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VOL. XX.— NO. 364.
BULLETIN OF
Ttt^ ST. P/HJU GkOBE
THIRSDAY, DEC. SO, 1897.
Weather for Today-
Fair and Cooler.
PAGB 1. •
France Grab* a Bit off China.
Lumbermen Object to Tariff Cut.
Stockholders Fighting for a Million.
Ant l-llnnnn Forces Alllgnliisr.
Need of Klondike Relief Do>nbted.
page: 2.
Reception to Mnrtinelll.
-pound l Will Caucus Today*
page: 3.
BJlii iic:i pul Is Matters.
GomperH Replies to Gage.
Letter Get* Duiiilli Wheat.
NewH of the Northwest.
Bcovel'H >«irru\v F.kcii pc.
PAGE! 4.
Editorial.
Reception to Teachers.
Work of the Teachers' Convention.
PAGE 6.
Fistic Carnival Probable.
Dny'H spcrtiiiK GoHslp.
The Nation's Coast Defense.
Bridal Couple Conildenced.
PAGE O.
General Stock List Quiet.
Bar Silver, GO 5-Bc.
Cash Wheat In Chicago, 'Ml l-4c.
World's Markets Reviewed.
PAGE T.
Changes in Great Northern.
Rail-way Gossip.
Social Events of the Day.
PAGE 8.
Waters' Claims Badly Shattered.
News of the Courts.
Meeting of Old Settlers.
Warrants for Two Policemen.
State Politics.
EVENTS TODAY.
Met— The Wedding Day, B.IS. .
Grand— The Black Sheep, 8.15.
City Hall— Council Caucus, S.
Central Presbyterian —
Teachers' Convention, !>.::<>.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
SOUTHAMPTON — Arrived: Saale. New
York, for Bremen; New York. New York.
MAiRSEILL.ES— Arrived: Scandia, New
York.
NEW YORK— Sailed: St. Paul, Southamp
ton; Majeßtic, Liverpool; Kensington, Ant
werp.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Corlnthla. Boston.
CROOK HAVEN— Passed: Britannic, New
York.
Mrs. Minnie Wallace Walkup Ketch
am seems to have caught 'em.
It looks as If the next eclipse would
be pretty distinctly visible in China.
, rm 1
A real baron is selling popcorn in a
St. Louis playhouse. He is doing it
well, too.
If you are not extra strong willed you
will feel better to tear up that resolu
tion on the 31st.
Senator Hanna whistles a couple of
hours every morning now. He is do-
Ing this to keep his courage up.
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A snake fourteen feet long nas been
found petrified in Pennsylvania. He is
much better petrified than alive.
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A New Yorker has eaten 100 oysters
at a sitting on a wager of $30. They
must have been Tacoma oysters.
The severe tone which Spain's press
has assumed toward Uncle Sam will
not affect the old fellow's courage.
A New Jersey man who wanted some
thing gruesome around all the time had
a pocketbook made from the cuticle of
an executed murderer.
It was from 9 to 15 degrees below zero
yesterday In New York, while in St.
Paul the mercury was trying to get
out of the top of the tube.
Ja.Ties Marshall, of Indiana, isn't go
ing to the Klondike. He has killed a
duck which had two gold nuggets in
its craw. "When he wants money he
•will kill other ducks.
i
England has sent forty men-of-war
into the Orient to "unravel the tangle,"
it Is hinted. Oh, no. The British have
gone to the far East for the usual
thing, a slice of the pie.
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The holdiay number of the North
western Miller is one of the finest pub
lications to come to our table this year.
One of the best contributions to the
issue is that of W. S. Harwood on
"The Bread of Paris."
Is Postmaster General Gary inter
ested with Thomas C. Platt in one of
the big surety companies? Gary re
quires that after Jan. 1 all letter car
riers shall bond with surety companies
rather than individuals.
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Fitzsimmons isn't troubled with any
lack of astuteness. He announces his
willingness to fight anybody and forth
with builds a nine-foot fence around
himself by telling the pugs to go and
fight everybody else first.
Chicago hasn't reached the period of
veneration for Implements used by the
great of the past. It was a Chicago
%vt man who chopped up Napoleon's
sleigh the other day because "she was
tired of seeing it around."
Hon. William Ewart Gladstone
■celebrated his eighty-eighth birth
day yesterday. There seems to be
nothing in particular in the way of
Mr. Gladstone's going right ahead and
celebrating his 100 th anniversary a few
years hence.
«^.
Perhaps Miss Charlotte Crane was
excluded from that Charleston ball be
cause she was prettier than any of the
other girls. At any rate, the incident
has proved such an "ad." for her that
her manager can afford- to raise her,
salary $25 a week.
When it comes to making a little mat
ter of half a «million dollars, a Wall
Btreet man seems to have less trouble
than a Klondike placer miner. Stephen
V. White failed for $500,000 Ma? 5, 1893.
He has paid the full amount and ap
plied for reinstatement in the New York
clock exchange.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE.
FRANGE GRABS A BIT OF CHINA.
HAI NAN No Resistence to the Occu "
IC I A lVTr\ P ation From the Dazed
ISLAIND. Celestials.
POPULATION OF A MILLION OR MORE.
ACTUAL Foreign Diplomats at Washington
EASTERN Discuss the Situation and the
STATUS. Outcome to Be Expected.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 29.— 1t Is reported
here that the admiral of the French
fleet has hoisted the French flag on Hal
Nan Island. The Chinese offered no
opposition.
London, Dec. 30.— A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Singapore confirms
the report of the seizure of Hai Nan
island by the French. Hai Nan island
is off the south coast of China and sep
arates the gulf of Tonquin from the
China sea. It has an estimated area of
12,000 square miles and a population of
a million Chinese, exclusive of wild
tribes in the interior.
According to a special dispatch from
Shanghai, the British admiralty has
requisitioned three of the Empress*
steamships belonging to the Canadian
Pacific railway company.
PARIS, Dec. 29.— The French press Is
beginning to protest loudly against
French inaction in the far East and the
alleged subserviency of the government
to Russia.
LONDON, Dec. 30.— The Tagllche
Rundschau, on what it alleges to be
the "best authority in London," de
clares that Russia and China have
been negotiating for many months;
that China consented last October to
a temporary Russian occupation of
Port Arthur; and that England, hearing
of this, demanded a cession of the
islands at Hong Kong, a strip of coast
opposite Kow-Loon and the mouth of
the river Canton; but, knowing that
France also wanted compensation,
England suggested that she should
take Hai-Nan island.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— The rapid
movements of events in the far East
continues to be an absorbing topic in
diplomatic circles here, particularly at
embassies and legations of the powers
which are aligning for an apparent
struggle for Chinese . territory. There
is no further talk of the United States
as a possible factor in the contest, as
the recent understanding at a cabinet
meeting is accepted as removing this
government from the field of controver
sy. At the same time, an eminent au
thority on International affairs, said to
day that a eituation might de
velop when the United States would be
called upon to go much further than
protect American interests at the treaty
ports in China. This situation would
come, he said, if the scramble for Chi
nese territory went to the extent of
the extinction of China and the com
plete absorption of the old empire by
foreign nations. Such was the appar
ent drift of the present movement, he
said, and if it became a reality, then a
condition would arise similar to the ex
termination of Poland. Poland had es
tablished the precedent In international
affairs, he said, and following that prec
edent, if China was to be absorbed
then would arise a question which the
United States, in common with all the
nations of the world must take cogni
zance of. Until this final movement oc
curred, hojvever, it was plain that the
United States had no interest in the
fencing among European nations and
Japan for coaling stations and ports
on the Asiatic coast.
In the meantime, however, the diplo
mats are much concerned in the move
ments of their respective governments.
A leading Japanese diplomat said to
day: "I do not look at the question
as Involving the partition of China and
no event has occurred thus far to Indi
cate that China is about to be divided
amo ; the powers. The only tangible
fact is that Germany has occupied
Kiao-Chou bay, and Russia has a fleet
at Port Arthur. But Germany's action
was taken to collect an indemnity for
an indignity to German missionaries,
Just as she enforced indemnity from
Hayti. Beyond this Germany may
seek to establish a naval station at
Kiao-Chou bay, and Russia has a fleet
of operations on the Pacific. But that
does not Involve the taking of any con
siderable portion of Chinese territory,
and it is yet to be shown that Germany
will take more than a coast port and
such land immediately adjacent as to
give the port proper facilities. If it
comes to taking territory, the course
of China must not be overlooked. While
China Is weak from a military and na
val standpoint, yet she has an enor
mous number of men ready to take the
field, while the entire force of Germans
at Kiao-Chou cannot exceed a few thou
sand men. Even a weak nation is
strong in defending its own territory.
There are reports that Japan would aid
China in an extremity, but there is
nothing in that. Japan doubtless will
act alone if there is any reason for act
ing at all. Thus far, however, I know
of no steps that Japan has taken, or
contemplates, toward taking part in the
controversy. My impression is that
she will remain an independent and
neutral observer. Her position will be
much stronger by sucn a policy than
it would be by an alliance at the out
set. As an observer, if she sees that the
partition of China, is at hand, doubt
less she would have some part to take,
but for the present there is no evidence
that such an emergency is near."
Another Japanese diplomat said: "All
the powers have known for the last
year that a secret treaty was made last
year between Russia and China by
which Russia was to have the right
to winter her fleet at Port Arthur. For
that reason the presence of the Russian
fleet at Port Arthur does not lead other
nations to fear that Russia has begun
a movement of territorial aggression
on China. On the contrary Russia and
China are nearer together than any
other two nations in the present con
test, and if China is to get any out
side relief it will come from Russia.
It is quite plain from recent events
that Russia is not ready yet to have
China partitioned and until Russia ia
ready for that step it will not occur.
Moreover, there is a misapprehension
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1897.
as to Russian occupation of Port Ar
thur. It is not a land occupation, but
is merely a quartering of the Russian
fleet in the outer harbor, Vladivostock
being icebound, without connection
with the shore."
A Chinese diplomat said: "The alleg
ed official statements coming from the
Chinese legation have been unwarrant
ed, as the legation has not received a
word from Pekin since the first notice
was sent that a German force had
landed at Kiao-Chau, without previous
notice to the Chinese government. It
is felt, however, that many of the re
ports as to the seriousness of the situ
ation, particularly those from Shang
hai, are overdrawn. Judging from the
press dispatches, there appears to be
little doubt that the original purpose of
Germany to enforce an Indemnity has
now developed into securing a naval
station at Kiao-Chau, and possibly
more territory, on the ground that
Germany is entitled to a return for
her service during the China-Japan
war. But it appears to be overlooked
that Germany has received distinct re
turns for those services, in the grant-
Ing of large concessions, which at the
time of the grant, were considered as
most valuable to Germany. As to the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, that is
not a surprise. A Russian fleet was
wintered at a Chinese port last winter
with the consent of China, as it in
volved no sacrifice of territory. What
the outcome will be is difficult to say,
but it is felt that an amicable settle
ment will be made, possibly by the
granting of coast stations, but without
any serious dismemberment of terri
tory."
The German officials here take the
view that there ,are but two actual
steps on the part of Germany, namely:
the occupation of Kiao-Chau bay and
the dispatch of Prince Henry's fleet to
Chinese waters. Beyond this, they say,
all is conjecture as to what Germany
will do, and they convey the idea that
these conjectures as to the absorption
of territory are unwarranted by any
of the actual circumstances which
have thus far developed. That Prince
Henry will extend his field of opera
tions beyond Chinese waters, and will
embrace Samoa and Hawaii is dismis
sed as absurd, although reports of such
a movement have been current.
The British embassy has not received
a word from the foreign office on the
Eastern situation, but in common with
other diplomats the officials view the
situation as the most interesting one
now occupying attention. There is a
general disposition to credit the late
reports that a considerable British
fleet Is at Port Hamilton, off Corea, and
that Japanese ships are in the same
vicinity. There are some seventeen
British ships on the Asiatic station,
and a good part of them appear to be
centering about Corea. This, however,
is said to be apart from the general
question of Chinese partition and to
relate only to the displacement of an
English official who had an influential
position in the administration of Corean
affairs.
French diplomats say that France Is
not likely to take any part in a strug
gle for Chinese territory, if that event
uality comes, as France already has
secured most extensive possessions in
Southeastern China, notably French
Tonquin. It was M. Patenotre, the late
French ambassador at Washington,
who carried through the negotiations
with LI Hung Chang by which France
secured this foothold on Asiatic soil.
Beyond the sending of the French
cruiser Jean Bart to Chinese waters,,
it is said that the Chinese situation
does not appear to have aroused
France and the dispatch of this cruiser
Is said to have no more significance
than the sending of the United States
ship Raleigh, which is now on her wa>
to the Chinese station.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Horace
Alien, consul general of the United
States at Seoul, Corea, has informed
the state department that the Corean
government on Oct. 1 last opened two
ports to foreign trade. The first is
Mokpo, In the southern part of the
peninsula, and has a very rich agri
cultural back country. It is expected
to become an important port of export
and also will be a valuable distributing
center for the richest part of Corea.
The second is Chenampo, at the head
of navigation on the Ta-Tong river,
and will be the port of entry for the
northern capital, Peng Yang. This
northern country is rich in minerals
and is the center of the gold mining
industry now being exploited by an
American syndicate. The opening of
these ports has long been desired by
business men. Japan has already ap
pointed consuls to these ports.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 29.— The of
ficers and passengers of the steamship
Victoria, which is Just in from the
Orient, say that all is excitement on
the other side of the Pacific. The peo
ple in all walks of life expect that
there will be a clash among the great
powers over the seizure of different
parts of China. The British flagship
Contuaw, at Hong Kong, has , been
ordered to begin work that would de
tain her in port more than twenty
four hours. Japanese papers are anx
ious for England to make some move,
but advise Ji.pan to take a prudent
attitude and watch the progress of
events. The German admiral, in his
proclamation to the residents of the
districts Beized by Germany, ad
vises them to continue their peace
ful avocations, and warns them that
any breaches of the law will be pun
ished.
There were at Nagasaki, on Dec. 8,
nine Russian warships, two American
cruisers, the Olympia (in dock) and the
Boston, and the British cruiser l'Amor
tal.
LONDON, Dec. 29.— A dispatch from
Pekin says: The proposed arrangement
for a Russian guaranteed 4 per cent
loan of 100,000,000 taels is not yet rati
fied. The situation is disastrous and
the only hope is that England will ren
der financial help, as otherwise
war is the only alternative. Sir Claude
Mac Donald, the British ambassador,
has asked a few days delay in order
to refer the matter to the home gov
ernment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— The state
department has just received a copy
through United States Minister Denby,
Of the recent curious decree issued by
the Emjwror o{ China to fend off the
wrath of Providence as indicated in
the eclipse predicted for New Year's
day. The document is pronounced by
experts to be a masterful exhibition of
typical Chinese statesmanship, in view
of the existing critical condition of af
fairs in the Celestial empire. The de
cree reads as follows:
According to the Chun Okiu (spring and
autumn annals) It has bees stated that an
eclipse of the sun on the first day of the
year betokens an Impending calamity, hence
the sovereign of every dynasty which has
preceded us, has alwa/a made It a point,
whenever an eclipse of the mm Is prognosti
cated, to undergo self-abasement and humble
themselves before heaven in order to avert
the wrath from above. In the case of our
own Imperial dynasty, for Instance, during
the reigns of their majesties Kang Hsl and
Chlen Lung (1662-1794) there were observed
two eclipses of the sun which fell on a new
year's day; and, now, according to the board
MISS CRANE, BOYCOTTED BY CHARLESTON CHAPERONS.
SPRINGFIE7L.D, 111., Dec. 29.— Miss Char
lotte Crane, the actress who was excluded
from the Christmas eve ball at Charleston,
S. C,. Is a native of this city, and her friends
here smile at the action qf the supersensltive
chaperons of the South, who could not abide
her presence In the ballroom because she was
an actress. The facts of tfte matter, aa Miss
Crane's friends here understand It. are these:
She was escorted to a bf. !I on Chrfstmas eve
at Charleston by Cadet Peterson, of the train
ing ship Salmon P. Chase, which Is winter
ing In that harbor. As soon as the elderly
ladies discovered that an actress was present
MINISTER
SEFTON
SKEPTICAL.
WASHINGTON, -pec. 29.— Assistant
Secretary Meiklejoliji today presented
Clifford Sefton, the Canadian minister
of the interior, to £he, president. Mr.
MeKinley greeted SfV. Sefton with cor
diality, but did not discuss with him
In any manner the objects of his visit.
Later Mr. Sefton took lunch at the
British embassy. After the luncheon
Mr. Sefton, accompanied by Mr. Meikle
john, called upon Attorney General Mc-
Kenna and Secretary of the Treasury
Gage. The visits were simply of courte
sy, but in the course of Mr. Sefton's
visit to both these cabinet officers, the
question of getting supplies Into the
Klondike was discussed. Mr. Sefton, in
a general way, expressed the opinion
that the Canadian government would
be glad to render any aid in its power
to this government in getting a relief
expedition into the Klondike, but ex
pressed the opinion to both Attorney
General McKenna and Secretary Gage
that there was not likely to be great
suffering among the mjners in the vi
cinity of Dawson oity for lack of food.
This opinion he expressed upon the in
formation in possession, of the Cana
dian government. He did think, how
ever, that there might be severe suffer
ing on account of the excessive cold, as
a large proportion of those who rushed
Into the mining region last summer
were unacclimated. jVloreover, Mr. Sef-
ton is not sanguine that a relief expe
dition, such as this government contem
plates, could get through.
The Canadian government, with all
the facilities in Its possession, has not
yet been able to get Jn twenty-five tons
of provisions dispatched some time ago.
He pictured In a gloomy way the im
mense difficulties in driving reindeer
through the narrow defiles and passes
over the snow and ice. Mr. Sefton, in
his talk to Secretary Gage, also re
ferred briefly to the question of duties
on miners' supplies,, but nothing sig
nificant was said on either side, so far
as could be learned.
Mr. Sefton expected to have a confer
ence with Secretary of War Alger this
afternoon, but was unable to do so on
account of the latter's physical condi
tions. It is barely possible, though not
probable, that Gen. Alger will be able
to have the conference tomorrow fore
noon. Otherwise Mr. Sefton and As
sistant Secretary of War Meilklejohn
will have a conference on the situation
tomorrow afternoon. This, however,
has not been finally flettled.
If Secretary Bliss returns in time to
morrow, there also v ill be a conference
between him and th.: Canadian minis
ter. The latter is also expected to dis
cuss the question further with Secre
tory Gage. Mr. Sefton contemplates
leaving here for Ottawa tomorrow, but
tcr.ight stated he expected to remain
until Friday afternoon. He has been
through the passes in the Alaskan
country, though not in the winter sea
son, and he says he does not think the
snowfalls would level up the parses for
the transportation purposes that have
been suggested. Mounted police of the
Canadian government have been taking
in relief supplies via Skaguay, it has
been stated, in the course of confer
ences on the subject, and they are
building caches for preservation of the
goods about seventy-five or 100 miles
apart.
E. S. Rosenfleld, general manager of
the company, controlling the newly de
vised snow and ice engines today sub
mitted a proposition to the secretary of
of astronomy, the first day of the 24th year
of our reign (22nd January, 1898), there will
yet be another ecllpee of the «un. We are
filled with forebodings at this news, and
hasten to seek within ourselves for sins
which may have thus' brought the wrath of
high heaven upon the land. We further com
mand that the ceremonies o€ congratulations,
usually held on New Year's day in the Taiho
throne hall be curtailed and only ordinary
obeisance be made, the place being changed
to the Chien Tslng throne hall, instead of
the Taio Ho throne hall. The banquet usu
ally given to the Imperial clansmen on New
Year's day must be stopped, and when the
eclipse occurs let all members of the court
wear sober garments and assemble In the in
ner palace before the altar set up to heaven
to pray for forbearance and mercy to the
country at large. This Is so far as shall
concern ourselves to show our desire to pro
plceate high heaven, but as her majesty, the
empress dowager, 1b an elder and senior, it is
but right that the full ceremonies be observed
in paying the courts obeisances on New
Year's day to her majesty. Let all the
yamens concerned take note.
they aroused themselves,' and Miss Crano was
asked to leave. The affair created some stir,
especially as Miss Crane is a very pretty girl
and most fascinating in her manners. The
young woman's real name Is Bows, and she
is the daughter of a physician, in this city, of
excellent social position. Her family and
friends are much amused over the affair at
Charleston, and attribute It to prudery or
jealousy on the part of the chaperons at the
Charleston cotillon. Miss Crane, or Bows, Is
a member of Hoyt's "A Stranger In New
York" company, and Is one of the cleverest
actresses on the stage.
Canadian Envoy Doubt; the
Real Necessity for a Klondike
Relief Expedition.
war for transportation of 160 tons of
government supplies from the head of
Lynn canal to Dawson City at twenty
five cents per pound of weight. All
arms, accoutrements and rations of the
army detachment, not exceeding fifty
tons, are to be carried free both ways.
The scheme contemplates sending the
trains over one of these three routes.
The Dalton route from Halnes Mission,
the Chllkoot route from Dyea, or the
White pass from Skaguay.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am
bassador, sent an official communica
tion today to the secretary of state an
ncunclng that the British government
will permit the detachment of the
United States army accompanying
the government relief expedition
to cross British territory in
making the trip. The detachment will
be accompanied by a representative of
the Canadian government as an escort
while passing over British soil.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 29.— A deputa
tion of Klondike miners will be receiv
ed by the minister of customs on Wed
nesday next. The members of the dele
gation wire that they met MaJ. Walsh
and party encamped at Salmon river,
where they will have to remain until
next March. There is said to be no
possibility of an advance before then.
At the time the thermometer registered
seventy-two degrees below zero. The
delegates also wire cheering news as to
the situation at Dawson. They say
that all danger of famine is passing
for this winter. A considerable number
of the miners made their way down the
Yukon to where food supplies were ob
tainable from the stranded steamers.
The mounted police then made such a
disposition of the provisions remaining
at Dawson City as will enable all hands
to pull through the winter comfortably
enough as regards food.
KLONDIKE SUPPLIES.
Bids Will Be Aalced of St. Panl Job
bers.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.— Capt. D. L.
Brainard, who is to lead the govern
ment Klondike relief expedition and is
now at the Virginia hotel, is busy pre
paring and sending to papers in St.
Paul, Kansas City, Seattle, Tacoma.
Portland, San Francisco and In this
city, advertisements for proposals for
supplying the food. The advertise
ment calls for the delivery of 200,000
pounds of food at Pkaguay not later
than Feb. 5. The more important Items
called for are 75,000 pounds of bacon,
112,000 pounds of flour, 6.000 pounds of
beans and peas, 4,000 pounds of butter
and 1.000 cans of condensed milk.
SHY ON STENOGRAPHERS.
Ituetgrert'i* Attorney* Endeavoring;
to Take a Longhand Report.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.— Unable to eon
vir.ee the court that the prosecution in
the Luetgert case should furnish the
defense with a duplicate stenographic
report of the evidence, on account of
the inability of Luetgert to pay for the
st< nographers, the attorneys for the
sausage manufacturer today com
menced trying to take a verbatim re
port of the testimony in long hand.
The consequence was that very little
progress was made. Mr. Harmon says
he will take the proceedings verbatim
if it takes six months, and in case
Luttgert Is unable to make arrange
ments for stenographers to do the
work, the trial, from present Indications,
may be stretched out indefinitely.
PRJCK TWO CENTS joxt»aht«'
GUARDING THEIR TARIFF PLUM
Lumbermen Object to Having the Two-Dollar White
Pine Rate Reduced.
RECIPROCITY IS ALL RIGHT IN THEORY.
Each Industry Willing to Have^ It at the Expense ol
Some Other— lf They Must Bear the Brunt Lum
bermen Will Try to Get Along Without a New
Canadian Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— The lum
ber and other interests which might
be effected by reciprocity treaties are
watching closely through their repre
sentatives here all that concerns their
special interests. The principal repre
sentative of the lumbermen Is Mr. Tu
nis, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the National Lumbermen's
association. He has had several inter
views with Mr. Kasson, who Is in
charge of reciprocity negotiations for
the state department, and has received
the following letter from him announc
ing the success of efforts to prevent
Argentine striking a blow at Ameri
can pine:
Washington, Dec. 29.— 1t may gratify you to
know that an official table from Mr. Bu
chanan, our energetic minister at Buenoa
Ayres, Informs us that the Argentine chamber
of deputies has declined the government's
proposition for the Increase of duty on yellow
pine, leaving the present rates in force. The
bill awaits the further action of the other
chambers.
Mr. Tunis has also been Informed
that a cable from our minister at Rio
announces that the Brazilian govern
ment will remove the discriminating
exactions against our ship owners,
which would result In the resumption
of our flour trade with that port. He
is of the opinion that the discriminat
ing clauses of the Dlngley bill caused
these decisions of Brazil and Argen
tine.
Lumbermen now are chiefly appre
hensive that their product may have to
bear the brunt of Canadian reciprocity
negotiations, and Mr. Tunis today au
thorized the following interview on
this phase of the reciprocity problem:
"It is evident the administration is
bent on a commercial treaty with Can
ada, under section 4 of the Dingley
bill. As chairman of the executive
committee of the National Lumber-
FIGHT FOR
A MILLION.
NEW TORK, Dec. 29.— A score of
men, representing 2,000 shares of the
preferred stock of the Herring-Hall-
Marvin Safe company, which recently
went into the hands of a receiver, met
in this city today to hear the report of
W. C. Taylor, Spencer A. Jennings and
Philip Hathaway, a special committee
appointed last week to Investigate the
charges of mismanagement on the part
of those in charge of the affairs of the
company. Mr. Tyler called the meeting
to order, saying the committee had dis
covered facts in relation to the man
agement of the company which were
remarkable and which disclosed the
reasons for the losses as well as the
cause for the action of the company's
most active rival in securing a judg
ment for $8,000. Mr. Tyler then called
upon Mr. Hathaway, who had prepared
a written report, in which he said in
part:
"Those of us who were startled when,
a short time ago, we received word
that the voting trustees were to spring
a surprise upon us by calling a meeting
for the purpose of reorganizing the
company, at which they were determin
ed to abandon the name, Herrlng-Hall-
Marvln and adopt the new name of the
American Safe Manufacturing compa
ny, were still more surprised to learn
a day or two later that Moses Mosler,
our rival, was the president of the ex
ecutive committee, and that a second
member of the committee was In close
relationship with him, which left us
only one representative on the com
mittee.
"The next discovery was that our new
plant In Hamilton, 0., adjoins the plant
in which the Mosler safes are made.
Whether or not Mr. Mosler ran our
business in our Interests or his own, I
will not say, but I will say his at
tempt to put us out of business by se-
J^titi-Hanna
Forces Alligning.
COLUMBUS, 0.. Dec. 29.-There was
an influx of legislators tonight and the
scenes about the hotel lobbies Indicated
that the senatorial election is the ab
sorbing question, although the scram
ble for place in the orgaization of the
house and senate is livelier than for
I several sessions. That the anti-Hanna
j Republicans, led by Charles Kurtz, will
' test the strength of their forces in the
! organization of the legislature was in
dic-ated by the unofficial announcement
! that Representative Mason, of Cleve
! land would oppose Representative Box
well' of Warren county, for speaker.
Mr ' Mason, accompanied by Repre
sentative Bramley. of Cleveland both
of whom are known to be unfriendly to
Senator Hanna, opened headquarters
at the Great Southern hotel today, and
it was generally understood that the
anti-Hanna men would conduct their
campaign from that place. Allen O.
Meiers is the apparent leader of the
Democrats in the proposed fUHton.with
the anti-Hanna Republicans. Mr. Mey
i ers has given out that the Democratic
members of the house will support Rev.
Mason for speaker and C. H. Gerrlsh,
! of Columbus, one of Mr. Kurtz's lieu
i tenants, for clerk of the house, in oppo
! sition to John R. Malloy. The anti
j Hanna Republicans, it Is generally un
derstood, are to turn all the other of
fices of the house over to the Demo
crats in consideration of the election of
the men chosen by Mr. Kurtz for speak
er and clerk- Within the last few days
men's convention. I have said to Com
missioner Kasson what we said to the
last congress, that the great interest
we represent, employing more than
600,000 working men, and directly sup
porting a population of more than
3,000,000, asks for no special privilege.
While lumbermen are willing to pay
a duty on other manufactured goods
equal to 40 to 50 per cent of their
value, they only ask for their own less
than 20 per cent. As they then said,
they are unwilling to be singled out
of all the other manufacturing Indus
tries of this country to test the theo
ries of free trade. They are now un
willing to be understood as opposing
any policy of the government looking
to the extension of our export trade
and will cheerfully go as far in the
consummation of that policy as will
any other interest, but, as a matter of
principle, policy and business, the aV=
erage American student of every day
affairs can see no more reason, justice
or demand for reciprocity with Canada
than with her imperial mother, our best
customer for our wheat, corn, hay,
cotton and lumber, all of which she
buys, not on any sentimental grounds,
but simply because she wants them.
"The danger to our Interests lies In
reciprocity with nations located in' the
same temperate zones as our own. and
of whose products we are entirely in
dependent. The case may be different
in the countries In the tropics, pro
ducing things which we need and
which cannot be produced at ljome.
Representatives and senators from tha
South, regardless of politics, realize
that a reduction in the duty of white
pine would be as harmful to them
and their constituents as it Is to the
white pine, hemlock and spruco inter
ests of Michigan, Wisconsin. Pennsyl
vania, Minnesota. New York. New Krig
land and the Pacific coast, and, In
view of the hearty approval given by
their constituents to their votes in fa
vor of raising the duty on white pine
to $2, will oppose this article being
singled out for lower duties in Cana
dian reciprocity negotiations."
To Be Made by the Stockhold
ers of the Marvin- Hall
Safe Company.
curing a Judgment for the small
amount of $8,000 and putting our work
in charge of the sheriff, makes me sus
picious. I have seen such balance and
profit and loss sheets as have been sub
mitted by the accountants of the com
pany. For Instance, in the balance
sheet of '94, the sum of $180,000 paid as
quarterly dividends to preferred stock
holders, was set down among the as
sets of the company. The same balance
sheets show that during '94, the first
year of the organization, the company
lost $22,815. That was a gnat disap
pointment to us, but in ''jr. the balance
sheet showed a loss of $208,647. In each
instance the depreciation in the value
of machinery was omitted. In '94, the
proceeds of the sales of safes amounted
to $1,239,000. The cost of producing th»;
safes is placed at $965,587, and the run
ning expenses are placed at $377.9. r ,7. In
1895 the proceeds on the output amount
ed to only $1,552,476, and the running
expenses were advanced to $515,723.
Listen to some of the items: $07,496 for
rent, $74,724, taxes and insurance; $26,
--000, salaries for managers, and $46,001
office rent.
"Now, gentlemen, I have to say In
conclusion that we paid a million dol«
lars too much In the start. We havi
lost a million and have got a million
left. I believe that a million Is worth
saving and I am in favor of the ap
pointment of a committee to take Im
mediate steps to reorganize the com
pany in order to save what we can."
A few of the holders of common stocl
met at the office of A. E. Wo.idruff. whfl
has been retained to look after th<ii
interests. M. Taylor was also present
and upon his promise that their Inter*
ests would be looked after, th- mr-i-tlna
adjourned without action. The sheriff
today received an attachment for $12 -
867 against the Herring-Hall. Marvin
company In favor of Warren C. ftrund
age on assigned claims of Dean &
Shibbley for money loaned and on
notes.
Democratic Leaders flay
Not Be Able to Hold Their
Hen for Fusion.
strong opposition has arisen from cer
tain Democrats to the proposed fusion,
and It is now certain that all the Dem
ocratic members cannot be whipped
into line. Several Democratic member*
who arrived In the city tonight stated
emphatically that they would not vote
for any one except a Democrat for
United States senator. There was a
conference of Republican leaders at
Maj. Dicks' rooms in the afternoon and
tonight, but it was stated that they
were merely talking over the situation.
Maj. Dicks stated that Senator Han
na's re-election was assured.
It was significant that Representative
Snyder, of Green county, who was for
merly counted as an anti-Hanna man,
was conspicuous at Maj. Dicks' head
quarters and working in Senator Han
na's Interest. Several Republican mem
bers upon their arrival today were
claimed by Mr. Kurtz's lieutenants as
opposed to Senator Hanna, but on being
pressed, admitted they Intended to vote
for him. While Mr. Kurtz denies him
self to all public Interviews, he still
asserts to his confidential friends that
Senator Hanna will be defeated.
Simply Tired of Life.
Special to the Globe.
MANKATO Minn., Dec. 29.— Joseph Koenlg
committed suicide today by the use of strych
nine. He was years old, unmurri. d, and
formerly tci.dtd bar in a Kaloon. The de
ceased was out of employment at the tlmo
of his dtath. No cause is assigned for the
raah deed. He carried $3,0*0 lift- insurance
in the Doited Workmen and the Knlghu of
Honor lodgei.