," declared Mr. Cox,
(Dem.), amid laughter, in which Secre
tary Gage joined.
Mr. Fowler pressed the question.
"Between 1898 when this silver meas
ure might be passed by congress,
and 1900, when the advocates of sound
money may be returned to power, is the
country to go to a silver basis?"
Mr. Gage's answer brought another
round of laughter and applause: "In
view of the absolute certainty of a pres
idential veto," said he, "I think we
could pull through."
This closed Mr. Gage's hearing and
ho was given a vote of thanks. Sever
al members sought to have another
hearing during the holidays, but there
were strenuous objections to this and
the original plan was adhered to — that
of adjourning to Jan. 12, when the Gage
bill, monetary conference bill and other
financial measures will be taken up.
NEW YUKON ROUTE.
All Water With the !_._-« ption of
Thirty Miles.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 17.— The
schooner Augusta has arrived from
Copper river after a very stormy voy
age. George J. Rennick, who came
down on her, claims to have discover
ed a new route to the Yukon, the lo
cation of which he will not disclose.
He says that with the exertion of
thirty miles overland, he can go all the
way by water. Rennick has several
claims in the Copper river country and
will take back miners with him.
GEN. LEW WALLACE TALKS WAR.
Think. Japan Wants to Fight and
Lniiks for Serious Trouble.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.— A special to the
Chicago Record from Indianapolis,
says: "I firmly believe," said Gen. Lew
Wallace tonight, "that the next war
we shall engage in will be with Japan.
There is a country with fine naval
equipment and a good army, flushed 1
with recent victories and a country
spoiling for a fight. They need a good !
thrashing, and we are able to give it. !
They have been landing troops on the j
Hawaiian islands for a long time un- |
der the guise of emigrants, and there ;
I is now a Japanese army of 40,000 on j
the islands. Dole discovered the !
scheme, and has tried to put a stop !
to the secret landing of this army, but j
the Japanese already landed are j
there."
"Do you mean to say, general, that S
Japan will declare war if we annex |
Hawaii?"
"We won't annex It. I am In favor j
of the annexation of the islands, but j
I you will see that this administration i
will not annex them. What we should
do right away is to take these islands ;
when they are being offered to us for !
nothing. In fifteen years we shall be ]
I engaged in a war to get them if we :
j don't annex them now. You will live ;
to see that war. I may not. but you j
mark my word when I say that you will
see it. Those islands which we can i
now get for nothing will cost us untold
money, for there is nothing so expen
sive as war.
"Speaking about our engaging in
war." continued Gen. Wallace. "1
noticed in the papers the other day that
Congressman Hilborn. of California,
had, before some class in Chicago the
j day before, lectured upon our military
equipment, and, although he is a mem-
I ber . f the house committee on naval
| affairs, he made the statement that
while we had some Vessels we did not
have in this country enough powder j
to fire the ordinary salutes. He made I
this statement to express the absurdity I
in his opinion of this country engaging !
in war.
"That fellow should be disciplined for !
! that kind of talk. He ought to know !
j that this country has concealed some j
j place ln the Alleghany mountains '
1 enough saltpeter to make all the pow- ;
I der we would need in a long war. That i
! statement was highly injudicious, and
| 1 believe not true. Even though true, |
j however, it but advertises our weak- I
ne. s to the world and invites trouble, i
| Congress should appoint a committee \
! to have lhat utterance investigated and
i if proved to be accurately reported he
j should be censured— yes, even expelled
from the house. He is not fit to repre
sent any one."
GETS CASH AXD WEDDHG BIDS.
"Chain System" I _ed by an lowa
-Woman Seeking: High Eilncailon.
OTTUMWA. 10., Dec. 16.— The old scheme
of "chain letters" has been put to new use
;by Rosa Leech, a poor schoolteacher at
: Smoky Hollow, a mining camp near Albla. Io
Miss Leech considered that a large number
ot charitable people over the country would
not hesitate to contribute one penny for the
sake of securing a college education for a
poor gir!. With this in mind she wrote to
I a number of her friends, explaining her cir
j cumstanccs and her desire to acquire a col-
I leg education. Each of these she asked to
I contribute one penny and to write to three
I of their friends, asking them to do likewise.
At first the answers came slowly, but as
the letters became more widely circulated by
I the "chain system," her mail grew larger
each day, until at present she is receiving
over 100 letters a day and the fund has
reached something like S„00.
The answers come from all parts of the
country, and some of them are unique. Some
come from unknown admirers, asking for a
photograph of herself. Others have offers
of steady correspondence, proposals of mar
riage and expressions of admiration of ail
kinds and degree. Ail the letters contain
pennies, many of them nickels, dimes, quar
ters, and one benevolent Ohio man inclosed
$2, along with an offer of his hand and heart.
A young man in Doylestown, 0.. suggests
that "their town would afford her excellent
facilities in the college line, and as an extra
Inducement she might live with them and
work for her board, as his mother was grow
ing old aud he was thinking of securing a
helpmeet.
A Mentor. 0.. man, with a big bank ac
count and a meat market, sends a full de
scription of his business and invites her f_>
become his wife.
Sandusky,' 0., has a citizen who wants a
wife, and thinks Rosa would do first rate.
He is the manufacturer of a sure cure for
rheumatism, says he is handsome and has a
large bank account. Ho is a widower and
says he is locking for another wife. He refers
Miss Leech to Senators Foraker and Hanna
as to his soeiai and financial standing.
Miss Leech is a quiet, unassuming girl and
her head has not been turned by the num
ber of proposals she has received.
Her only object is to secure a college edu
cation, wir.ch. from present indications, she
is in a sure way to oecuxe.
THE. SAINT PAUL GLOBS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 183?.
IHUSTtffIhKORMT
TRAVELING MET. WILL KOT RE
CEIVE ANY MORE PERMITS
FROM RAILROADS .
TO RIDE ON FREIGHT TRAINS.
ROADS CLAIM THE PRACTICE HAS
GROWN UNTIL IT HAMPERS
THE BUSINESS.
THE GREAT WESTERN'S NEW RULE
No Tickets Sold for Freights Until
It I* Known tbe Train Haa to
Mag-
Western lines have agreed that after
the end of the year no more permits to
traveling men to ride on freight trains
shall be issued. The practice 13 said
to have grown to an extent which haa
seriously hampered the operation of
the trains and in many cases resulted
in delaying passenger trains at meet
ing places. The change will be felt
considerably in lowa and other states.
Traveling men are likely to protest
vigorously against the loss of the privi
leges which they have enjoyed. If they
are not allowed to use the freight
trains, It will In many cases compel
a man to spend twenty-four hours In
a small town to do fifteen minutes'
business, or else "skip" the town alto
gether. There are many small West
ern towns on branch lines which have
to get along with one passenger train
each way a day. Traveling men have
been enabled to make such towns by
riding In the caboose of a freight
train, and to do this they had to ob
tain a permit from the division super
intendent. They had to get on and off
the train just where It might happen
to stop, because it wa3 impossible to
stop a long freight train at a station
just to accommodate one person.
In operating trains, particularly ln
the winter time, it frequently becomes
necessary to change tne schedule of
a freight train at a moment's notice,
and it was in such a case that the
traveling man's presence on board be
came unwelcome. Several minutes'
time is required to stop a long freight
train, and while such a stop Is being
made to let off a solitary man a fast
passenger train is often kept waiting
at the next station. While the roads
propose to take off all general permits,
it is probable that in special cases a
traveling man may still get a ride in
the caboose.
The Chicago Great Western some
time ago stopped the issue of general
permits, but instructed the station
agents to sell a ticket for a ride on
a freight train after such train was
actually ln the station and the agent
had ascertained that It would stop at
the particular station to which the
passenger wanted to go.
COLD INCREASES CRIME.
RuHways Have Noticed It as -Well as
Others.
"It's as true as preaching that crime al
ways comes with a cold wave like this," ex
claimed the special agent of one or tho big <
railroads yesterday. — '
Outside of railroad and criminal circles It |
is not generally known that the head of th.. :
secret service, or detective force, which every I
railroad maintains, has the title of special
agent.
"It is less than ten hours since the cold j
wave struck us," continued the special agent,
"and already I have received word by wire j
from half a dozen places along tho line of ;
depredations that have been committed. These j
reports include everything, from tho stealing !
of a few lumps of ccal to the looting of a car j
of valuable freight. Naturally, the most I
common crime which can be traced to cold j
weather is the stealing of coal. Go now to •
any of the freight yards and you'll see wo
men, boys, and girls picking up coal which
has fallen from the cars. You won't _cc
them, but at night men and boys go into
the yards ar.d throw coal off the cars, for tho
women and children to pick up the next day.
I know cf cases, though, where men have !
.carted away whole wagon loads of cool at,
night from c_r3 which happened to be so lo
cated that the theft could be committed with
little danger cf detection."
"Is the crime causrd by cold waves con
fined to SteffllDg e__;_l?"
"Well. I wish it was! It makes tramps
break into cars to keep warm. Once ic.ido
they amuse themselves by examining the con
tents of the oar, breaking open boxes which
contain anything they need or can easily
carry away. We once caught seven tramps
in Chicago who started from California. In
some way they got into a ear loaded with
cases of wine. For forty-eight hours after
we found them they were so drunk they
didn't know they had reached the end of the
route. It has always been a wonder to me
that they didn't drink themselves to death.
I guess It takes something stronger than Cal
ifornia wine to kill a tramp."
TRAFFIC TO ALASKA.
Roads Will Try to Prevent Any De
moralization.
CHICAGO. Dec. 17.— A meeting of the Ene*
of the Western Passenger association will
be held in the near future to c_nsid_r rate.
and arrangements for the large amount of
_-___ie__ that is expected to set in toward
Alaska within a Jew weeks. Some of the
road, say that the Total number of passengers
to be handled for this traffic in tha lato
winter and early spring will amount £3 259,
--000, and, while seme e>f their rivals do- r_ot
place the estimate as high, they agree th.it
the traffic will be very heavy. To handle this |
business v.lthout any demoralization will b_
the effort of the Western roads and ju st
now they think they are going to he success
ful in this direction. Just at the present
time the sttuatioa regarding rates to North
Pacific coast points it mure satisfactory than
It has been for many months. There are
no cut rates in effect and no che„p t : cke_j
to bo found on the market and it is hop.d I
by the Western roads that, with the- as
sistance ot the transcontinental line? they
will be able to maintain this condition.
APPROACHING A CRISIS.
Tbe Interchangeable Mileage War
Goes Merrily On.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.— The fight over the
j interchangeable mile-age is approa. hing a crisis
i Passeuger committee is approaching a cri.l3
. and it is likely that at a meeting of the
I committee, in the near future, it will be
i found necessary to revise the agreement
! in several Important particulars. If not make
j a new one altogether. Tho Vanderbilt lines
I have declared that they are going to accept
! the interchangeable ticket for transportation
! when it is presented on trains and it is likely
i that the other lines will be compelled to
j follow suit or devise some form o_ an agree-
I ment that will be acceptable to the Lake
Shore and Michigan Central. The matter is
likely to be taken up at the next meeting of
tlie committee.
JOINT TRAFFIC MEETING.
Matter of Lake Rate Differentials
Deferred for a Week.
NEW YORK, Doc. 17.— A much improved
I condition of affairs with reference to general
west-bound business and excellent prospects
' for better maintenance of rates after January
: was, ln substance, the report presented by
j the 'Trunk line committee today at a meet
, ing of the board of control of the Joint Traf
: fie association, presided over by Chauncey M.
j Depcw. In addition to the roads comprising
the association, there were represented at
| the meeting the Illinois Central, Lake Erie
& Western, Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City,
i Norfolk & Western, Louisville, Evansville &
j St. Louis and the St. Louis consolidated rail
i ways. It Is not improbable that the roads
i mentioned will shortly become members of
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_L **" .Ay Ask; the crocer for _l
the association, although the matter ia as
protecting and forcing the west-bound rates
The much-discussed question ot east-bound
rates was referred to a meeting of the presi
dents of the trunk lines and their connec
tions scheduled for next Wednesday. It Is
confidently expected that the same measures
This Is intended to ln_lu_e both dea_t freight
will be made applicable "to east-bound rates.
This Is lntendled to t_tcl_de both dead freight
and live stock.
The committee on _I_-Tentlals to apply to
lake rates made a pr_Jtaii___ry report. The
presidents voted to- coht__.ua their committee
and the question of -_J_eren___ls will coma
up again next week. No action was taken to
select an arbitrator to Succeed Hon. Garret
A. Hobart. The matter "Was indefinitely post
poned. •
GRAIN RATES TUIDLE.
I> own to a Lake Basts by an All-
Rail Route.
MILWAUKEE, Wt*.. Dec. 17.— Grain; rates
to the East took aa astonishing drop today.
Fifteen cents on 100 pounds of grain and
flour in car lots f ro____t_t wra ukae to New York.
13 cents to Philadelphia and 12 cents to
Baltimore are the new figures. These rates
are no higher than have been charged ln
the greater part of th SO summer season by
the regular lake lines by way of Buffalo and
Cleveland, the established basis being 15
cents on 100 pounds from Milwaukee to New
York. This is merely a cut rate made by a
few lines and not what Is known as an open
rate, which Is me_ by all the lines. Ship
pers today are getting as low a rate as tho_igh
the lakes were open whereas navigation has
practically ceased; No one can recollect a
time when all-rail rates to the East have
been as low at this time of the year as
they are at present.
..I OUTER INTHE CITY.
O. R. __ ft. President Confers With
G. X. Officials
President A. L. Mohler, of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation company, was in St. Paul
yesterday and spent some time ln conference
with the officials of the Great Northern road.
Mr. Mohler will remain In St. Paul and Min
neapolis for a day or two longer before start
ing for the West
Capt. Wanzer Hnadlei It.
No successor to Col. William Crooks, who
resigned the position of chief engineer of the
Minneapolis & SL Louis to accept a similar
berth with the Oregon Railway & Naviga
tion company, will bo chosen Immediately,
the duties of the offlce being assigned to
Capt Wanzer, first assistant engineer.
Charles H. Warren Placed.
Charles H. Warren, formerly general man
ager of the Great Northern, Is assistant to
the president of the Jersey Central road, with
headquarters In New York.
RAILWAY NOTES.
Edward Morrill, who has been connected
with the Northern Pacific passenger depart
ment for a number of years. leaves on Mon
day to accept the position of cashier of a
big lumber concern at Big Rapids, Mich.
W. L. Wyand, of the Michigan Central, 13
In Chicago.
General Traffic Manager Hannaford, of the
Northern Pacific, will return from New York
tomorrow.
The Austin and Lake Benton cases. In
volving the matter of alleged excessive rail
road rates, which were set for hearing Dec.
21 and 23, have been set ahead until Jan. a
and 4, respectively.
Vice President W. C. Farrlngton and Gen
eral Freight Agent Stewart L Murray, of
the Northern Steamship company, came up
from Buffalo yesterday, and spent part of the
day at the general offices of the Great North
ern company.
General Freight Agent J. C. Eden, of the
Eastern Minnesota, came down yesterday
from Uulutn.
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an astonishingly short time. It re
lieves the congested parts, reduces the
tumors instantly no matter how large,
allays the inflammation and stops the
aching or itching at once.
Thousands who had resorted to ex
pensive surgical treatment have been
cured by the Pyramid Pile Cure — in a
number of instances persons who have
spent months ln a hospital under a
pile specialist.
It is a remedy that none need fear
to apply even to the most aggravated,
swollen and inflamed hemorrhage
tumors.
If you are afflicted with this stub
born disease you can master it and
master it quickly.
This remedy is no longer an experi
ment, but a medical certainty.
Druggi&ts sell at 50 cents per box.
It is becoming the most popular pile
cure this country has ever known and
druggists everywhere are ordering it
for their customers.
For book on cause and cure of piles
address Pyramid Co., Marshall, Mich,
(formerly of Albion, Mich.)
ENGLISH P_£OT_SCTOR ATE.
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Monarchy Is to Re . Established ln
Hawaii.
NEW YORK, liar. I.7.— The downfall
of the Dole government and the restor
ation of the monarchy with Kaiulani,
niece of former Qifeen Liliuokalani,
reigning under __Hgli__t domination, is
the future predicted fo£ Hawaii by the
advocates of annexation in the event ot
the rejection of the panding treaty by
the senate, says .he Washington cor
respondent of the? Herald. Leading
members of the 'serafe committee on
foreign relations appear to be interest
ed in this belief, and when the treaty
i 3 called up after the. holidays, it is
said evidence will be furnished to
prove that there Is some secret work
now going on in this direction.
six wereTburned.
Tragedy the Result of Dropping: a
Lighted Lamp.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 17.— The resi
dence of Patrick Leahy was burned
early this morning ar.d L^ahy and five
of his children, Thomas, Marie, Katie,
Maggie and Patrick, the oldest but
nine years of age, perished. Mrs.
Leahy and a boy named Frank, aged
j five, were saved. It is supposed that
Leahy dropped a lighted lamp which
he has been accustomed to carry
arc und the house.
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ARREST OF A GIRL TRAMP.
Elgin Woman, ln .Male Attire, Heat-
In t_ Her Way on Coal Trains.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Dec\ IS.— Nellie Foley,
! a your.g woman whose home is In Elgin, 111.,
is here in the lockup. She was caught by tha
police for masquerading in male att+re. She
says her mother lives at Elgin, and she wan*,
to get home. Running out of funds she took
to the new woman style and was beating her
way on coa; trains. She left Parkersburg, W.
Va., some five weeks ago. All this time she
associated with tramps, and none of them de
l tectod her sex. Good women here will get
her an outfit of proper clothes, and arrange
ments will be made to have her taken to her
widowed mother. Nellie- says her mother
does not know where she is or what she is
now doing.
St. rani __ Duluth Railroad, Holiday
Excursion Rates.
On December _?_ 24, 25 and 31, and
January 1, 1898, the St^-Paul & Duluth
Railroad company"; wifj sell Holiday
I Excursion Tickets from and to all
I points on their line at a rate of a fare
and one-third for fl_e refund trip. Tick
ets good for return passage on and
until January 4, IS9B.
Ticket offices U,hiO-i jDepot and 395
Robert Street. '._
SMALLEST BA-^Y 6n RECORD.
Weight a Trifle L^ss Than One
Pound.
QUINCY. 111.. Dec. 18.— Quincy boasts of
having the smallest baby on record. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Slushor and weighs a trifle 1. ss than a pound.
The dresses of a small doll were u.ed for
her. Her face Is not much '.arger than a
silver half dollar. She Is four days old and
is growing steadily.
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THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP
FREIGHT COMMISSIONERS IV
, ABLE TO AGREE.
SECTIONAL LINES DRAWN.
SHARP DIVISION BETWEEN' DELE
GATES FROM THE EAST AND
THE WEST.
OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAS.
Association Is ta Act as a Mediator
Between Shippers and Trans
portation torupnnien,
WASHING-TON, Dec. 17.— The first
regular meeting of the National Asso
ciation of Freight Commissioners was
held here today for the general pur
pose of effecting a permanent organi
zation. The members of the association
represent commercial bodies ln their
respective cities and are charged with
the duty of securing equal justice for
shippers ln their dealings with trans
portation companies. It is not, it is
said, essentially antagonistic to the
transportation lines, but acts in the ca
pacity of mediator between such lines
and shippers. Another purpose of the or
ganization is said to be the proper pre
sentation of the shippers' side of ques
tions which may be at any time under
consideration by congress. Those pres
ent at today's meeting were N. B. Kel
ly, of the Trades league, of Philadel
phia, chairman; W. P. Trickett, of tho
Kansas City Trades bureau, secretary;
L. A. Boswell, of the Quincy, 111.,
freight bureau; George A. Schroeder,
of the Milwaukee freight bureau; F.
W. Maxwell, of the St. Joseph, Mo.,
Commercial Club and Jobbers' Trans
portation bureau; E. P. Wilson, of the
Cincinnati Transportation bureau; A.
J. Valandingham, of the St. Louis
Traffic bureau; F. B. Barber, president
of the American Export association, of
New York; George A. Anderson, of the
Pittsburg chamber of commerce; J. A.
Smith, of the Charleston, S. C, freight
bureau; J. A. Farley, of the Dallas,
Tex., freight bureau; F. L Brown, of
the Pacific Coast Hardware and Metal
association.
Addresses were delivered by Messrs.
Kelly and Trickett.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President, N. B. Kel
ley, of Philadelphia; vice president,
John A. Smith, of Charleston, S. C;
secretary, W. E. Trickett, of Kansas
City; treasurer, W. F. Maxwell, of St.
Joseph, Mo.; executive committee. A. J.
Valandingham, of St. Louis; F. B.
Thurber, of New York; L. B. Boswell,
of Quincy, 111.; J. S. Vavant, of Mem
phis, Term., and J. B. Denison, of Gal
veston, Tex.
Annual meetings will be held in
Washington on the day preceding the
| opening session of the national board
of trade.
Resolutions were adopted urging that I
| additional power be conferred on the
I interstate commerce commission to
| meet weakening of its powers occa
sioned by judicial decisions; requesting j
! all railroads to adopt uniform freight j
• classifications prior to Jan. 1, 1899, and I
indorsing the pending anti-scalping
bill. Eastern delegates submitted a
; resolution favoring, and Western dele- j
j gates opposing, pooling bills. An |
agreement being found impossible, the
association adopted a resolution refer
ring the resolutions offered back to the
members of the association.
CIT IN TYPEWRITERS.
Break in Prices Expected to Be
Made by the Trust Before Many
Months.
Before the end of 1898 the $100 type
writer will have gone the way of the
$100 bicycle and have become as much
a memory as the $200 sewing machine
•of the '70s, says the Chicago Times-
Herald.
This, In the opinion of typewriter
manufacturers, dealers and selling
agents, is the handwriting on the trade
wall ahead of them, however much
they regret it. The typewriter trust
formed in April. lS_3,but not thoroughly
organized until June of that year, is
finding very difficult the attempt to
maintain its $100 figures, so rigidly held '
for the last four and one-half years. I
The price is so high that it not only al- '
lows opposition concerns to live, but to
thrive and fatten as well. One of the '
bad features of the thing from the I
combination standpoint is that the old I
machines of the trust companies are I
used as a club with which to beat a
hole in the combination's trade. So suc
cessfully has this been done that the
typewriter-using public has become ac
quainted with the fact that there are
many machines as good as the trust I
makes and some even better.
The opposition companies are making
a larger allowance for a second-hand i
machine of trust make than would be j
allowed for it by the combination it- j
self. This amounts to a cut in the !
price of the opposition machine and has !
often served to put it in the place of i
one of the trust make. This had a bad ;
l effect — from the combination stand- j
point, of ccurse — as the use of the new ;
make often overcame the natural pre- ]
judices of the user of the old machines. ;
So rapidly are some of the opposition j
machines winning public favor, and so
great is the increase in new machines, ;
that it is believed, both by the trust's j
agents and their competitors, that a ]
bold cut in prices to half the present ;
figures would kill off fully 80 per cent j
of the opposition companies.
Many of the new companies, who are ;
financially strong, and who are there
fore in shape to reduce their prices,
have hesitated to do so in the fear
that the reduction would class their
comparatively unknown machine as a
low-grade or cheaply made. Many of ]
the new companies who are not so fa- j
vorably situated, and who are having a
hard time to secure recognition even j
under the present conditions, would be ;
utterly wiped out.
■ As the patents on all of the essential j
improvements in the typewriter ran |
out long since, it is now possible to j
duplicate almost any machine in the j
market — just as sewing machines of
all makes have been duplicated for
years. The matter having thus been
reduced to a question of factory cost,
the time has therefore arrived for a
bold stroke to gain the supremacy in
the market. That the stroke will fall,
and very soon, is not doubted in type
writer circles. The actual factory cost
of the two makes most prominently
before the public is less than $15 — one
of them, according to an ex-employe,
being made for less than $12. Allowing
even the most liberal margin for sell
ing, advertising and all other expenses,
the' buyer who pays $50 for any type
writer in the market is paying a very
respectable profit-
Though It is by no means certain
that the first sweeping and open cuts
will come from the trust, it is from
this direction that the trade most fears
it It is known that the big combina
tion is heavily loaded with old and new
machines, and it is believed it would
like to make way with the greater
number of the 108 diffeiVnt typewriters
now made in this country.
A report which has been current for
Judge Henry H. Goldsborough, Baltimore,
Ma., says: "It gives me pleasure to recom
mend Salvation OH to any one suffering from
rheumatic or other oains."
WANT ADS.
-tar be left at the folio ..log loca
tions for Insertion In the Daily and
Sunday Globe, at the same rates as
are charged by the main offlce.
DAYTON'S BLUFF.
Sever -Westby 679 East Third st
ST. ANTHONY HILL.
Emll Bull Grand ay. and St. Albans
W. A. Frost &Co Selby and Western ays.
Straight Bros Rondo and Grotto sts.
A. A. Campbell 235 Rondo st.
A. T. Guernsey 171 Dale st.
Brackett's Victoria and Selby ay.
MERRIAM PARK.
A. L. Woolsey St, Anthony and Prior ays.
ARLINGTON HILLS.
C. R. Marellus Cor. Bedford and Decatur
A. & G. A. Schumacher 954 Payne ay.
_ LOWER TOWN.
William K. Collier Seventh and Sibley
Joseph Argay....Cor. Grove and Jackson sts.
M. D. Merrill 442 Broadway
WEST SIDE.
The Eclipse S. Robert and Fairfield ay.
George Marti Wabasha and Fairfield ay.
Concord Prescription Store.. State and Concord
A. T. Hsll South Wabasha and Isabel
WEST SEVENTH STREET.
A. * G. A. Schumacher.. 499 West Seventh st
J. J. Mullen.. Cor. James and West Seventh st.
UPPER TOWN.
S. H. Reeves Moore Block. Seven Corners
C. T. Heller St Peter and Tenth sts.
B. J. Wltte 29 East Seventh st,
F. M. Crudden 496 Rice st
W. E. Lowe Robert and Twelfth sts.
R. T. Wincott ft Co.... Rice and Iglehart sts.
UNION PARK.
C. A. Monchow University and Prior ays.
NO AD. LESS THAN 20 CENTS.
Situations Wanted, Male and Fe
male Help, Business Chances, Horses
and Carriages, Lost or Found, Real
Estate, For Rent, Etc.,
ONE CENT PER .. OltD
EACH INSERTION.
Personal, Clairvoyants, Palmists,
_laa»aa-e, Mcd lea!. Etc.,
TWO CENTS PER WORD
EACH INSERTION.
NO AD. LESS THAN 20 CENTS.
HELP -WANTED— Male.
ARTlST— Wanted, artist; crayon and water
color artist; can handle air brush. Cadi
at tho Boston Clothing House, St. Paul.
A3k for Mr. Kiss, second floor.
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION" assets.
$850,000; largest, strongest, best, Minnesota
life company, wants capable agents; gives
producers every assistance. Address Doug
las Putnam, Secretary. St. Paul.
HOTEL RUNNER— WantedTThotel runner, at
American Hotel. Fourth and Pine; Scandi
navian preferred.
MEN TO LEARN BARBER TRADE— OnIy
requires two racnths to complete; flne out
fit tools donated students; handsome
illustrated 1.98 catalogue free. Moler's Bar
ber College, 223 Washington ay. south, Min
neapolis.
SALESMAN— Wanted, city salesm. n to handle
hotel, restaurant and family trade; with
Iln e of butter, eggs, poultry, etc. Call 403
East Seventh st
WANTED — Good boy to learn drug business.
Call between 9 and 10 on F. H. Reeves,
Seven Corners.
WANTED — Salesmen; good salary, steady
work. First National Nurseries, Rochester,
N. Y.
HELP WANTED-Femnle.
BOOKKEEPER— Competent bookkeeper. Ap
ply this morning; with references. St. Paul
Book and Stationery Co.
HOUSEWORK— Wanted, a general housework
girl who Is a good cook; references. 776
Lincoln ay., Mrs. Arthur Sweeney.
HOUSEWORK— Wanted, _ girl for general
housework ln family of two; German or
Swede preferred. Call 37 Irv ine Park.
HOUSEWORK— Wanted, good girl for general
housework; family of three. Flat 3, The
Seville.
HOUSEWORK— Wanted, competent girl for
general housework at 826 Selby ay.
STENOGRAPHER— Wanted," lady stenogra
pher; experienced in legal work. Call United
Typewriter and Supplies Co., 102 East
Fourth t__
WOMAN TO take care of help's hall and a
dishwasher wanted at ____________ Hotel.
SITUATIONS WANTED— Male.
WANTED— A position by a teacher holding
first grade county certificate; long experi
ence; can furniah best of references. Ad
dresa G.. Box 293. St. Paul, Minn.
MEDICAL.
ANNA MACK, from Chicago; baths all kinds;
select massasr? 'bG East Seventh st.
DR. STELLA FREMONT- -Hath i; massage,
electricity and vapor. 303 Jackson st.
MME. LAURETTA'S MASSAGE. BATH Par
1-ors; elite patronage solicited. 319 Jackson.
HOARD OPFKI.ED..
BOARD— Furnished rooms, with good table
board, five minutes' walk from business
center; location desirable. 630 St. Peter st.
G Rises & so. n
190-192 E. Third St., St. Paul. W
ROCERIEiJ
Supply Hotel.-., Restaurants, Bearding Houses,
atnl all who buy in quantity. Call and see what
can b_ bftved.
for several days that one of the lead
ing members of the combination had
I given notice of an intention to draw
j out in January has set the trade here
i in a quiver, and there Is an eager in
quiry for the facts.
It was the contention of the with
; drawing member, so it is said, that all
' of the people who could pay $100 for
| typewriters were already supplied, and
i that the big field now was to capture
I those of smaller means. As it was
! known that the leading combine ma
! chines had been sold with a ilrst pay
i ment of only $5. and that the scheme
; had not been favorably enough re-
I ceived to dispose of any great part of
i their large stock, this story coincided
i with the views of the trade.
"I am not at liberty to give any
: source of Information," said a local
I manufacturer of typewriters, "but I
! have been told ln a way which I can
-1 not doubt that a cut is coming. It is
my own belief that the cut is coming
j because the Union Typewriter compa
i ny, of New York, which includes the
Remington, Smith-Premier, Densmore,
| Yost and caligraph machines, is look
i ing for an outlet for some of its stock."
W. J. Bllckensderfer said: "I had
I THE BEST RESULTS —si
j OBTAINED BY USING T
| The Daily and Sunday
| Globe Want Columns.,,
I i '^ TRY THEM ALL WEEK j
I ~ T ? TRY THE/W on SUNDAY j|
WANT APS.
FOR RENT.
Houses.
D. I. HARRINGTON & CO.— Do you need a
plumber, it so. telephone us, as we have
none bu: competent men. 151 University
_^l-_M^3tS_Jackson_st t _Tel. , 85^3.
Rooms.
ROOM— For rent, furnished room, with heal
and light; second floor. Inquire at Room
6. 11 East Seventh st
ROOMS— For rent, nicely furnished rooms;
steam heat, with bath and gas; rent reason
able. Call at 234 West Fifth St., second
floor.
WABASHA ST., 326— For rent, a nicely fur
nished, steam-heated front room with al
cove. Call Rocm 26.
HORSES AXD CARRIAGES.
HORSES! HORSES!— Lumbermen take noilcel
200 head of heavy logging horses weighing
from 1,500 to 1,800 lbs. for sale at low prices
at Barrett & Zimmerman', stables, Minne
sota Transfer. SL Paul, Minn.; part tlms
given if desired; take interurban car from
either city.
PIAXOS.
PIANO— SISS buys Fischer upright piano;
great bargain. Call on S. \V. Raudenbush
frCo.. No. 14 West Sixth st.
PIANO— SI9O.OO buys a flne Chlckerlng up
right; great bargain. CaU on S. W. Rauden
bush & Co.. No. 14 West Sixth st.
1 i
FOR SALE.
TELEPHONE 1433. White oak slabs. $4.21
cord; the best In city; will send C. O. D.
on approval. Northwestern Ice and Fuel
Co.. 911 East Seventh st.
MAPLE chunks, $2.75; you can save money
on all kinds of wood and coal at Salis
bury's ottlce, 287 East Seventh, near Broad
way.
I
"WANTED TO BUY.
CASH REGISTER— Wanted, National casli
register ln good order; send price and ie.
scrlptlon to 221 Bank of Minneapolis Build.
Ing, Minneapolis.
WANTED TO BUY— Grocery store or con
fectionery- Address 117 South Wabasha.
L. Cohens.
TO EXCHANGE.
TO EXCHANGE— New goods exchanged fo»
second-hand. Cardozo Furniture and Ex
change Company. 232 East Seventh at.
AUCTION SALES.
FOR BIG BARGAINS ln slightly used house.
hold goods, don't overlook the Town Mar
ket. 25-27 South Fifth at., Minneapolis.
J. T. Ranger. Manager.
FINANCIAL.
MONEY LOANED ON FURNITURE, pianos*
goods In storage, bicycles, safes; tlms
checks bought. Guaranty Loan Co., Roots
20 1, Manhattan Building.
______!___» SOCIETY
Employment UegUtcr.
Offlce 141 East Ninth Street. Telephone 183.
We want work for the following worthy
persons:
A YOUNG woman stenographer and type
writer; the support of an Invalid mother.
AN EXPERT penman to address envelopes
or invitations.
A MAN to put out calendars.
A MAN to attend furnaces.
A BOY to do (hores or drive; the only sup
port of a widowed mother.
WOME..N to do washing, house -leaning and
caring for the sink.
MEN to saw wood; clean off snow, and do odd
jobs.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
Ramsey— District Court, Second Judicial
District
Alpheus B. Stlckney, as assignee of William
Dawson, Insolvent. plaintllT, vs. John J.
Cullen. Mollie C. Cullen. bis wife; Charles
H. Hculton and Houlton, his wife,
whose first name Is unknown; T. L. Blood,
as assignee of William Dawson Jr.. In
solvent; William Dawson Jr. and Maria It.
Dawson, ills wife; W. 11. Yardley, aa re
ceiver of the Azotine Manufacturing Com
pany; First Natlonrtl Hank of Detroit, Min
nesota: Robert I >. Btswart, .-Catherine Stew
art, Margaret Schutte. Mechanics' National
Bank of New York, Fort Dearborn Na
tional Bank of riilc. go. and The lowa Land
Company "Llmitetl," defendants.
SUMMONS.
The State of Minnesota, to the above named]
defendants:
You. and each of you, are hereby summoned
and required to answer iiie complaint ln
tho above entitled action, which Is on Si. In
the offlce of the Cli rk of said court. and to servt
a copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber at his office in Ronn 804
New York Life building, in the flty of St.
Paul, County of Ramsey, and Stato afore
said, within twenty days after the servlc*
of this summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of such service, and if you fall to an
swer tho said complaint within tha time
aforesaid, the plaintiff ln this action will ap
ply to the court for the relief demanded
therein. A. <>• BRIGGS,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Otficini State Historical i'h .to_ru. her.
09 AND 10l EAST SIXTH STREI.T.
(Oppaalt. Metropolitan Opera Houss..
-p.. -tal X '* At. Cm lb! re :i It ales.
CHRISTMAS PHOIOBi-APHi.
ARTISTIC PHQTOSRAPsIY
Telephone 1071.
J
not hoard that any sweeping ruts were
.nntemulated on the higher-priced ma
chines, but I hardly see how it could
be otherwise. It Is bound to come,
and the market looks now as though It
might come very soon."
One of th" Western manufacturers
who was asked concerning tho report
ed cut ln the price of the $100 machines
said: "I have heard the report, but I
sincerely hope it is not true. While I
am willing to admit that the factory
cost of turning out any one of the high
priced machines it not great, it must
be reflected that this does not cover
the entire cost of selling. The manu
facturer has to go after his customers,
as the latter will not come to him.
There are heavy expenses of advertis
ing, as well as of selling."
South Dakota Hn.il__.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Doc. 17.— Public Ex
aminer Maris Taylor has just a^gr^gaied
and published the condition of the 158 stato
and private banks on July 10, 18S7. It shows
that the deposits increased SO.T ■ .301 from Juno
6, IS9B, to July 10. 1 .97. Th . deposits o-n th .
Ssts last named were $4,271,011. The nsxt
statement, which is not yet ready for publi
cation, but will be very soon, will make
an even better showing than this.
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