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TODAY'S WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.— Forecast for
Wednesday: Minnesota— Generally fair;
warmer; southerly winds.
Wisconsin— Fair, followed by snow or rain
In southern portion; wanner; light to fresh
southeasterly wine's.
The Dakotas— Generally fair; warmer;
Eouth to southwest winds.
Montana— Lieht snow or rain; southwester
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Washington, .Tan. is, 6:48
p. m. Local Time, S p. m. rath Meridian.
Time.— Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place, Tern. Swift Current 24
Place, Tern. Qu'Appelle 14
St. Paul 2S Mmnedosa 10
Iniluth 32|Winnlpeg 24
Huron SO
Bismarck 26; Buffalo 32-36
Williston 30, Boston 30-34
Havre 36, Cheyenne 18-28
Helena 3i Chicago :•:';- 12
Edmonton 22 Cincinnati £0-41
ISattU'ford S Montreal 2S-21
Prince Albert 8 New Orleans 58-58
Calgary 26 New York 36-40
Medicine' Hat :» Pittsburg 38-42
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer. 30.26; mean temperature, 24; rel
atiive humidity, 91; wind at S p. m., southeast;
weather, partly cloudy; maximum temperature,
32; minimum temperature, 16; daily range, 10:
amount of precipitation (rain and melted
Bnow) in last twenty-four hours, trace.
Note Barometi r corrected for temperature
find elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
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HEriK WE HAVE IT.
In the debate in the house of repre
sentatives on the army appropriation
bill we have a member letting the cat
out of the bag- and following precisely
the line that the Globe has describ
ed and prophesied as a part of the pro
gramme of the un-American politicians
■who are howling for an overthrow of
the American system to make room for
one fashioned upon the monarchies of
Europe. We said yesterday, in speak
ing of the demand for Hawaii and the
clamor Cor ever more and more forti
fications and fleets and munitions of
war, thai the capstone of this argu
ment must be an increase of our land
forces tv an equality with those of
Kngland, France, Germany and Rus
sia.
This was no empty prophecy on our
I art. Representative McClellan has
challenged the attention of the country
by a speech in the house not only at
tacking tr*» present army organization,
but paralleling, with reference to the
nrmy, as he has a logical right to do,
the argument advanced by the advo
cates of unlimited naval expansion and
the policy of colonial aggression. Mr.
McClellan needs only to point to the
same old man of straw that the jin
goes and annexationists have set up.
We do not need a big standing army,
of course, for our oresent wants, but
to "meet an emergenov " He notices,
in the old familiar way, that we are
"utterly unprepared for war, and, to
make us prepared, we must have a mil
itary equipment like those of the
European nations." We are glad to see
this logical evolution of the jingo ar
gument appear at this early date, be
cause it may serve to recall to their
ordinary senses a large portion of our
people who have been led away, if not
to jingoism, at least to a station half
way (in the route, without seeing the
fatal consequences that it implies.
This country of ours was founded on
several great ideas, among which were
to be not only freedom of conscience,
of speech and of action, but freedom
from certain unbearable conditions
that were found to be universally in
separable from the forms of govern
ment prevailing in the old world. These
evils, against which the forefathers
fought as truly as they did against
taxation «vithout representation, in-
Eluded not only hereditary rulers, but
the mighty military and naval estab
lishment which those rulers were bound
to maintain to protect themselves
against their own people. For a cen
tury we have followed that policy. We
have looked with righteous abhorrence
upon the burdens of standing armies
and of great navies, natural symptoms
and necessary concomitants of des
potic rule, and we have thanked the
Lord and the fathers that we were free
from them.
Are we now to place, voluntarily, our
necks beneath this red yoke? It looks
a little like it. For a century this pol
icy has secured to us peace abroad and
tranquillity at home. With a standing
army kept jealously at the lowest
point, and with a navy adequate mere
ly to the protection of our commercial
interests, we have increased from a
fourth to a flrst-rate power. We are
Ices in danger of attack than we ever
were before. Yet there has arisen
among us a class of politicians who
cherish contempt for the traditions and
principles of Americanism; who tell ua
that the republic of the United States
is a mistake; who point to the great
nations of Europe as exemplars, and
v/ho tell us that we must pattern our
policies hereafter upon theirs.
They have succeeded in securing a
naval establishment beyond all reason
able needs and a heavy charge upon
the taxpayer. They are engaged in a
deadly grapple with the advocates of
Americanism to secure the annexation
of distant islands, principally in order
that a reason may exist for multiply
ing ships and building fortifications.
They corae now to the final article of
tbelr programme, which is to force
i».por> the American people a vast
standing army, utterly useless to us
and serving no other conceivable pur
pose except to threaten popular liberty.
Ymcrican history today is traveling
backward and is decrying and kicking
over with contempt the principles and
policies that were as dear as life itself
to the forefathers of the nation. How
far shall this be allowed to proceed?
Have we indeed already grown so old
or so weak that we are ready to con
fess the American system a failure,
and to plan for this country of ours
a. future upon no nobler idea than
servile imitation of the monarchies
that we affect to despise while we
grovel at their feet?
CONGRATULATIONS.
We wish to congratulate certain of
our enterprising contemporaries, and
particularly the esteemed Pionesr
Press, upon the celerity with which
they get around to giving their sub
scribers the news of the day as pre
viously printed in the Globe. On
Friday last the Globe published two
articles of great public moment and
interest. One of these gave the con
tents of the ordinance which had been
circulated privately among the mem
bers of the council, proposing to grant
new and impossible concessions to the
street railway company; the other an
nounced the candidacy for governor of
Judge Collins, of the supreme court.
They were great items of news, and of
course they were published in the
Globe exclusively. Equally of course
they were, to the papers that did not
get them, "sensational" and untrue.
This was on Friday, the 14th. In the
Pioneer Press of Tuesday, the 18th,
we observe an editorial discussion of
the tenrsa of the street railway ordi
nance, concerning which it finds that
"typewritten copies have been passing
from hand to hand among the mem
bers of the council." We find on an
other page of the same issue a special
dispatch from St. Cloud which an
nounces Judge Collins* candidacy. It
remarks that the G1 o b c's publica
tion was "undoubtedly unauthorized,"
but it quotes from the St. Cloud Jour
nal-Press an article which "is consid
ered as almost equivalent to an an
nouncement of Collins' candidacy by
his friends." It is pleasing to us to
see such great strides taken in jour
nalism that not more than four days
need elapse between the time when
the Globe publishes the news and
the time when its worthy, but rather
rheumatic contemporaries find it out.
Some of them, indeed, were longer
than this in discovering the facts stat
ed by the Globe about the Clough-
Van Sant deal. But they do eventual
ly come out of the trance, and then
the paper writes a beautiful little para
graph of admiration of itself and
frames it in its own columns, and ev
erything is lovely once more.
THE WAY OP GOVERNMENTS.
No government ever interferes for
good or for evil in private business
affairs without demonstrating, before
it gets through, its unfitness for this
field of operation. The status cf the
proposition to send a relief expedition
to the Klondike shows this up in a
rather amusing light. The clamor for
relief to starving miners in Alaska was
raised last fall almost as soon as the
passes Into the country were closed.
Nobody knew whether there were
starving miners there or hot. Every
body did know that, if there were, they
had gone there of their own accord,
fully warned of the risks they ran and
prepared to take the consequences; and
that it was no more the business of the
government to help them out than to
pay off mortgages for people who had
invested too heavily in real estate dur
ing the boom. The sentimental argu
ment prevailed, however, and prepara
tions for relief went forward in that
heavy and circumlocutory manner
which is characteristic of all govern
mental movements. Bids for supplies
were called for and the clumsy ma
chinery of WOchington put in motion
to get the expedition under way. It
was known, of course, that the govern
ment was just as powerless to find en
trance into Alaska during the close of
the winter season as is an individual.
It was therefore proved on the face
of it that, if this expedition ever set
out at all, it would enter Alaska at the
same time with the early spring rush
of gold hunters. By no possibility could
it reach those whom it was intended
to serve until either their needs were
satisfied or they had passed beyond
all earthly necessities whatever.
We find now, by the latest reports,
contained in a special dispatch to the
Globe from Victoria, that parties re
cently arriving from the north state
that the situation at Dawson City is
by no means desperate. This corrobo
rates information gained from all other
sources. It is to tha effect that, while
provisions are scarce and food is high,
nobody is likely to die of hunger. Simul
taneously with this we have, as we
might expect, a dispatch from Wash
ington saying that "arrangements for
the departure of the government ex
pedition for the Klondike are being
pushed." This is an epitome of the
whole wretched business of trying to
shove upon the government duties and
responsibilities with which it has no
proper concern. It gets into motion
about six months after private initia
tive would have been well under way,
and when it once does move it goes on
moving in a blind, stupid and ponder
ous way, without any apparent intelli
gent directing power, until some ex
ternal force comes in to stop it. The
whole business of relief for Klondikers
is an obvious humbug, answering only
the purpose of finding one other spot
in which the federal treasury may be
tapped for the benefit of ambitious in
dividuals and enterprising contractors.
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"But John P.
Robinson he
Sez they didn't know evcrylhin' down in Ju
dee,"
Says Lowoll, and even St. Paul can learn
something of other cities not as pretentious
as it is. For instance, there i 3 the very con
venient and necessary mattrr of street
sprinkling. It comes high, but must be had.
Men and women may be dust and have to
return to dust, but they do not want to bs
smothered in it before they return to it.
After that it is immater'.al. Wirona manage?
this essential o; civiiizaion differently and
more economically. It furnishes the carts
aud tlie water and contracts for tue teaai3
THE SAINT PAUL, GLOBS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1898.
and work. Last year the season of sprink
ling covered 23 week 3 2 days. The cost for
22-foot lots on a 45-foot pave was 50 cents
for the season; 94 cents where the pave was
75 feet wide; 46 cents cm unpaved streets of
50 feet width, and 41 cents on 45-foot drive
ways.
Ed Hubbard's bicycle was stolen on Tues
day night. He had gone into Richardson's
photograph gallery, leaving his bicycle out
side. When he came out he found it miss
ing.— Manitowcc Pilot.
If he "found it" it was certainly not "mi?s
ing," and if it was missing he did not find
it. This is hardly up to Xagle's standard,
however. He set that when he said that "the
boy who was killed on Tuesday died on
Thursday."
"We are on the edge of prosperity," said ex-
Congressman George E. Adams, of Chicago,
who i 3 homeward bound after a trip north.—
Chicago Tribune.
And here we are just on the "edge" after
all the stout assurance we had that we slip
ped over it lait July. But it is true that
we are "on the edge," Beecher's "ragged
edge."
— m — ;
Congressman Eddy is s'tudylng law at
Washington. A large proportion of his con
stituents would rather have him engaged in
studying laws than making laws.— Ada Her
ald.
Mr. Eddy has found out that which the dis
trict that sent him to Washington seems not
to have learned; that he who would make law
must know law.
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PINGREE TALKS OF TRUSTS.
Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg the
Platform of the Potato Governor.
BUFFALO, N. V., Jan. 18.— Gov.
Hazen S. Pingree, of Michigan, was the
guest of honor at the January dinner
of the Independent club at the Ellicott
Square club house this evening. He
delivered an address on "What Con
stitutes Party Loyalty."
Gov. Pingree at the outset quoted
Abraham Lincoln's declaration spoken
on the field of Gettysburg: "That gov
ernment of the people, by the people
and for the people shall not perish
from the earth."
"No man," said the governor, "or set
of men have since that time been au
thorized to modify those words or their
meaning. These words of Lincoln lie
deeply engraved upon the hearts
of the masses, without regard to party.
This great patriot enunciated, as good
Republican doctrine, that the people
should not be feared, for the people are
fair and honorable and only demand
equal rights and opportunities for all,
bua special privileges for none. It is
the duty of such of us as believe in
the principles laid down by the great
Republican loader to follow as he point
ed the way."
Gov. Pingree said It was the mis
fortune of great parties that to them
flock those who desire to enrich them
selves by legislation. The masses ot
the Republican party would be only
too glad to get rid of such elements.
"I make in my mind," said he, "no
difference between the integrity of the
common people in one party or an
other. It is party leadership which is
most always at fault." The governor
pointed to the vast increase of the in
fluence of wealth indicating legislation
and government policies. He asserted
that "Grover Cleveland disrupted his
party in doing the bidding of the
money syndicates, which made enoi
mous profits out of the scandalous
dond deal." He added: "Today all the
trusts ar.d monopolies which are bleed
ing the country have taken refuge un~
der the wing of the Republican party
because they fear the Democratic
party, which has kicked them out. In
my own state the railroads which have
never paid their share of the taxes,
have been a faithful ally of the Republi
can party. I have had something to do
with the efforts of the people of Michi
gan to get a readjustment of railroad
taxation and rates, and every railroad
attorney and railroad doctor, every lit
tle country newspaper editor who has
a pass, every politician who hopes for
financial favors to help re-elect him, is
out of breath crowing 'Pingree is not
a Republican.' They cry this because
I was elected on the Republican ticket
by a majority of 86,000, and they do
n»t want me re-elected. King Boodle
cries, 'I am the party and there is none
besides me.' t
'I say that arty so-called Republican
who thinks that the interests of rail
roads, trusts, monopolies or syndicates
are of more importance than the inter
ests of the average man had better
get out of the Republican party in
Michigan, for I am going to fight it out
on Lincoln's platform, no matter what
they call me. The monopolist, the fran
chise grabber, the lobbyist, are all ex
treme partisans, and when any one op
poses their schemes they cry, 'You are
attacking the party.' When they elect
■ themselves to office by force of money,
they ascribe it to divine intervention
of providence In behalf of the nation
and its honor. The masses of the Re
publican party do not want to stand
sponsor for those agencies which are
playing the mischief with this coun
try's welfare any more than the Demo
crats do. We have, how r ever, some so
called leaders in our party who have
n-ore faith in the power of money than
in the power of the voting masses.
"Your membership is composed of
men of all parties. I believe in inde
pendence in politics; I am somewhat
of an independent myself. Those cf us
who believe in government, for the peo
ple should not hesitate to denounce men
of our own party who would make our
selves only a government for the bene
fit of the almighty dollar and the pos
sessors thereof."
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HIGH FORESTER HERE.
Oronhyutekha, Head of the Order,
Meets Local Men.
Oronhyatekha, a full-blooded Mohawk In
dian, who, in spite of his aboriginal descent,
is still one of the most intelligent and well
posted business men in Toronto, where he has
for some years engaged in the practice nf
medicine, was at the Ryan yesterday. His
visit to St. Paul was made for the purpas3
of talking over with some members of hig
order the feasibility»of establishing two high
courts of the Independent Order of Foresters
in Minnesota. He is supreme high chief
ranger of the order and at the meeting of the
state Foresters at Winona last year, the Du
luth men had a candidate for high chief
ranger, namely N. B. Morri3on. Morrison
was defeated, and ever since the Duluth men
and some of their neighbors have been clam
oring for an independent court of their own,
the other having its headquarters in St. Paul
and Minneapolis. The Duluth contingent
came down yesterday and with the St. Paul
men talked over the whole affair with tho
supreme ranger.
The local contingent was made up of the
officers of the high court, as fo'.lows: O, H.
O'Neill, high chief ranger, St. Paul; J. C. j
O'Keefe, junior past high chief ranger, Min
neapolis; F. C. Irwin. Belle Plalne. high chief
ranger; A. E. Reuillard, high secretary, Min
neapolis; E. N. Young, high treasurer, Minne
apolis; E. O. Cosman, high physician, Minne
apolis; J. H. Barnard, chief counselor, St.
Paul. Oronhyatekha left last night for the
East, and will make known b>is decision on
the matter in the near future.
Hiti Party of Maccabees.
Th.c members of Unity Tent No. 8, Knights
of the Maccabees, gave an enjoyable dan
cing party at Odd Fellows' hall, Fifth and
Wabasha streets, last evening, at which 225
couples were present. The affair was the first
social hoi) given by the order this season,
and as such was a pleasant success. The
hall wes prettily decorated with American
flags and colored bunlng, and to the stratus
of n. mandolin orchestra the guests gave
tneiiTSelves wholly to the pleasure of tho
waltz, the rol'icking two-step or more digni
fied minuet. The 1 jst.i of the evening wero
solicitous for the enjoyment of each guost,
and Icoked well to the enter ainnient of all.
During the iutermisslon in the programme of
sixteen dance numbers a substantial supper
wa£ served. The ccmmiil^e of arrangements
consisted of J. E. Impcy. Otto Spangler, John
Noonau, J. F. Gorman and R. A. Kay.
Sir*. Noiich Divorced.
Judge Kelly gran cd a divorce ye-sterday to
Emily Nones from James Xones, on ' the
ground cf desertion. The defendant made no
appearance. j
SOCIETY ftp jfIUSIC
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION INTERESTED IN
WASHINGTON MEETING.
QUESTION OF STATE REGENT.
MRS. «. A. MOXFORT'S NAME FREE
LY' MEXTIO.\ED FOR NEXT
STATE REGENT.
FEDERATION OF, .MUSICAL CLUBS.
Representatives* <jf the Amateur Or-
KHiil/utioiiH Mee^t in Chicago Xext
Week-Looa|. Social News.
The ranks of the Daughters of the
American Revolution of the state are
slowly dissolving themselves into two
distinct divisions, and the outcome of
local D. A. R. affairs at the next na
tional congress in Washington is be
ing watched with no small amount of
interest. It is not understood, how
ever, that as yet there is any serious
rupture among the Daughters, only
opinions are divided as to who should
be the next state regent, and the indi
cations are that this honor will fall
to Mrs. D. A. Monfort, of St. Paul, if
she will accept the responsibilities en
tailed by such a position. The other
prominent candidate and the one fa
vored by the retiring regent is Mrs.
Ell Torrance, of Minneapolis, who Is
regent of one of the chapters in that
city and who makes, it Is said, an ex
cellent presiding officer. There have
been several other names mentioned,
but none have received serious consid
eration, and these two ladies will be
the centers of interest during the next
few weeks in D. A. R. circles. The
Minneapolis chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, of Minneapolis,
has instructed its delegates, it is re
ported, to vote for Mrs. Monfort at
Washington, and at least one of the lo
cal chapters will do the same by its
delegates. The Duluth chapter, it is
said, may take the same action. Many
of the local daughters think that the
state regency should go to Minneap
olis, as St. Paul has held it so long.
Others, on the other hand, seem to
consider Mrs. Monfort the most suit
able candidate. It is held by these
that Mrs. Monfort would bring a dig
nity to the position a less experienced
woman would not. Mrs. Monfort made
a successful regent for the St. Paul
chapter for two or more years and re
tired with dignity to make way for
Mrs. George Squires, who is regent of
that chapter at present. It seems prob
able that both local chapters will throw
their votes for the St. Paul candidate.
Both local chapters meet Jan. 25 to
appoint delegates to the national con
gress. The St. Paul chapter will meet
in the parlors of Dayton Avenue
church, and the Nathan Hale chapter
meets at the home of Mrs. Me Williams,
the regent. Mrs. T. T. Smith will read
a paper at this meeting. From this
chapter the following officers have re
signed: Mrs. Charles E. Smith, his
torian, replaced by Mrs. A. T. Hall;
Mrs. Rufus Davenport, recording secre
tary, replaced by Mrs. Walter J. Stev
ens; Mrs. B. S. Cowen, corresponding
secretary, replaced by Mrs. Walter J.
Stevens, pro tern.
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Chicago, Jan. 18.— In Steinway hall
next Tuesday und Wednesday, there
will be a convention of delegates repro.
sentiiig the amateur musical clubs of
the entire country, for the purpose of
effecting a permanent federation. The
object is to stimulate musical culture
and to enable cities and organizations
unable to pay grand opera prices to
secure by co-operation, the services of
distinguished musical artists. The
movement originated at the musical
congress of the world's fair and was
indorsed last year by the Musical
Teachers' National association. One
hundred delegates are expected and
many have arrived. There is no self
seeking candidate for office in the per
manent organization. Many Eastern
delegates are understood to favor Mrs.
Theodore Sutro, of New York, for presi
dent, while the middle and West would
prefer Mrs. Uhl, of Grand Rapids
Mich., wife of the former ambassador
to Germany. Mrs. Chandler Starr, of
Rockford, 111.", is also a favorite. Mrs
Russell R. Dorr, of St. Paul, Minn., and
Mrs. J. H. Webster, of Cleveland, are
also supported.
The permanent federation will be
governed by a national executive board
and its chief, business officer will be
a national secretary, who will supply
artists at their own rates on club terms
to the clubs in the federation. The
convention will be under the hospitality
i of the Chicago Amateur Musical club,
which consist's of 500 women represent
ing conspicuously the highest intellec
tual and artistic life of the city. Among
the widely known, active and associate
members are: Mrs. Theodore Thomas,
wife of the orchestral conductor; Mrs.
Genevra Bishop Johnstone, the oratorio
singer; Mrs. F. S. Coolidge, Mrs. George
B. Carpenter, the manager; Mrs. Alex
ander Sullivan, the writer; Mrs. Clar
ence Eddy, wife of the organist; Mrs.
Clarence Peck, Mrs. Regin-Watson and
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, pianists;
Mrs. John M. Clark. Mrs. William S.
Warren is president, and Mis 3 Kathe
rine D. Krelgh, in charge of the con
vention, is secretary. The public and
press will be excluded from the con
vention. Debate will be animated, but
the outcome is regarded as certain to
be beneficial to the amateur musical
organizations of the country, whose
membership approximates 20,000, large
ly dominating society wherever they
exist.
• • *
The Schubert club musicale this aft
ernoon promises much that is attrac
tive to musicians. Mrs. Curtiss and
Miss Shaw have the programme in
charge and solo numbers will be given
by Mr. De Wolf and Mr. Phillips." Mrs.
Ki:ox will also be heard in a paper on
the symphony.
• • •
Miss Flora Mable Morrison, daughter
of D. C. Morrison, of Two Harbors,
Minn., and William Symonds will be
married at 8:30 o*clock this evening at
the bride's home. 'Miss Morrison is a
former St. Paul frirl.
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A twelve-table ( euchre party was
given yesterday by, Mrs. J. H. Sanders
at her home at the[ Ashland. Assisting
were Mesdarnes Bitjd, Becker, Scott and
Misses Meadee and Giin-lan.
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The West Side Monument association
gives an experience meeting this after
noon at the home ef Mis. F. B. Doran,
on Congress .=rtreet.e: Mrs. Doran will b?
assisted during the afternoon by Mrs.
George Doran, Mrs. Wiil Doran and
Mrs. J. C. B.ryant. War experiences
will be related by Mrs. David Crlbb,
Mrs. A. M. Bartl.ett, and Mrs. Edith
L'ght'rouin. flis. $\ B. Do-an will ieal
a. pnp?r on %ar. Light refresh
ments will be. served at the dose of the
programme.
• * *
Mrs. Percy M. Roberts, of Marshall
avenue, entertains at canJs this after
noon.
• • *
Mrs. Oliver Dalrymple, of Summit
avenue, entertains at \vh st ths aft r
ncon.
• * *
Miss Grar? B.;rk- r tnlertnlned th ■
number? c't the 'Kap;>a Aip!i» Theta
society Monday a!ternoi>n at the Met-
rcpolitan. Later the young ladies took
an interurban car to the Phi Kappa Psi
chapter house, Minneapolis, where
there was dancing.
• * •
A pleasant dramatic entertainment was
given by the St. Joseph's Dramatic club, at
Association hall. Carroll s:reet and Virginia
avenue, last evening, to a large and appre
ciative audience. The programme consisted
of a two-act comedy drama, "Andy Blake,"
by Boueicault, and interlude of musical num
bers, and a one-act farce, entitled '■His Two
Janes." The cast in the first production
was composed of Albert J. Ryan, Edward
Waters, Edward Corcoran, John Ward, Mis?
Anna McXicrney, .Miss Mary Wheeler and
.Miss Stella Winsor. Each characterization
was well handled, Mr. Ward being par
ticularly felicitous as Andy, the happy Irian
lad. Several vocal selections by Mrs. Clark
were well received. The second dramatic
number was of a lighter kind, with only the
element of fun for a foundation, and as pre
sented by Messrs. Ward, Ryan and Waters
served to thoroughly amuse the audience.
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The Woman's Political Equality club will
meet this afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. C. S. Soule, 105 East Isabel street
The meeting is called for an early hour to
enable members of the organization to attend
a reception to be given at the home of Mrs.
Robert Hare, 117 East Congress street, in
honor of Mrs. Bessie L. Scovill, state presi
dent of the W. C. T. U., which will be held
at 3 o'clock.
• * •
Mrs. Thad C. Jones, of Grand ave
nue, entertains today at. 4 o'clock tea
for Mrs. Fitch, of Indianapolis.
• * «
Mrs. James Morrow, of Nelson ave
nue, entertains the Clover Leaf Euchre
club this afternoon.
• * *
The Irish-American club gives a card
party this evening in the club rooms.
• » »
The Bon Ami Social club gives a hop
tonight in Litts' hall.
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A reception will be given this after
ncon at the home of Mrs. R. N. Hare,
by the members of Willard W. C. T.
U., for Miss Bessie Lattie Scovell, the
state president. Mrs. Florenoe Palmer
Kimball reads a paper.
* * •
The Farther Lights Missionary Society of
Woodland Park Church met last night with
Miss Wilaon, on St. Anthony avenue, Mrs.
Hart presented an interesting programme.
The annual meeting of the board of the
free dispensary will be held this morning at
the building-.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of
the People's Church met yesterday at the
home of Mrs. D. S. B. Johnston, of Holly
avenue, and, after the usual interesting pro
gramme, Japanese tea was served by the
hostess.
Miss Clara Louise Thompson delivers a
lecture on "Alaska" this evening in St. John's
hall, Francis and Forest streets.
Miss Mary B. Lewis, of Minneapolis, spoke
yesterday before a large gathering of women
at the home of Mrs. Uussell Dorr, on Crocus
hill. Her subject was "Organization."
The Woman's Guild of the Church of the
Good Shepherd meets today at the rectory.
Mrs. C. D. Hayes, of Ramsey street, enter
tains the Ladies' Aid Society of First M. E.
Church this evening. There will be an. inter
esting programme given. Mrs. S. B. Cowen
will read a paper on "Bethlehem." Mrs.
Charles E. Rice will contribute a paper on
"The Character of Mary," and Mrs. Haskcll
R. Brill will give a talk on the "Madonnas."
One of the prettiest features of the pro
gramme will be an "Aye Maria" sung by Mrs
C. D. Hayes.
WAItfEIUItD BIXBY
Continued from First Page.
Warner was making threats because
the: senator had refused to help War
ner secure Capt. Harries' place. Sena
tor Davis is reported to have said: "Do
you pretend to tell me that the chances
for my return to the United States
senate depend upon my securing a
place for Warner in preference to some
other man whom I think is more en
titled to it?"
"I will show Senator Davis a thing
or two about political finesse, that he
hasn't learned yet." Murmurs Warner.
Will he?
The positive announcement in tl*
Globe of last week that Judge Col
lins is willing to serve the party in the
coming contest, if called upon to do so,
exercised the machine. They hoped
that some denial of it would appear
somewhere, but nothing of the kind has
come to hand. The St. Cloud Journal-
Press. Judge Collins' home paper, ad
mits its correctness, but says the story
was not authorized by Judge Collins.
Of course it wasn't. The Globe said
it wasn't authorized, but went farther
and said it would not meet with a de
nial from any of Judge Collins friends.
And it hasn't. On the other hand it
is understood it has moved them to
activity, and the result may be appar
ent in a short time. The Pioneer Press,
nearly a week after the news, is begin
ning to print verifications of the story,
but its local columns haven't shown
any signs of awakening yet. The Pio
neer, like another Republican paper,
seemed to be stunned with the Clough-
Van Sant anti-Davis movement.
• • •
The Journal, of Minneapolis, thinks
that Collins' chances are not so good
as William Henry Eustis'. But Col.
lins' friends look at it just the other
way. They cannot figure where Eustis
can secure anything more than his own
district, and beyond that will be with
out strength in the convention." Clough,
however, says Hennepin will be for
Van Sant when the time comes.
• • *
The Clough slate has been scratched
a bit, according to report. It was orig
inally planned to put Ed Weaver on the
ticket as lieutenant governor, but
Weaver was reported as being so hos
tile to the machine's work that even
Gov'. Clough was afraid to suggest such
a thing to Weaver. When the latter
was at the state house attending the
annual meeting of the state historical
society a few days ago he blew past
the governor's door without looking in.
William Angell, the clerk, an expert on
frosts, felt the change in the- atmos
phere at once, and remarked:
"Wade, Is one of those windows
open?"
"No, sir, Mr. Angell," replied the mes
senger.
"Well, there's a lot of cold coming
from somewhere."
Late that afternoon when Weaver
knew it was after the governor's office
hours, he dropped in and said to An
gell: "Well William, how are you?"
William told him. Then the Second
district man buttoned up his coat and
walked out. He didn't ask about the
hoalth of a whole lot of other people.
Angell didn't say It, but his face indi
cated that he felt like remarking as
Weaver left:
"I think it's wrong the way they
have treated that man."
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Gov. Clough had a couple of callers
yesterday. One was Senator Miller, of
Luverne, and the other is .supposed to
be the slate's candidate for attorney
general. That is, Charles C. Houpt, of
Fergus Falls. Mr. Houpt was a candi
date before the last convention and,
if the machine succeeds, will find easier
sailing this time than in July, 1896. It
seems to be the impression that he has
bo-en let in with the combination. It
was first supposed that Ben Smith,
of Mankato, was the man. Smith war.
at the capitol the other day and talked
over the situation with one of the state
officers. Smith wanted to find out
where he is at.
"Hasn't the governor given you any
intimation?" Mr. Smith was asked.
"Not a word. I thought I would go
in and see him today."
"You might a.s well save your time,
if you have anything else to do," was
tho reply, "for if you were counted in |
you would have known it weeks ago." |
Which is proof that if Ben Smith i
wants the nomination for attorney gen
eral, he will have to buck the machine
candidate.
He didn't call on_ the governor.
Pniiers Win at Denver.
DENVER, Co., Jan. 18.— The fight between
the I)»nver newspapers and the fourteen iarge
department stores of the city regarding ad
vertising rates which began nine days ago,
ended tonieht v.-ita the unconditional sur
rpiidor of the Mfr~h?n's' association. Since
t.!ir aaercbants withdrew t'.io : r advertisements
the proii'"' f.o's of the papers lia"* s c^r^-pd npoa
&*h?w s";i! ri o* rites 8">m ii v'aat higher than the
preVoua pro and this has been accepted by
the merchants.
WHR I|! TEN WEEKS
MR. MORGAN'S THREAT IN CASE
THE ANNEXATION' TREATY
IS DEFEATED.
ADDRESS IN INSTALLMENTS,
ANOTHER DAY IX EXECUTIVE SES
SIO.\ OCCUPIED DV THE ALA
BAMA SENATOR.
HAWAII FUO.H A MILITARY VIEW.
Its Importance Urged as a Reason
for Speedy and Favorable Ac
tion by the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.— Senator
Morgan occupied the attention of the
senate during the entire time of the
executive session today in the presenta
tion of his views on the subject of the
annexation of the Hawaiian islands.
This was the second installment of the
senator's speech, and when he conclud
ed a few minutes after 5 o'clock he
had not then reached the end. He
spoke for about three hours today,
and his speech was a general presenta
tion of the importance of the islands to
the United States. He dwelt especial
ly upon the military importance of the
islands, quoting Gen. Scofleld and
Capt. Mahan at length, in support of
his position that the islands were a
natural outpost for the United States
and necessary to the proper protec
tion of our Western coast and of our
general commerce in case of war.
Mr. Morgan predicted that, if the
United States did not take advantage
of the present opportunity to acquire
the islands, there would be war be
tween this country and some other
power within ten weeks. It was not,
he said, within the bounds of possibil
ities, in view of the present European
competition for territory in Asia, that
the Hawaiian islands should be allow
ed to remain Independent for any
length of time after the United States
should finally announce a determina
tion not to make them a part of
American territory.
"Does the senator from Alabama
mean to say," interrupted Senator Pet
tigrew, "that the Hawaiian govern
ment would voluntarily seek the pro
tection of some other power and thus
forego the great advantage those isl
ands now enjoy in their reciprocity ar
rangement with the United States,
which results in our remitting to them
annually not less than $6,000,000?"
To this question Senator Morgan re
plied that the reciprocity treaty had
been negotiated for the purpose of giv
ing this country cheap sugar. He said
that it had been of greater benefit to
the United States than it had been to
Hawaii, because it had accomplished
its purpose of making cheaper one of
our great commodities and one of the
necessities of every household. "We
want," he said, "not only the sugar
from Hawaii, but cheaper coffee as
well, and that and many other neces
sary articles could be grown in those
islands."
The senator displayed a number of
large maps, from which he contended
that the islands were in the roadway
of commerce between our Western coast
and the Orient, and said that all ships,
whether laden with the articles of com
merce or the munitions of war, must
necessarily pass them in going to and
fro between these countries and the
Asiatic coast, and thus, he said, the na
tion which controls Hawaii will control
the commerce of the East. In closing,
he said that failure to annex the isl
ands meant inevitable bloodshed, and
the responsibility for that bloodshed
would rest upon the senate of the Unit
ed States for its failure to perform its
duty at this critical hour in the his
tory of the two countries.
URGENCY BILL PASSED.
Open Sesaictn of the Senate in the
Mil in Routine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.— Today's open ses
sion of the senate was brief. Practically tho
only business accomplished aside from the
routine proceedings was the passage of the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill. The
measure, as finally passed by the senate, car
ries $1,913,810. Tho Teller resolution, provid
ing that bonds of tho United States may bo
paid in standard silver dollars, was favorably
reported by a majority of the finance com
mittee, and notice was given that it would bo
called up at an early date. An effort vn\s
made to fix a time for the final vote on tho
pendirfg census bill but it was abandonod until
tomorrow.
TELLER SILVER RESOLUTION
Favorably Acted Upon by the Sen
ate Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.— The senate
on finance voted today to report the
Teller resolution, declaring for the pay
ment of the national bonds in silver as
well as gold. The vote stood 8 to 5.
The resolution ia practically the same
as the Stanley Matthews resolution
adopted some years ago. The vote was
pp. ceded by a discussion which was
generally participated in by the mem
bers of the committee. The general
tenor of the discussion was along the
same lines as that of a week ago, the
Republicans contending that the reso
lution was useless and would be de
void of results and the Democrats and
their allies taking the opposite posi
tion. The Republicans especially de
precated the agitation of the financial
question at the present time, saying
there was no effort, and liftely to be
none, to pass a general financial meas
ure through the senate committing the
country more definitely to the gold
standard. To this the Democrats re
plied by citing the efforts of Secretary
Gage and ex-Senator Edmunds to have
congress take up the question in a way
which looked to placing the country
definitely upon a gold basis. They c in
tended that it was the evident purpose
of the administration to secure legis
lation in the interest of the single
stardard, whenever opportunity offer
ed, and avowed their purpose of .secur
ing a declaration in favor of a double
standard such as was proposed in this
resolution, if possible to do so, in or
der to show that there had been no
change in sentiment. If, they said, the
business interests were to be injured
by the agitation of the financial ques
tion at this time, the blame should be
placed upon the Republican administra
tion and not upon themselves. When
some of the Republican" senators were
reminded that they had voted the reso
lution when presented by Hon. Stan
ley Matthews, twenty years ago, they j
admitted such to be the fact, but raid
in explanation of their present attitude,
that conditions had changed. Senator
Wclcott di(3 not vote with his Repub
lican friends, but heartily supported
the resolution, saying he would vote
for it every time it came up.
DOLE'S KECErTIOX.
It Will Begin Officially When lie
KcaoliPH Culca;g<><
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18.—Arrange
ments are making for the entertain
ment of President Dole, of Hawaii, on
a scale befitting his rank as the chief
magistrate of a friendly nation. It
has been decided that he shall be re
gat (led as the nation's cruest, and that
our government shall bear the expense
of hl3 enU-rtalnuient while in Washing-
ton. The formal visit paid to President
Dole yesterday by Gen. Shafter, at San
Francisco, was not by direction from
Washington, but it is said the call was
required by the army regulations, al
though in making- it the general dis
played a faculty of remembrance that
is well regarded by the officials here, *"
who had had no opportunity to provJ
for a reception.
President McKinley has decided to
have the official tour of the Hawaiian
president begin at Chicago, and at that
point in his overland tour, he will be
met by the representatives of the presi
dent and of the United States govern
ment.
IfO CHANGE WASTED.
Cabinet stands !>>• it* Former Cuban
Pol It- y.
WASHINGTON. Jan. is.— Such Infor
mation as the state department has i -
ceived as to the situation in Havana
is confirmatory of the unofficial dis
patches and shows that quiet reigns
In the city, and that the impression of
the officials that the riotous spirit
had either exhausted Itself for the
being or had been completely sup
pressed by the strong hand of authori
ty, is justified. The aituation
briefly alluded to in tho cabinet meet
ing today, but was not regarded
warranting any change in the attitude
of our government. Minister dc Lome
has written the state department de
nying the truth of the report that the
customs officers of Havana have
thrown obstacles in the way of the
landing of supplies sent from the Unit
ed States for the Cuban sufferers. The
state department is satisfied that, re
gardless of any difficulty that m
have been experienced, there will
no trouble from now on In promptly • ,
placing in Gen. Lee's possession for
immediate distribution any suppll
that reach Havana harbor in the
ular manner.
DOLE COMING EAST.
Hawaiian Party Will Leave Sun
Francisco Today.
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. — Presi
dent Sanford B. Dole, of the Hawaiian
republic, has decided to resume' his
journey to Washington tomorrow after
noon. The party had Intended to re- "
main in San Francisco for some time,
as President Dole is well acquainted
here and wanted to renew old fri
ships, but dispatches receivi >l by him
from Minister Hatch at Washington
advising him to reach the capital as
scon as possible have changed his
plans. The Hawaiian president and his
wife and attendants will gn by \\ .
Chicago and New York, stoppli
day in each of those cities.
• i:lmii Information.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.— Chairman Adams,
cf tho subcommittee on Cuba chosen from the
membership of the house committee on for
eign affairs, has requested the Btate depart
ment for such information as is available on
tho BtatU3 of affairs in Cuba. Assistant Sec
retary Day has answered that tho Informa
tion la being prepared. This will be the fir3t
Cuban information sent to the house In two
years. ,
a
SECOND DAY OF STRIKE.
Xo Disorder In Any of the Spinning;
IV liters.
BOSTON, Mass. Jan. 18.— Grim de
termination on the part of both sides,
coupled with a defined Issue between
employer and employe as well as prac
tically an absence of any si^n of
demonstration, were tho features of
the second day in the greal strike in
the cotton industry- As yesterday, in
tertst centered almost entirely In Ih.
-strike at New Bedford, wiiere the dis
tuibances of yesterday led to the belief
that a similar demonstration flight be
attempted today. Nothing of the kind
occurred and the strikers strengthened
their cause by making the question of
lines a definite Issue with the mill
owners. It is just possible that an
agreement on this gui stlon may lead
to some satisfactory ending of the .
whole matter in that < ity, although at
present such an outcome seems distant.
The matter of financial support to
the strikers was generally discussed,
ncjronly in New Bedford, but In I'.idde
ford, Saco and L.e\viston, Maine, and
v. hile the union strikers seem to have
no anxiety regarding the next three
months the non-union men who are out
fear that they may not receive suffi
cient support.
In Fall River the superintendent of
the King Philip mill, where there is a
strike, went so far as to agreeing to
remedy union grievances, but other,
than this there appears no breach in
the line of the manufacturers during
tiie. day.
GREAT MOTHER LODE.
Discovery olf It Confirmed by Hc
toriiiny. Klondlkers.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 18.— The news
brought by the treasure-laden miners
whoh aye arrived from Klondike on
the steamer Gorona, is importani chief
ly that it is confirmatory of the dis
covery of the great mother lode.
Welch, Coffin and Burt are authority
foo 'the statement that, the original"
strike was made at the upper end of
claim No. 30 El Dorado, while two
strangers, one a.t No. 27. and another
yet lower down, were subsequently lo
cated. Throughout the district the dis
covery is accepted as assurance of th(;
permanency of the district as a rich
gold mining field. As to the placer
diggings, they continue rich. Powder
creek, an affluent of Quartz rn-ek, has
has been having a boom, pans of $3.7f>
and $4 being a common tiling. Of
course the stream was located as soon
as the first important discovery wan
made. All gold creeks show pans of
$10 to $100, while the miners on Hun
ker creek, Henderson, Dominion, th •
Big Salmon and the Stewart all de
clare themselves satisfied with the
prospect.
One of the first men to stake ground
on El Dorado, and the very last man
out of the Klondike country, is Andrew
Olsen, knows as "the big Swede." He
is notable as being the owner of the
claim on which the biggest Klondike
nugget has yet been found. The lump
of gold was valued at $536.
Replying to a request for an estimate
of the winter's gold dust output of the
camp, Joe Campbell, one of the return
ing miners, said: "We have done a
great deal cf figuring on that, and it
now appers that the output, notwith
standing the scarcity of fo:>d and light,
will be from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 "
Dr. H. H. f.ittlefield, of Skaguay,
came in the Corona. He has just close 1
a contract with the Canadian govern
ment to pack provisions to Lake Ben
nett for twenty-five cents a pound.
L.. L. Grady, formerly a»banker of
Fairfax, Minn., paid $GOO for the priv
ilege or walking behind a brisk dog
team.
HEARST WEAKENS.
Journnl Will Support Bryan If lie la
Nominated.
NEW YORK. Jan. 13.— Tho New York Jour
nal. Iv its editorial loader today, practically
denies that tho article signed by Arthur Me-
Eucn. which appeared on tho editorial page
of tho paper lft.sC. week, expresses Us son.i
menta. It go?s on to say that many members
of Its staff are permitted to expreu ih.?ir own
opinions on tho editorial pftg>\ hut c'»airK3 (hat
this Ly no means binds »he Journal, editorial
ly or otherwise, regarding th<j opinions ex
pressed by them. The last paragraph In the
Journal editorial, however, seems to define
the Journal's position. It follows:
"As to the position of the Journal o:i the
subjeot of Mr. Bryan, the mutter !s sirupliclty
itself. The Journal supported Mr. Bryan in
ISI*6 because he wu the regular nominee of
tbe Democratic national convention. It will
support him In IDOO, or anybody else who may
occupy the same position. It supported Van
Wyck lnst year for similar reasons. Tho
Journal !s no', and n.-v-.r wus either a Dryan
•pip -r or a Van Wyck paper. It Is v Demo
c.f.'ic party."