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TODAY'S WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.— Forecast for
Wednesday: Minnesota — Generally fair;
westerly winds.
Tho Dakotas— Generally fair; variable
■winds.
Montana — Partly cloudy; southwesterly
winds.
Wisconsin— Rain, probably followed by fair
weather In western portion; light variablo
■Winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau. Washington Jan. 11, fi:4B
p. m. Local Time, S p. m. 79th Meridian
Time. — Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Tern. I Place. Tern.
St. l'aul INQu'Appello 12
Jiuluth 2H .Minnedosa 12
Huron 28| Winnipeg 10
Bismarck 11
■Williston 2n Buffalo 40-42
Havre 26, Boston 37-38
Helena 22, Cheyenne 20-36
Edmonton 'il Chicago 44-14
Uattleford 10; Cincinnati 50-50
Prince Albert itVMyntreal 0-2
Calgary .-. ...V.Xew Orleans .. ..70-78
Medicine Hat 28. New York 3G-40
Swift Current IS Plttsburg 46-48
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer. 29.82; mean temperature, 26;
relative humidity, 92; wind at 8 p. m., north
west; weather, cloudy; maximum tempera
ture, 31; minimum temperature, 22; daily
r.-ingo, <); amount of precipitation in last
twenty-four hours, trace.
Note— Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
because: their deeds are evil.
The majority in the senate that Is
favorable to the Hawaiian treaty has
most fittingly determined to consider it
behind closed doors. It is 6 very old
story that men love darkness and hate
the light because their deeds are evil.
There is every reason why this Ha
waiian treaty should receive considera
tion in open session; there Is none why
tho restrictions of the executive ses
sion should be thrown about it. All the
diplomatic processes which have led up
to its proposing have been given to the
people. We have the terms of the
treaty itself, the circumstances of its
consideration by th- Hawaiian govern
ment and tho correspondence relating
to It. The whole subject has been
f i\( n to the press and to the public,
and discussion of it has been free and
Intelligent. Tt is, as the opponents of
the treaty well say, a question entire
ly separated from complications and
from those relations which are used
in other cases as a pretext for secrecy.
As a matter of fact, the rule of the
executive session is always evil and
obsolete, and ought to be abolished. In
this particular instance, however, the
arguments by which it has been sup
port« <1 in the past fall completely to the
ground. It is not possible that any
secret should be disclosed or any
<>ff( use given to any other nation in
tho world, because none other has the
slightest claim upon Hawaii or the
slightest interest in our taking or leav
ing it. The whole matter can be con
sidered openly and exhaustively with
out diplomatic embarrassment in any
quarter.
That the friends of the treaty are
opposed to this is simply another proof
of the weakness and the wickedness
of tlv.'ir cause. They have had too
much public discussion already for the
good of their nefarious plot. The long
er this treaty project has been before
the public, the more general and em
phatic hss been the condemnation that
it elicited. The people of this country
have been rarely stirred by a proposal
to take in these distant islands, with
the ir low-caste population, their lit
tle clio.ue of unprincipled rulers and
their exposed position, that would make
tin in a constant menace to the safety
of tho nation and would cost, before
they were through with it, a billion
dollars in cash for the support of a
navy eeiual to that of any of the great
powers in the North Pacific. On the
other hand, the considerations that
are advanced are such as appeal wholly
to the jingo. The man who simply takes
thf position that we want to "extend
cur territory;" that we must keep in
line with the land grabbers of the
vcrld. and that a future of colonial
extension and military aggrandizement
is our happy destiny, is beyond the
reach of other arguments. Aside from
him. th n advocates of Hawaiian annex
ation cherish motives that will not bear
the light of day.
Neither of these positions will stand
public scrutiny or can afford to have
the searchlight of publicity thrown
upon it. It is to be expected, there
fore, that the advocates of this treaty
Bhculd scuttle off with it into the in
most recesses of the senate chamber,
should lock the doors and draw down
the blinds and, in that whispering
darkness, make ready to consummate
the infamy against which true and
patriotic Americanism revolts. Let us
hope that their plan may carry with it
its own discomfiture. The privacy
which they have decreed fortunately
conceals nothing from the American
people. Such Is the contempt felt by
free-spirited senators, themselves, for
the executive session that the pro
ceedings are published as quickly a»
they are taken. We will know what
liappc-ns there, and the people will
knew who are the men that stand for
and by the best traditions of Ameri
can independence, and who are they
who seek to pattern this nation's fate
upon the hated model of Europe's buc
caneers. It is absolutely an issue for
or against the country, as far as this
Hawaiian business is concerned. Its
opponents should do battle in the dark
ness that its followers have sought,
and there defend to the death the prin
ciples, the integrity and the purity of
the republic.
OP COURSE HE DID.
Mr. Mark Hanna is a man of judi
cious economy, as well as of abundant
means. He sized up the situation yes
terday with the eye of a cautious hus
bandman and gathered in exactly the
number of votes necessary to secure
his re-election. He did not waste a
nickel or purchase an unnecessary
man. He is a thrifty genius, is Mar
cus, and while he is willing to put up
all that he has to, he is not going to
be bled except to a purpose. How
much it cost Mr. Hanna to secure his
re-election will never be known. What
the American people do know is their
experience of the saturnalia of dis
gusting political crime that has held
the boards at Columbus for the last
few weeks. We declaim about lynch
ing bees as a stain upon the American
name, and decry the want of fineness
in national manners sometimes; but no
disgrace is comparable with that fas
tened upon us by this offering of sen
atorshlps in the auction mart, this
placing American dignity and honor
and political place in the open sham
bles. What respect can attach to the
United States senate when men are
chosen to it in this way, and what
must be the educative effect upon
young men entering politics in Ohio,
to have seen a leading candidate held
up by members of the legislature as
truly as if it had been at the point of
a revolver and his pockets gone
through until the highwaymen had ob
tained their demand?
As the Globe has said from tho
beginning, there was never a really
reasonable doubt of Mr. Hanna's elec
tion. The Forakers and Bushnells, no
doubt, would have liked to put a dan
gerous rival out of the way, but they
could not compass his defeat.' The fact
that there was a movement against
him was utilized by boodlers in the
legislature, and they found it the op
portunity of a lifetime. Practically
the entire antl-Hanna demonstration
was a game in which one set of fellows
captured the organization and such
stray bits of patronage as were lying
about, and another set levied black
mail on Mark Hanna and compelled
him to make terms or suffer defeat. If
there has been anything more disgrace
ful in American history than this
shameless degradation of a political
event of the first magnitude to the
strictly commercial basis, we cannot
recall it. Mr. Hanna had contracted
for his goods and they have been de
livered to him; and Mr. McKinley is
relieved from the dread apprehension
that his first lieutenant will not be
the leader of his cohorts next time,
and that Ohio will fall away from the
standard. At what a price has this
personal gain been purchased, and how
deep and black the pit which Republi
can politics continually opens before
the decent and honorable people of
this nation!
A CLEAN SWEEP.
If the simon-pure gospel of Republi
canism is to be followed, it appears
that we shall not need to wait until
the next election, or until Mr. Doran
is able to carry out his policies, for
that "clean sweep" in the public of
fices of this city that Is so dear to
the Republican spoilsman's heart. Mr.
Wolterstorff is quoted, in an interview
in the Dispatch, upon the lamentable
outcome of Mayor Doran's attempt to
revolutionize the water board in the
interest of Republican politics. Mr.
Wolterstorff mingles his briny tears
with those of Mr. Doran. It is to him
the most outrageous thing that com
petent men should be continued In
their places, although they are con
fessed Democrats, when there are pa
triotic Republicans anxiously waiting
for a chance at the crib.
Then, too, Mr. Wolterstorff notices,
as the Globe pointed out the other
day, that Mr. Bement, who claims to
be a Republican, has been guilty of the
hideous crime of lese majeste. "I no
tice that he admits," says Mr. Wol
terstorff, "that he said some very harsh
things about the mayor in his conver
sation with me. I should think he
did. After talking in that manner to !
us about the appointing power, I can
not say that there is any other honor
able course for him to pursue than to
resign from the position he holds." We
have it, therefore, on the authority of
this eminent Republican, that a per
son who holds the views which Mr.
Bement is credited with entertaining,
also with expressing them in some
what vigorous terms, cannot hold with
propriety an office under the present
administration. All persons so men
tally afflicted, all who are not filled
with reverence for Mr. Doran's "hal
lowed person," and who do not put on
the darkest shade of smoked specta
cles when they gaze upon the scintil
lations of his magnificent intelligence,
are unfit for public station; and, by
that token, they should bring their of
fices, badges, honors and emoluments,
cast them down at the feet of our
mighty municipal ruler, put their fore
heads in the dust and cry "peccavi,"
and depart thereafter Into everlasting
humiliation and nothingness.
The new rule, therefore, and what we
may assume to be a fundamental prin
ciple of local Republicanism, is that the
man who fails in reverence for Mr.
Doran is not fit to hold local office,
and that there Is nothing for him to
do but to resign his place. We have
this from the lips of the disciple who
has learned wisdom and grounded him
self in the faith at the feet of his mas
ter—Mr. Wolterstorff himself. If this
be Republican doctrine, and it seems to
be so accepted, we see no escape from
a general exodus of officeholders from
the places now occupied by them at
the city hall. If no man who regards
Mayor Doran as beneath his contempt,
if no man who cherishes, secretly or
openly an utter loathing of his politics
and policies, if no man who entertains
such opinions as have been credited to
Mr. Bement is fit to hold local station,
then probably every Republican now
in office in Ramsey county, aside from
Mr. Wolterstorff, and not impossibly
including that gentleman himself,
THE SAINT PAUC GLOBE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1898.
should hand In his resignation to
morrow.
Local Republicanism is a rather odor
iferous article and can stand a pretty
severe test, but we incline to think
that even its ancient impregnability
would fail if the inmost recesses of the
hearts of its votaries were penetrated,
and if it were required that within the
sanctuary of each of them should be
found an altar decorated and lighted
in honor of the eminent statesman who
occupies the mayor's office In St. Paul.
No Democrat will object to the appli
cation of Mr. Wolterstorff's rule. If
a Republican who does not venerate
Mr. Doran is not fit to hold office un
der him, there will be as many vacan
cies about town tomorrow as there are
places, and a clean sweep of offices
could be had without the application of
the official ax.
_ — _^_
CLEVELAND'S EXTENSION ORDERS.
With the Incoming of this Republican
administration, with its accompani
ment of a rush of hungry and clamor
ous offioeseekers, there came a fierce
denunciation, of the extensions of the
classified lists by the executive or
ders of the prior administration. The
final order of May, 1896, was especial
ly attacked. Mr. Cleveland had wait
ed, it was said, until near the close
of Ms administration and until Demo
crats had been snugly ensconced in
the places which, uip to that time, had
been without the classified lists, to
issue a sweeping order that brought
them within the snug harbor of fed
eral salaries and permanent tenure.
So persistent was this that even Re
publican papers, that stand staunch
ly by the cause of the reform, were
Imposed upon and have lent their in
fluence to the demand of the spoilsmen
for the revocation of that order.
It Is well to examine into the allega
tion to see If it ia well founded. Un
der the executive order revising the
civil service rules, issued May 6, 1806,
there were brought within the rules
21,372 places. But of these there were
5,063 places In the navy department,
in the navy yards for the most part,
wlii oh had been virtually included by
the action of Secretary Tracy In 1890,
by h!s order preventing removals for
partisan reasons and requiring 1 ap
pointments to be made after investi
gation directed towards competency.
There were also 5,536 places In the
life saving, marine hospital, revenue
cutter service and other treasury
bureaus that have been for years, un
der both party administrations, within
the spirit of the rules. This leaves
20,773 previously at the disposal of tne
spoilsmen, but taken from them by
that order. This is nearly the number
withdrawn either by President Harri
son's orders of extension, Secretary
Tracy's rules for the navy department,
and the railway mail service employes
brought In by Harrison's suspension of
Cleveland's order of December. 18S8,
numbering 19,073.
Again it is an erroneous impression
tl:at Mr. Cleveland, in his two terms,
made extensions that exceeded in the
number of employes included those
brought within the lists by Arthur and
Harrison. Making the transfers to
Harrison's term of the railway mail
service and navy yard employes, and
leaving to Cleveland the number en
gaged in the field service of the war
department, previously practically
within the llsits, we have 32,987 places
brought within the rules by executive
order or departmental action under Re
publican administrations, and 27,892
under the two terms of Mr. Cleveland.
This is independent of the natural in
crease of the number classified by
virtue of admissions after examina
tion to fill vacancies and places new
ly created under acts of congress, the
number of which is 10,752, making the
total number 71,641. Nor is It true
that the last order of Mr. Cleveland
covered with its protection Democrats
only. Of the 2,709 employes of the
government printing office included,
1,878 had been appointed by Mr. Pal
mer, Mr. Harrison's pppointee, one of
the rankest of the spoilsmen, and, 842
had been appointed by Mr. Benedict,
his successor. Assuming that each
selected men of his own party, the
order of May, 1896, included two Re
publicans to one Demoorat. In these
days of Republican antl-clvll service
leagues and. Galllnger-GTOsvenior at
tacks, mildly encouraged by papers
that pretend to sustain the reform, it
is well to have the facts on which to
form Judgment instead of the exag
gerated assertions of the ravenous but
baffled hunters for spoils.
As a naval station and as a sugar producer
the islands would undoubtedly be a valuable
acquisition if they could be secured in such
a manner as to not be embarrassing in the
future. — Northfleld News.
Here we have the contradiction of a paper
that wants tho beet sugar Industry of this
country encouraged, fostered with tariffs and
bounties, so we can produce all tho sugar we
use and so save a hundred million annually,
regarding as a "valuable acquisition" the
Hawaiian islands because they are a ''sugar
producer." Minnesota appropriates $5, C00 to
buy beet seed and offers a bounty of a cent
a pound on all sugar made from state-grown
beets, and her senators work to annex
Hawaii, co that her 300,000 tons ot sugar can
have free access to our markets, surar made
by coolie labor to compete with sugar mada
by our farm labor. Evidently none of these
wears tho Jewel of consistency.
-<»n..
Did anybody hear Senator Chandler threaten
to resign?— St. Paul O1 o b o.
Never. He ia not of the sort that runs when
there is a fight on. — Duluth News-Tribune.
Possibly; but he took mighty good care
thirty-odd years ago not to get where there
was a fight on. Ho preferred a seat In a
New Hampshire legislature. We admit that,
since fighting ceased, ho has been excessively
valiant — with his mouth.
State Treasurer Koerner's report, Dec. 31,
showed a balance of $269,000 In the treasury.—
Benson Times.
But tho balance belongs mostly to funds
that must remain intact, like the school fund.
You miss the Important statement that the
revenue fund, the great arterial fund, ia
| overdrawn $185,461, increasing three-fold the
deficiency of $54,000 shown In November. Why
don't you tell the whole truth?
We had supposed, with all the world, that
the only papers which supported the bene-
I flclarles of "double dealing" and "low-iivcd
trickery" were those hidebound, partisan Re
publicans.—St. Paui Dispatch.
Your opportunity 'or knowing is so g:>O'l
that no one will presume to question the
accuracy of your supposition.
SAVED BY SPEAKER
VOTE OX A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE
CIVIL SERVICE DEBATE
A TIE.
COMMISSION PROVISION IN.
EFFORT OF THE; SPOILSMEN TO
STOP THE APPROPRIATION
A FAILURE.
THE HOUSE PASSES THE MEASURE.
After Several ; Days of Debate the
Merit System Wins a Victory
In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— The civil
service debate which was Inaugurated !
in the house a week ago, closed today.
It opened with a row, but ended very
tamely. There was not even a vote on
the appropriation in the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill for the commission, upon which
the debate was predicated. The Re
publicans who are seeking to modify
or repeal the law decided to let the de
bate come to a close today, but it re
quired the casting vote of the speaker
to accomplish, this. There are con
flicting statements as to the situation
in which the future conduct of the war
against the civil service law is left. All
the Republican opponents of the law
agree that the fight Is to be kept up
and it is positively stated by Mr. Pear
son (Rep., N. C), that assurance 5 ?
have been received from those in au
thority In the house that an oppor
tunity will be given in the future for
the consideration of a bill to modify
the law. But from other sources the
statement cannot be confirmed.
The debate was quite dull until the
closing hour, when Mr. Simpson, the
Kansas Populist, enlivened it with
some references to the Ohio senatorial
election. Mr. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, made a clear statement of the
minority position which indicates that
the minority will vote to repeal but
not to modify the law. The principal
speech of the day was made by Mr.
Brosius, chairman of the civil service
committee, who defended the law in a
two-hour speech.
Mr. Moody (Rep., Kan.), in charge
of the pending bill, in accordance with
the notice given by him yesterday,
moved in the house today, immediately
after the reading of the journal, that
all debate on the civil service item
be closed today at 5 o'clock. Consider
able opposition was manifested to the
motion, but thie steering committee of
the Republican opponents of the civil
service law had agreed to this pro
gramme. The antagonism today to the
motion to close debate came, there
fore, principally from the Democrats.
The latter were supported by the Pop
ulists and a few Republicans, who be
lieved the debate should go on. After
some wrangling, the previous question
was ordered on the demand of Mr.
Moody, but the rising vote on the ac
tion to close the debate was very close,
ayes, 92; nays, 85, and on the demand
of the Democrats the roll was called.
When the call was concluded, the mo
tion to close debate stood defeated by
six votes. A reconsideration of the vote
was called for, and it was whisper td
about that assurances had been receiv
ed from the rules committee that time
would be given for the consideration of
the measure prepared by the Republi
can opponents of the law. Three Re
publicans then changed their votes,
making it a tie. The speaker announc
ed the vote 125 to 125.
"A tie," added the speaker, "and the
chair votes aye." Thus the speaker
saved the day and the motion to close
the debate was carried. The Repub
licans applauded most vociferously.
The debate was then resumed. Mr.
Brosius, the chairman of the committee
en civil service, opened the day's de
bate with an elaborate defense of the
merit system ar.d an argument for
sustaining the law.
After some remarks by Messrs. Bell
(Pop.. Col.) and Mr. Eddy (Rep., Minn.),
Mr. Simpson (Pop. ,Kan.) enlivened the
closing hour of the debate with a ref
eience to the senatorial contest in Ohio.
He said the debate had been prolonged
while the Republicans out in Ohio were
making promises to the boys in the
trenches in the interest of Senator
Hanna. It was ; all a bluff, said Mr.
Simpson. Nothing was to be done, and
now that Senator Hanna's election was
secured, the mask was thrown off and
a vote was to be taken tonight on this
bill. Whether the house would have
an opportunity later to consider a bill
for the modification or repeal of the
law would depend on the speaker, said
Mr. Simpson. "He is the whole thing,"
exclaimed Mr. Simpson, "and runs the
house" (laughter).
"Have you consulted the speaker?"
asked Mr. Quigg.
"No," replied Mr. Simpson. "He nev
er consults me, I never consult him."
Mr. Bailey (Dem., Tex.), the leader
of the minority, closed the debate with
his remarks defining the attitude of
the Democrats. With the conclusion of
Mr. Bailey's remarks, the time expired
and the bill was reported to the house.
It was then discovered that those who
desired to vote to strike out the appro
priation for the civil service commis
sion had neglected to make the mo
tion In committee of the whole. The
vote, therefore, could be taken, and the
bill was passed without division. The
agricultural and urgent deficiency bills
were reported to the house, and at 5:20
p. m. the house adjourned.
GOULD CONFIRMED.
New South St. Paul Postmaster
Suits the Senate.
WASHING-TON, Jan. 11.— The sen
ate today confirmed the nominations of
postmasters as follows: L. A. Brooks,
Renville; G. W. Burwell, Blue Earth
City: L. G. Beebe. Winnebago City; J.
C. Bartlett, Lake City; Dura Corbin.
Little Falls; F. H. Coughran. Wortfr
ington; J. V. Campbell, Ada; V. D.
Eddy. Rush City; C. C. Eastman, Wa
dena; E. F. Gould. South St. Paul: J.
T. Hammar, Madison;; J. R. Johnson,
East Grand Forks; J. tßuane, Slayton;
H. L. Strom, Jackson: J. P. Waste,
Plainvlew. i<
North Dakota—^F. S;:Gord. Ellondale;
P. McHugh, Langdon: C. Enchols,
Mandan; O. Howard, Hillsborousrh.
South Dakota— W. S; Char, Sturges;
D. B. Jeffries, Huron; M. B. Kent,
Elk Point; F. Lt. Mease, Madison; J.
Bell, Spearfish. . .
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NO M'KENN A ACTION.
i Nomination *.^itin {'a *>■«><! by the
Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON 3 . Jan' 11.— The senate
committee on judiciary had the nomi
nation of Attorney General McKenna
to be justice of the supreme court un
der consideration 'for rsvo hours today,
but adjourned wi?hou4"reach'ng a con
clusion upon it. The committee ad
journed with the understanding that
the chairman should call another meet
ing for the purpose of taking up the
case in advance of th? regular meet
ing. It was stated that the failure
was due to the general importance
of the nomination, and the general
feeling that full time should be given
to it by the committee.
The time of the commits meeting
today was consumed in reading com-
munications bearing upon the nomina- <
tion. There was a great mass of these,
some of them urging confirmation, and '
others in opposition. There was a
large number of protests against the
nomination from branches of the Amer- (
ican Protective association, and from
some of the foremost members of the
bar of the Pacific coast, besides miscel
laneous letters from other parts of th©
country. The charges were generally
that Mr. McKenna had not had the le
gal training and judicial experience to
fit him for the position. There was
also a disposition manifested on the
part of some to tomahawk him also
because of his membership in the Cath
olic church. The members of the com
mittee did not enter upon any discus
sion of the nomination. Only one Dem
ocratic member expressed an opinion
during the meeting, and that was fa
vorable to confirmation. The meeting
will be held again Thursday, when it i 9
hoped to secure favorable action.
Submitted to Gary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— TheTe la a lull
in the Bismarck postoffice fight today. Con
gressman Johnson decided not to accompany
Mr. Wilson to the White house, to protest
against Mrs. Patterson's appointment. The
matter will be left in the hands of Post
master General Gary, who will go over all
the papers in the case, before taking It up
with the president. Senator Hansbrough fe&U
confident that President McKlnley will stick
to the original appointment and that refer
ence to Gen. Gary Is only for the purpose i
of giving all sides a hearing.
Notv Consuls.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— The prejld:nt to
day cent these nominations to the senate:
Treasury — John H. Landls, of Pennsylvania,
coiner of the mint at Philadelphia,
To Be Consuls— W. Maxwell Gresn.of Rhode
Island, at Bermuda; Joshua Wiltwur, of
Rhode Island, at Dublin, Ireland; Henry D.
Saylor, of Pennsylvania, at Matanzas, Cuba,
Interior— De Witt C. Tufts, to be receiver
of public moneys at Fargo, N". D.
Postmaster— Ethan L. Trovitt, at Fort
Madison, 10.
SCANT AT CIRCLE CITY.
Food Supply There Is Smaller Than
at Daivsoii.
SEATTLE, Jan. 11.— A letter from
Dawson City, dated Dec. 9, says: A
letter from Circle City. Nov. 2. says
the steamer P. B. Weare was frozen
in on her way down. The steamer Vic
toria Is also there. The 300 people
who started for Fort Yukon were
stranded there, but most of them se
cured sleds and continued on their way
down. Circle City, owing to the un
expected increase of population from
Dawson, was almost devoid of food. Of
the 127 residents of that camp, nearly
all were calculating on sending to Fort
Yukon for supplies. Briefly, were it
not for the supplies at Fort Yukon,
which, to a certain extent, are an un
known quantity, the scarcity would
be far more desperate than at Dawson
City.
Joaquin Miller arrived at Dawson
from Circle City Dec. 4 at 11 o'clook.
He was very badly frozen, having lost
a part of the great toe of his left foot,
his left ear was sloughing off, and both
cheeks were frozen. He left Circle City
thirty-five days before in company
with Herald Canovano, of the coast
survey. They started from Circle City
without dogs, having been unable to
secure them. They pulled their out
fit on a sled. Mr. Miller brings a story
of great suffering all along the river
by parties caught in the Ice on their
way to the Yukon. He reports, also,
the death of Charles Anderson, a man
from Brooklyn, N. V., who accidentally
shot himself while in a boat about
fifty miles above Circle City.
MILLIONS IN DUST
Waiting at Dairion to Be Brought to
the United States.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 11.— The
steamer City of Topeka, from Juneau,
Alaska, had among her passengers nine
men who left Dawson City, Dec. 9.
They were W. J. Jones, Port Town
send, Wash.; D. D. Stewart, Juneau,
Alaska; A. A. Soldier, Nova Scotia; F.
C. Arnold, San Francisco; W. G. Sten
ger, Colville, Wash.; Harry Miller, Col
ville, Wash.; J. Cordroy, Denver;
George Anderson, Tacoma, and Robert
Johnson, Tacoma.
They were twenty-four days coming
from Dawson to the coast. Their jotlr
ney was attended by no special inci
dent. The coldest weather recorded
was 18 below zero. The party brought
out with them $50,000 in gold dust and
drafts. Dog teams were used in mak
ing the trip. The party brings no fea
tures in reference to the food situation
at Dawson. They all agreed that food
is scarce, but that there is no danger
of starvation. If a large number of
persons had not gone down the river
to Fort Yukon and Circle City, to spend
the winter, a different tale would
have been told. F. C. Arnold said:
"There is no danger of starvation. Of
course, there is not food enough, but
that was always true in the Yukon,
and always will be. There is a big
warehouse of beef at Dawson. Next
winter will be far worse than this, be
cause there will be many more people
there."
In reference to the proposed govern
ment relief expedition, all agree that,
while it is not needed to avert actual
want, it will be welcomed nevertheless.
W. J. Jones says: "The output of
gold in the spring will be from $15,000,
--000 to $25,000,000. This opinion is con
curred in by the transportation com
pany managers and Alexander McDon
ald, the richest man in the Klondike.
Five millions of dust is now stored in
Dawson, $3,500,000 of which would have
come out this fall, had the boat reached
Dawson."
RELIEF CALLED OFF.
An Army Officer Advises Against an
Expedition. »
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— A telegram
was received by Adjt. Gen. Breck to
day from Gen. Merrlam, commanding
the department of the Columbia at
Vancouver barracks, that may have
some effect upon the policy of the war
department in extending relief to the
miners in the Klondike. The general
reports that the passengers on the
steamers which have recently arrived
from Alaska all state that there is no
dearth of food at Dawson, and that
the miners will get through the winter
in safety.
Meat Inspector Janscii'M Report.
Meat Inspector Janssen. of the hsalth de
partment, submitted to Dr. St?ne yen erday
a report showing that during the year he had
made visits of Inspection to 3,000 meat mar
kets, 310 slaughter houses. C! 6 cr>m.misrx-n
houses and 520 wholesale meat nooses. Dur
ing the year meat had been oc-ndem-ned as
follows: Beef, 7,720 pounds; mutton and
lamb, 2.529; pork. 4.331; veal. 1,486: cured aid
smoked meats. 1,120; poultry, 1.686; flsh. 188.
arid 5,161 quarts of berries. Eighty spe linens
| of supposed diseased m?at had been dlh'erei
to the bacteriological labratory for examina
tion, of which numbor seventy-two were
found diseased, and eight healthy.
Lecture on Marie Antoinette.
Charles W. Seymour delivered a l?etura
last nLght at the People's church, taking for
his subject "Marie Antoino te." Mr. Seymour
told, in a decidedly interesting fashion, mucTi
of the history and personal characteristics of
the famous woman, the recital of the events
which led to her final end on the guillotine
being listened to with great attention.
Met Col. "Con."
Charles Re'.chou, a stranger, who stopped
In St. Paul yesterday, en route to SauJi Da
kota, from his home at AVpena, Mi:-h.. csn
fided in anether stranger whom he met in
thf Union depot and now mourns the less of
$6.50, by the old check "con" trick.
Line Completed anil Lensrd.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jar. 11.— The
G:and Rnpids, Kalkaska & SouPheiste.n
railway w»< completed today an'l la ed io
tho Cbicagg & West M:c : ) ; s;.it fjr ten yeais.
The rfJZii runs freni Van Buren to Strar.ford,
thirty- L L hreo miles, a: d will bo osed chiefly
to run out the Thaler Lumber c-<m. a^y's
logs.
DAVIS Oil HAWAII
THE MIX.NESOTA SENATOR OPENS
THE DEBATE ON THE ANNEX
ATION TREATY.
HIS VIEWS SEMI-OFFICIAL
STAND OP A MAJORITY OF THE
COMMITTEE VOICED BY
CHAIRMAN.
ARGUMENT NOT YET COMPLETED.
Only a Synopsis of tlie Address
Available, as It Was Behind
Closed Doors.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— Except for
a few minutes given to a controversy
over some minor postofflce confirma
tions, the entire time of the executive
session of the senate today waa con
sumed by Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
in a speech In support of Hawaiian
annexation. Mr. Davis is chairman o£
the senate committee on foreign rela
tions, and his speech was generally ac
cepted as the semi-official utterance of
the majority of the committee. He
spoke about two hours, and, when the
senate adjourned, he had not finished.
The speech was the first on the merits
of the treaty, and on this account and
because of the known fact that Senator
Davis had made a very careful Inves
tigation of the subject, he received the
undivided attention of the members of
the senate regardless of individual
views.
As the speech was delivered behind
closed doors, a verbatim report could
not be secured. The portion of the
speech delivered today consisted of a
review of the relations between this
country and Hawaii during the history
of these islands, and was intended to
show that the United States had ex
ercised a fostering and protecting care
over them from the beginning with
many evidences of the intention to
ultimately making them an integral
portion of the American domain.
"I approach this question," the sen
ator began, "with, I hope, a due sense
of the responsibility Imposed upon me
in beginning a debate the result of
which may be of momentous conse
quence to the future welfare of both
this country and the Hawaiian Islands."
The question, he continued, was one
of importance so vast that one must
necessarily approach it with a certain
degree of timidity, because it was, he
said, very difficult to present all the
points involved as they should properly
be presented, however much care and
attention one might have given to the
subject. The senator, without further
apology, then launched Into the pre
sentation of the subject before the sen
ate. He consumed considerable time
In a general presentation of the rea
sons for annexation, saying that these
were both commercial and strategic.
Referring to the commercial relations
for controlling the Islands in the in
terest of this country, he called at
tention to their location, midway in
the Pacific ocean, and said that any
one with half an eye to the Importance
of the trade of the Orient could dis
cern the fact that they must cut a very
important figure in controlling that
trade for the future.
"As for their military importance,"
said the senator, "It has already be
come evident that the opening of the
new century, which is now so near,
must mark the opening of a new con
dition of affairs in the far East."
Taking up tho question of tho relation
ship between Hawaii and the United States,
Senator Davis presented a very thorough
review of the efforts which had been made
in the past to annex the islands, and pre
sented quotations from many eminent states
men of former times to show, as ho said,
that the best American thought had always
favored this policy.
"Indeed," he continued, "in view of all
the aspects which the ease presents, the
United States cannot afford, either In it 3 own
interests or in the interests of the Hawaiian
peopje, to allow this opportunity to gain con
trol of them to pass. Suppose we should not
ratify the present treaty, could wo con
sistently continue to exercise the right to
prevent other nations from assuming the
control •which we decline to take?"
"In . case," asked Senator Gray, aLso a
nveiL'ber of the committee on foreign rela
tions, "the islands should be annexed. Is It
the po-llcy to have them admitted as a state
of the Union, with their present mixed pop
ulation?"
"Such I do not believe to bo tho purpose
of any one," replied Senator Davis. "I my
self freely admit that the population of Ha
v.aii is not such at the present lime as
would be desirable in an American state, and
for myself I may say that I consider the
character of the population to be one of
the objections to annexation. But the ad
vantage so far outweighs this one clement
as to render it of comparative Inslgnlfl.-ance."
When Senator Davis concluded this portion
of hii speech It was the general understand
ing that he would continue tomorrow, but,
as he has an abundance of material, it is
doubtful whether he will be able to conclude
with one more effort. When ho ceared speak
ing ho was generally congratulated by his
fellow senators upon his comprehensive pres
entation of the subject.
In Che open session of the senate Mr. Fair
banks delivered a set speech on the immi-
g ration bill.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Rev. McNulty returns this week.
Miss Cecil White is home from Fargo.
Judge and Mrs. Flandrau have gone East.
Miss Caroline Saunders has returned to
college.
The Kensington Tea met yesterday on the
West side.
Mrs. Ernst, of 182 Farringto-n avenue, en
tertained at euchre.
Mrs. L. P. Ordway. of Portland avenue
entertains at Euchre th! 3 evening.
Mrs. William Longofellow. of Dubuque is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clark.
Mrs. W. P. Curtis gives a dinner this even
ing at her home, on Goodrich avenue.
Mrs. D. A. Oilman, of the Virginia, enter
tains the Ladies' '97 Euchre club Friday
afternoon.
Miss Jessia Lamb, of Laurel avenue, gives
a skating party for the J. F. F. club Friday
evening.
The B. D. C.'s were entertained Monday
afternoon by Mrs. William IJarker, of 318
Winifred street.
Mrs. Rudolph Rossum, of Goodrich ave
nue, entertains Saturday evening for Miss
Fauquier. MIS 3 Fauquier is an Indianapolis
girl, and has made many friends while in
St. Paul.
Miss Gussie. Richardson makes her debut
this afternoon at a large reception to be
given at her home, on Marshall avenue, by
Mrs. William Henry Richardson and Mrs
William Louis Kelly Jr.
Miss Mayo.of the "Secret Service" company
and Miss Focte, of Waupuu, Wis., were
guests of honor at a luncheon given yester
day by Miss Mc-Culloch. at her home on
Oseeola avenue. The three young women
were classmates at Downer, Milwaukee.
Today, at Howard Lake, takes place the
marriage of Miss Mary E. Milton to Dr
George E. Sherwood, formerly of St Paul
Tomorrow evening Mr. and Mrs. G. W Sher
wood, of this city, will give a large reception
for the young couple at their home, on Maria
avenue.
An experience meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. F. B. Doran a week from to
night, for the benefit of the West Side Monu
ment association. The guests will come pre
pared to tell any thing of interest they may
have experienced during the war, or war
stories in which their parents may have fig
ured.
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Rothschild Itonil.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 11.— It is definitely
announced by A. C. Brataober that the
Rothschilds will build a railroad into the
Yukon country over the Dalton trail. His
brother, Henry Bratnober, of San Francisco,
who Is the Rothschilds' Western representa
tive, has the enterprise in charge. The rail
road will be about 400 miles long. Tb-e cost
of construction and equipment is estimated at
$8,00f1,t00.
ESTERHAZY INNOCENT.
Verdict erf Not Guilty Returned hy
the Military Court.
PARIS, Jan. 11. — The Ester-hazy
court martial depended upon by the
friends of the condemned captain, as
a means of securing freedom or, at
least, a new trial for Dreyfus, came to
an end today. The case for the pros
ecution flattened out, and a unanimous
verdict of not guilty was returned by
the military court. The principal wit
ness of the day was Col. Picquart
whose testimony was taken behind
closed doors.
The taking of the testimony ended a<
5 o'clock this afternoon, when the gov
ernment's representative briefly ad
dressed the court. Counsel for MaJ.
Esterhazy followed. The secret de
liberation of the court martial, which
followed, terminated at 8:15 p. m.,
when the president read the Judgment
as follows:
The president put the following ques
tion to the court: "Is Maj. Es-terhazy
guilty of having had dealings with a
foreign power or its agents, to incite
• them to commit hostilities or under
j take war against France, or procure
the means of doing so?"
The president, in giving his opinion,
said the court, declared unanimously
upon the aforesaid question that the
accused was not guilty.
The president then ordered Maj. Es
terhazy to be liberated.
Mathieu Dreyfus, on emerging, waa
not recognized by the crowd. Col.
Picquart, who followed him, was ac
i companled by some friends. Maj.
j Esterhazy appeared alone at 8:20 p. m.
and proceeded to the prison of Cher
che-Midix. The crowd greeted him
with cries of "Vive l'armee," "Vive la
Commandante Esterhazy," and tried
to shake hands with him. Directly
Esterhazy entered the prison the polica
cleared the streets.
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MILJON IN GOLD.
A Heavy Shipment of Yellow Metal
From Australia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11.— Tho
steamer Alameda from Australia, due
Jan. 13, carries In her strong box near
ly 200,000 sovereigns, equal to al
most $1,000,000, consigned to the Anglo-
Californlan bank, of this city. The re
mittance added to previous ones makes
the total gold received during the pres
ent season from the same source $12,
--500,000, a much larger amount than has
ever come from Australia as balance of
trade in California's favor during tha
same period of time.
MONEY LBAGUE MEETING
Called to Discuss the Plan of the
Commission.
CHICAGO. Jan. 11.— E. V. Smalley.
general secretary of the National
Sound Money league, announces that
a meeting of the executive committee
will be held at Washington, D. C, on
"Wednesday, Feb. 2. The meeting Is
called for the transaction of general
business and to take action on the re
port of the monetary commission In
accordance with a resolution adopted
at the meeting of the executive com
mittee held in New York last Novem
ber. The vice presidents of the league,
comprising one for each state, are also
toi attend this meeting, which will dis
cuss the general Interests of the gold
standard cause.
1 "^^___— . —
PERCENTAGE SCIIEIH LES
Agreed I jmwii for Northern Pnclflo
(<)(LSt HllKillf-SN.
CHICAGO. Jan. 11.— Tho Western roada
havo agreed upon a. schedule of percentage
to be placed on Xorthern Pacific coast busi
ness. The list of tho percentages is a very
long one, and includes all tho territory of
the Western Passenger association and of
tho Transcontinental Passenger association,
and covers business in both directions. All
tickets sold after tho Ist of December last
will come under the agreement. It 13 hoped
by the roads that the long stato of demorali
zation resulting from the large commissions
that havo been paid in the past by tho trans
continental roads on business bound for tha
Northern Pacific, coast will now be dono away
with, as all of tho roads Interested In the
traffic are parties to the agreement.
The Eastern roads have notified tho West
ern lines that they will not .stand any part
of tho commissions paid by the Western roads
0:1 excursion business during November and
December from British Columbia to Eastern
p!onts. The commissions were put in by
tho Western roads for the pnrposo of meet
ing the rates made by tho s\o Hue, and (.3
the Eastern roads received all of tho business
that camo to the Western lines, it being
turned over to them at Chicago, the latter
thought that tho Eastern roads should stand
part of the cost of getting tho bush:
the latter refused to stand any part of it.
and the Western lines will now bo compelled
to stand all tho expense of getting tho busi
ness to come through Chicago.
A meeting of the Northwest) m roads was
held today to consider the matter, and it was
decided that there was no help for the situ
ation.
The situation in east-bound rates continues
to be very shaky. Joseph Letter has been In
terviewing the traffic officials of the Kast
<rn roads to see what they arc willing to do
in the event of his getting ready to send his
wheat to tho seaboard, but he has m
contract with any of tho roads.
Railway N«;'tes.
T. E. Honde hn.s been appointed contracting
agent for the Merchants' Dispatch, at this
place, to succeed .f. A. Simmons, who has
resigned to enter the Insurance bualm ss.
The Western Unm will meet in a day or two
tor take up the question of the division of
comcnislons on tho Canadian excursion busi
ness. These commissions wr-ra rendered
necessary to meet the competition of the Sao
line, and It now appears ;hat th> Wabisn and
Grand Trunk have refused to stand their
share of tho amount paid.
Tho Wagner Palace Car fempany has de
cided to drop colored waiters and cooks and
substitute white mon In their places Tho
change has already gone Into effest on tin
east and we-st-bound limited trains of tho
Lake Shore. Tho new walt.en have die ar!eJ
the white coat and wear full-dre--s suits.
On Feb. 1 will be withdrawn the offer of
tho Oregon Railway and Naviga lon company
to refund thrs 4 per cent consolidated mort
gage bonds maturing in 1943 ai
cent first mortgage bonds maturing in IVY).
Nearly all the 6 per cent bonds have been
refunded.
WALKER TROPHY.
Play for It Begun in Spiti- of AVsitery
rce.
DETROIT, Mich.. Jan. 11.— The o;;er,ln^
games In the International bonspiel were
played this afternoon on the Belle I.s ; and
lagocn. despite the *o:t ana watery Ice. Thir
teen theam.3 participated, all Canadian
the Dt^roit and Grand Rapids dobs. Today
was played tho first d^aw for the Walker
trcphy, double rinks. 10 ends rach. The to
tal scores were as follows: St. Mary's, 26:
.Stratford, 25; Tharnc-sville, 27; Sanila. 36;
Toronto, 24: Em-bro. 19; Petreiia, 19; Ridge
town. 30; Windsor, 24; Glencoe, 27; Detroit
31; Grand Ra-pldi, 24. Woodstock did not
appear to play Chatham, ro Chatham won in
the first draw by default and with the other
winning teams will continue play for the
Walker trophy tomorrow morning.
Corl>ett 11. Customer.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 11.— James J. Corbctt Is
the latest customer of Chris Yon d:-r Ahe for
hls base ball franchise and team. Corbett
said that he would like to buy the Krowns
and was willing to put up a good piece of
money for the club. "In tact.." said the ex
ehamplon. "I have a man working on It
now. t would like to buy, and properly man
aged It would be a good thine;, and would
pay me nicely after I had the team s:rer.guh
ened and going right. Of course, I w.^ulJ
have to lose soms money for a year or tw»,
but in the end 1 would get it all back."
Practice Curling Games.
Three practice games were curled last r.i?ht
on Raspberry island and resulted as fol
lows:
E. D. Heldeii. George Myron.
M. Bend. W. H. Stevenson,
J. Ilouska. H. Johnson.
C. H. Taylor, skip— lo. Dr. S. O. Arnold, skip
—9.
H. R. Martlndell. H. Ward,
Judge Cory, A. 0. Van -.1 •r.'en,
C. 11. Darlow. Dan McMillan.
George Hall, skip— l 7. J. P. Adaniaon. skip
(j
P. H. Mead. Dr. C. A. Van S!y*e.
J. MacNamara. J. H. Rtheldaffer,
Frank McCarthy. George Cunningham,
I Lemuel Dciiel, skip — 3. Tom Scott, skip— 9.