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TODAY'S WKiTHER.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2R.— Forecast for Sat
urday: .Minnesota— Generally fair; probably
colder in southeast portion; northwesterly
winds, becoming variable.
Wisconsin— Generally fair; colder in south
east portions; brisk northwesterly winds, di
minishing.
North Dakota— Generally fair; slowly rising
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westerly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agriculture,
"Weather Bureau, Washington, Jan. 28, 6:48
p. m. Local Time, S p. m. 75th Meridian
Time.— Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
Place. Tern. Place. Tern.
St. Paul IS Qu'Appelle —10
Duluth 14 Minnedosa —8
Huron 14 Winnipeg —12
Bismarck ('<
WHllston S Buffalo 18—22
Havre IS Boston 12—14
Helena !_'O Cheyenne 22—30
Edmonton 16, Chicago 32—34
Battleford 4 Cincinnati 40—46
Prince Albert —4J Montreal B—2
Calgary 14 Now Orleans 60—64
Medicine Hat 14 New York 22—22
Swift Current S Pittsburg 40 — 40
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer, ."0.30; mean temperature, 25;
relative humidity, t;i); wind at 8 p. m., north
west: weather, partly cloudy; maximum tem
perature. 34; minimum temperature, 16; daily
range, 18; amount of precipitation (melted
snow) in last twenty-four hours, trace.
Note— Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. —P. p. Lyons, Observer.
THE SAME OI,D IMPLEMENT.
One Sampson, a farmer in tfi», Red
river valley, responds to the request of
the Ada Herald that he explain the
difference between protection and free
trade. His explanation contains points
that fail to prick Sampson's hide.
Avoiding wheat, barley, flax or any of
the staple products of his region, he
takes wo,,] for his text. He goes to
llis ■"" a book and tells how. in IS9I.
"] sold wool in Crookston for IS and 20
cents a pound, and bought heavy un
derwent- suits for $4 a suit and the
best Minneapolis woolen blankets for
$1 a pound." He then computes how
many pounds of wool at 20 cents it took
to buy the clothing and blankets. In
3892 his account book shows the same
relative prices. In 1893 he could hard
ly sell his wool for 10 cents a pound,
the Crookston dealers asserting that
they would lose money at that price,
"and the woolen goods were sold at
the same price as the year before,
when I got 18 and 20 cents a pound
for my wool." And Sampson doesn't
wince as this point jabs him.
In 1894, evidently, the Crookston deal
ers da it.l not buy wool, and Sampson
sold liis clip to "a traveling agent for
8 cents a pound," and he easily demon
strates that it then took twelve and a
half pounds of wool to buy one pound
of blanket, "as the price of blankets
was as before stated." The point gave
a harder jab and again failed to pene
trate into that region where Sampson
thinks he does his thinking. It does
11111 occur to him to ask why blankets
and underwear remained the same in
price while his wool had fallen 60 per
cent. But he does deduce the conclu
sion that 8-cent wool made them "re
duce our flock of sheep." Broadening
out his explanation, he shows
that, while the value of the
imports of those useful adjuncts of the
kitchen, eggs, under the McKinley act,
from September, 1893, to March 1. 1894^
was but $143,813, under the Wilson act!
for the same period in 1894-95, their
value was $273,771, "which makes an
increase of $128,058, the loss to the
farmers' wives." The Herald does not
state whether or not, at this pathetic
point of the explanation, Sampson's
manuscript shows a tear drop, but we
wager that Sampson's eyes filled and
his no.se forced a sniffle as he contem
plated this tremendous loss sustained
by the farmers' wives, for Sampson is
a tender-hearted chicken with an Im
paired mental gizzard.
Returning to his muttons, he informs
the Herald that six weeks ago he took
a quantity of wool to the woolen mills
and "got 15 cents a pound and freight
paid, and received in exchange woolen
blankets at $1 a pound and underwear
at $4 a suit." From all of which Farm
er Sampson concludes that "we farm
ers know that our business depends
upon how it Is cared for and ought to
be thankful to our president, senators
and representatives when we can ob
tain better prices for our goods, have
a home market and a manufacturing
establishment in each state," by which
he evidently intends to acknowledge
the gratitude of his president and
others for caring for the business of
fanners instead o^ leaving them to care
for it themselves. Which, if true, is
eminently proper. But there are some
things in this statement of price that
would seem to be sufficiently clear to
be perceptible even to Sampson's mind.
Granting, for the sake of emphasizing
this phase, that it was the election of
1592, as he contends, that made the
price of his wool 8 cents a pound in
3591, with only traveling agents to buy
it, and that it is due to the "care" of
"our president, senators and repre
sentatives" that the price is now "15
cents a pound, freight paid," one other
point needs explanation, and we trust
Sampson will address his intellect to
it.
His president and assistants cared
not only for wool, but for the men who
made it into blankets and under-
wear. So very well were these latter
cared for that their prices remained the
same during all these fluctuations in
the price of Sampson's wool. Whether
the latter brought 20, 18, 10 or 8 cents
a pound, the blankets made from it
cost him $1 a pound and the under
wear $4 a suit. It is pertinent to the
whole question for Sampson to try his
hand at explaining why, If that awful
election of 1892 sent the price of his
wool down to 8 cents, It did not also
send the price of blankets and wool
ens down proportionately. Our mod
ern Sampson evidently goes forth to
battle with free traders armed with the
same implement with which that older
Samson assaulted the Philistines.
IT OUGHT TO GROW.
There is a juvenility about the re
marks of the Minneapolis Tribune on
the question of joint statistics that
would be painful did it not also sug
gest that the Tribune may yet grow
into ability to put away childish things.
The Tribune prance 3 about at the very
mention of a combined statistical table.
What, it cries, shall we lump these
figures all in a bunch and not give Min
neai-olis credit for her own showing?
Perish the thought. There would be
some items in which Minneapolis would
contribute more than half the total, and
then St. Paul must get undue credit.
It must not be. And all the old airs are
played to fire the Minneapolis heart.
What, moreover, asks the Tribune, can
be the objection to a statistical pam
phlet in which shall be entered under
each heading the contribution of Min
neapolis, then that of St. Paul, and then
the aggregate? Either that, it shouts,
or war.
We will endeavor once more, by pa
tient explaining and by illustration re
duced to the simplicity that befits the
immature mind, to start the Tribune
along the right track. First, perhaps,
it may soottie its shattered nerves to
know that no St. I?aulite, as a St. Paul
ite, cares one picayune whether such
figures are printed or not. We are doing
very nicely without them, want neither
to take nor give undue credit, and have
left to our babyhood the carking fear
lest cne city shall In some place out
shine the other. 1^ has appeared to
sober minds in both cities that the fig
ures of their combined business would
have a beneficent effect, if published,
upon the future development of them
both. We have as much, And as little
interest in the matter as our neighbors.
Certainly there is no use In considering
either that or any other project for Joint
action if we have not all of us learned
to cease acting like children.
To come to the point of illustration,
there has just been a union of popula
tion and interests under the name of
Greater New York. It was accomplished
at a vast expense, and by the acknowl
edged sacrifice of some local advan
tages. What was this done for? Prin
cipally to make a metropolis that would
rank in its statistics with the capitals
of the old world, and gain in prestige
and power by the process. Obviously
it would be as easy, in making up the
future statistics of New York, to print
separate items for Manhattan, Brook
lyn, Richmond, Staten and the Bronx,
and then foot up the totals. One or the
other of the boroughs, usually Manhat
tan, loses something of its comparative
advantage when the figures are given
enly by aggregates. Yet this method of
compilation might have been adopted
without any consolidation, and would,
by the Tribune's view, have answered
every purpose. It is time that every
person in the Twin Cities should de
velop into the larger view and the
pride of our common possession. The
Tribune really ought to grow.
DANGEROUS WHEN AT LARGE.
There is no telling what may hap
pen when you turn a man loose in the
editorial columns of a newspaper. A
more extreme instance could not be
selected than the following from last
night's Dispatch:
A gold standard may exist in various forms.
The essential element is that gold be the
standard of value and that the other forms of
currency be kept at parity with such gold
That is the condition of affairs in the United
States now. The great nations of the world
have gold standards, but the token coinage
is run on different principles in every one
For example, bank notes are popular in Ens
land, but disliked in France.
We submit that any one who is com
petent to write like this on the finan
cial question should be sent to con
gress forthwith. It is almost equal to
Senator Stewart, and better than
George Francis Train. "A gold stand
ard may exist in various forms." Ob
viously, the author had in his mind a
whole glass case of them;
cubes, spheres and Klondike nug
gets. Perhaps he got mixed over
the word "standard" and con
ceived of the monetary unit as some
thing like the colors of a regiment, to
be taken out and looked at by the
curious.
More delightful yet is what follows.
All the great nations of the world, we
learn, have gold standards, but one
standard differs from another standard
in glory. Much information is
missing here, which Ahe Dispatch
may supply in future issues. Do these
different gold standards speak the lan
guages of the several nations to which
they belong? Is there a family re
semblance? And how are you to know
where to locate a gold standard, if it
strays away from home and gets lost?
The cream of the joke is the beauti
ful fact that "the token coinage is run
on different principles," and that Eng
lish bank notes and notes of
the Bank of Fiance are "coins"
and "token money." Who is
running token coinage anyhow,
and why does he run the poor thing,
and, above all, why does he not let it
run on the same principle occasional
ly? Just as we get at the meat
of this financial revelation and reach
the Bank of England "token" notes,
the keeper comes on the scene, and we
know only that "the only gold stand
ard recognized and approved by the
Republican party and the people is that
which now exists." Men who car
write or speak like this are exceeding
ly dangerous if left at large anywhere
THE SAINT PAUjC GJCO3S: SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1898.
outside of the federal asylum for their
kind In the capltol at Washington.
A REAL CORNER.
If the boasts of those who have been
managing: the bull movement in wheat
are correct, they have succeeded in
creating a rare thing; that Is, an actual
corner in the great staple food prod
uct of the world. There have been
plenty of corners where a condition of
artificial scarcity was produced by
meeting all offers and scaring sellers
or forcing them to the wall. There
have also been real corners, consisting
in obtaining possession of practically
the whole marketable supply of a com
modity, where the article in question
was produced in only limited amounts
or where the balance available for con
sumption was small. But to purchase
actually the entire available wheat
product of the United States is an oper
ation on a scale so vast as to make an
epoch.
It will remain to be seen, and will
no doubt be disputed by many, wheth
er the Letter party have made good
their boast. They estimate the entire
available supply for the year, includ
ing crop and surplus carried over, at
560,000,000 bushels. Counting In all that
has been exported or consumed up to
date, and all that will be needed for
seeding or other purposes, they reach
a total of 545,000,000 bushels. The
balance of 15,000,000 bushels, they
argue, is all that need be controlled in
order to master the market, and they
have it under their thumb. This is a
transaction so gigantic, requiring such
boldness In execution and such com
mand of means, as well as such nerve
in execution, that it appeals to the im
agination of the American people and
of the world. Whether the assertions
and prophecies of the bull clique be
good or otherwise, it is certain that
they seem to have a firm grip on the
market, and equally true that the best
informed persons In the Northwest have
long insisted upon the comparative
scarcity of the wheat supply and the
assurance of rising or at least steady
prices. We do not imagine that any
farmer will desire a check placed upon
the operations of men, even though
they may be speculators and money
sharks and of the capitalistic breed,
who may help to make the market for
wheat high and to keep it steady and
strong.
Remember that Frank Smith has put in
a bowling alley and shooting gallery, where
all lovers of first-class sport can pass a
pleasant hour In the basement under his
lunch counter. — West Union (Io.) Union.
Queer Ideas of what is first-class sport
seem to prevail down in lowa, when fellows
loving It are asked to remember that they
can find It under lunch counters.
9 — .
English parties have purchased In this
country. lately, for shipment to Cardiff,
Wales, 4,000.000 tons of iron ore. That will
bring to this country $20,000,000 of English
gold, which must help us out. What do our
Pjp. friends fhink of deals of this character,
;. nyway? — Waseca Radical.
Pops do not think; they only think they
think. Those who do think know that that
story was a fake and that the firm alleged
to have made the sale promptly denied It.
Six months ago the Fail River operatives
were ringing their bells on the passage of a
bill which "assured them steady employment
at remunerative wages." Now they are
wringing their hands and find that in some
cases people cannot be legislated Into pros
perity.—Eau Claire Leader.
And next fall they will be wringing the
necks of the Dlngleyites.
The Minnesota veterans are on the war path
against the pension raiders and they promise
to make it decidedly warm for some of the
interests which have milked the govern
ment for years with far less right or justice
thaii have the old soldiers. — Minneapolis Trib
une.
Anti-pensionism has gone very far when
even so loyal an organ as the Tribune calls
pensioning "milking the government."
STORMY COURT SESSION.
Liiielgert Trial Marked by Some Un
usual Scenes.
CHICAGO. Jan. 28.— The closing scenes of
the afternoon session in the Luetgert trial
wgre exciting and unusual. The jurors be
came exasperated at the tactics of Attorney
Harmon, the chief counsel for the defense,
and two of them openly rebuked him. Jo
seph Deteloff, a witness in rebuttal for the
state was on the stand being cross-examined
by Mr. Harmon when the first scene trans
pired. The attorney was asking one ques
tion after another before the witness could
answer. Question and answer became
jumbled inextricably.
Judge Gary tried to check the lawyer sev
eral times, but in vain.
"I would like to have this witness finish
his answer before you break in," said Juror
Snow, leaning forward and looking directly at
Mr. Harmon.
The remark was made in a loud and aggres
sive voice. The tone more than the words
arrested attention. Mr. Harmon drew back
as if a blow had been aimed at him.
The lawyer's answer was directed to tho
witness, but he looked angrily at the juror,
and appeared to aim his question at Mr. Snow
as Jm said: "What answer was.lt you could
net finish? What was it you said that the
jury could not hear?"
"That is not a proper question to ask," said
the court.
"Well, I wanted to find out what answer
it was the jury could not hear," the lawyer
persisted.
A murmur or excited and angry protest
came from the jury box in reply. Above the
babel could be heard the voice of Juror Gard
ner, who leaned forward In his seat on the
front row and exclaimed:
"We cannot hear anything. It's all mixed
up. We cannot tell which Is question and
which answer."
"Read the last questions and answers."
said Mr. Harmon, addressing the stenogra
pher.
"Go on with the examination," commanded
the court.
"I want to have it read bo that the jury will
understand," Mr. Harmon explained.
"Well. I'll not wait to hear it done " de
clared the court.
The session was stormy throughout. As
spats between Mr. Harmon and Judge Gary
became more frequent the defendant's face
began to show anxiety. After the jurymen
had spoken their mind 3 his discouragement
was pitiful. He hurried from the court room
after adjournment without more than a word
to his lawyers.
SINGERLY PLAN FAILS.
Comptroller Danes Apuointtf a Re
ceiver for tlie Defunct Bank.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.— Comp-
L roller of the Currency Dawes came
here today from Washington to confer
with the managers of the plan for the
voluntary liquidation of the affairs of
the suspended Chestnut Street National
bank. The comptroller declined to make
any modifications in the amendments
lo the plan proposed by him a few days
ago. As the managers declared thed
.ould not accept the amendments, the
comptroller thereupon announced that
he would at once appoint a receiver.
To show his confidence, in the ability
and integrity of the managers of the
plan, he selected one of them, George
11. Earl Jr., as the receiver.
Draper Guilty.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2S.— A special from Jack
sonville, 111., says that the jury in the case
of Charles L. Draper, on trial for the murder
of Charles L. Hastings, brought in a verdict
of guilty today. He was given a life sentence, i
SIJBEWS Of THE GITY
REPRESENTED AT THE BANQUET
OP MANUFACTURERS AT TIIE
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
SEVERAL VALUABLE TALKS.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND TELLS HOW
TO BUILD UP THE MANUFAC
TURING INTERESTS.
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS ONE.
Who Opposes One Is an Enemy of
the Other— A. K. Prnden on
Banks.
An entirely representative gathering
of St. Paul manufacturers was assem
bled last night at the Commercial club
to listen to a number of talks on mat
ters of the greatest Interest to them,
after they had rTartaken of a substantial
repast. There were 100 manufacturers
at table, and besides President Conde
Hamlin, of the Commercial club, who
acted as toastmaster, sat Archbishop
Ireland and Rev. A. B. Meldrum.
After a brief invocation by Dr. Mel
drum, President Hamlin, in introducing
President G. P. Kuhles, of the North
western Manufacturers' union, said
that the Commercial club was a clearing
house for the business interests of St.
Paul. There had met there before this
the jobbers, and the retailers, and now
the manufacturers were gathered about
the festal board to meet and know each
other better and listen to a discussion
of subjects of much import to them in
their various lines.
President Kuhles declared It gratified
him very much to be able to meet all his
fellow manufacturers at the club, and
after expressing the hope that the or
ganization would steadily increase in
numbers and Influence, told something
of the work done since its formation
some months ago. The details of the
wt-rk accomplished, he said, the secre
tary intended to make known later,
After a brief introduction by Presi
dent Hamlin, Archbishop Ireland, who
had been an interested listener, spoke In
part as follows:
How to build up the manufacturing inter
ests of St. Paul? That Is a question of the
deepest interest to St. Paul and to all her
people. We must wish to see our city grow
until St. Paul is the greatest city in the
whole Northwest. If we would really have
it grow we must bestir ourselves, for, even
with the geographical advantages she en
joys she must still have men capable of avail
ing themselves of them. Even without these
natural advantages capable men will supply
the energy and the enterprise to build up a
city.
The country is recovering from a period of
unparalleled depression, and we are glad to
hear on all sides that the period of prosper
ity is come to America. Shall it not also
come to St. Paul? There are many places In
this great Northwest bidding for the privi
lege of being at the head, for we must know
we have rivals to the south and to the east.
The railroads have annihilated space, and
whereas some "years ago there needed to be
many citizens in a given territory, now, with
low rates of transportation, one large com
mercial center attracts to itself the business
of the section. St. Paul and Minneapolis are
but one center of commercial strength, and
he who opposes St. Paul is an enemy likewise
of Minneapolis and vice versa. Together we
can and will succeed. It will be by bringing
here and keeping here a great poulatlon.
That Is the vital question. How best can we
do this? By providing means for newcomers
as well as the residents by which they may
secure the wherewith tp purchase sustenance.
It Is the mechanics and the laborers who
go to make up this population, and to get
them here and provide them with means of
making a living we need both the jobber and
the manufacturer. The jobbers in St. Paul
necessarily employ a large number of hands,
but it is the manufacturer who contributes
directly and indirectly to the support of the
most people and aids mosF In maintaining
a large share of the population. Say, for ex
ample, there are 8,000 men, 2,000 women and
several thousand children employed in the
different Industries In St. Paul. It Is safe to
say that not less than 40,000 people are sup
ported by the wages earned by these em
ployes, and If the number were to be doubled
so would the number of the population and
the city would continue to grow.
Then for the indirect, but not less certain
advantage. These 40,000 people support the
retailers, and they, in their turn, the jobbers
and manufacturers. We must not only keep
up our population, but must add to it and
in that way cause our varied industries to
flourish. Except for a few peculiar kinds
of made goods we should not suffer from a
proximity to Chicago, and other largo cities
or from cheap transportation. St. Paul and
Minneapolis are the great gateway to this
wonderful Northwest, whose future we can
hardly conceive in our wildest flights of imagi
nation.
When you manufacturers can say you have
goods as cheap and as well made as St
Paul patrons can get elsewhere, you have a
plea which they can not afford to pass un
noticed. When you have done this the next
thing is to bring your wares so constantly
before them that they will know they can
secure them from you as well or better than
by going elsewhere. The best results will
come from united effort, and united force.
Do not allow outside competitors to enjoy
any advantage you have not yourselves got
You have done nAich in the way of knowing
one another with your display at Market hall
theso gatherings-., will. .bring you in closer
harmony. Create a sentiment in favor of
fostering the purchase of goods made at home
Let the St. Paul people know fhay should
buy home made goods, goods made in St.
Paul and by St. Paul people, who will cir
culate the money they recveive from their
sale, in the limits of the s.tate. Point out
to them that they should encourage exisin«
industries and should lead others to come
here.
A. K. Pruden spoke on the relation' of
banks to manufacturers, and urged at
the cutset that the relations must al
ways be based upon a purely mutual in
terest. The bank must make Its profits
by lending a part of its deposits at In
terest exactly as the manufacturer must
sell his output at a profit above cost. In
order to earn interest without loss of
principal in whole or part, the bank
must loan its money upon a sound basis.
Mr. Pruden gave briefly the views of
bankers on these points covering their
relations with manufacturers, touched
on the prevailing customs, and explain
ed something of the detail of the system
now in vogue in transactions between
manufacturers and their bankers.
Bankers were, he urged, far more de
pendent upon their borrowers for their
profits than was the borrower upon the
bank loaning him the money, and he
predicted that in the future a more
liberal policy would prevail. Said Mr.
Pruden:
Capital should be invested, not borrowed,
and since additional liabilities attach under
partnership arrangements, and the capitalist
cannot usually take active control of his
money, in this kind of -'investment, the laws
of the land provide -for the existence of
corporations whoge stocks and bonds furnish
means by which capital may be invested and
idle money of banks may make an earning.
Corporate existence does not necessarily
involve a large capi al or extenlve op- rations,
but may, and should t>t, employed in smali
beginnings or after a small beginning has
grown so far towards success that more capi
tal may wisely i>e used.
It is lamentable that a strong prejudice
has existed against the.jvery name of manu
facturing investment. This prejudice is not
unfounded, for many ai our best men have
been hoodwinked into contributing liberally
from> their wealth to-watds the establishment
and support oi prospective great manufactur
ing industries, and since the prospect was
the most there was of them, great losses re
sulted, and today. the legitimate, rising, and
established manufacituTtng enterprises' are
struggling und-er\the cltmd of that prejudice
for which they are in tjo wise to blame.
To remove thi£ prejudice, and make pap
ular the investments of money in manufac
turing, closer personal acquaintance between
the manufacturer and capitalist must be cul
tivated. Omit no opportunity to pass without
speaking personally with your banker, make
him mere familiar with what kind of a man
you are. what you are doing and what you
know you have done. Through your banker
you may be brought to meet the man and the
money your business needs, and mutual bene
fits result.
Make known by all methods in your power,
among your other acquaintances the success
you meet with and gradually therp will grow
up the impression that manufacturing op
portunities are to be desired aud by com-
■blued effort there may be brought into «t
--istence a desire to have come money Invested
in some manufacturing Industry, and I want
to say right here that the small ones of to
day will be the great ones of the future. The
percentage of profits are greater and the
risk of loss Is leas upon a small, thrifty ln
austry than upon a large one, and more than
this must be borne In mmd — that after the
enterprise gets beyond the needy period, tt
has no use for additional capital, upoa any
terms for permanent investment, because it
Is very much cheaper to borrow to meet
emergency periods than to divide profits
continually. When the openings for the In
vestment of money disappears, about the
time many owners of money begin to think
they would like some share of the reward the
successful industry reaps. Approach the
management of soma large and successful
industry with a proposition to take your
young son into business with soma capital
which you would like t» see him start *
business career with, and you will be turn
ed down or told that he might start in and
learn the business and that his salary will
be the magnificent sum of $15 per month,
but he could hardly be given an Interest in
the business for his money.
Upon the other hand, a young and grow
ing industry may be easily found in which
his money and services would be of great
value and he takes his place In the battle
of life in a position to become the peer of
the manager of the large establishment of
today, and which has grown from just such
a start as the young man of today starts
into.
C. J. "Whellams, secretary to the Man
ufacturers' union, was assigned the
subject of work of the union, and
spoke for fifteen minutes, during which
he outlined the purpose of the organ
ization as being the better education of
the people of St. Paul in the matter
of the products made in St Paul fac
tories. They must be shown the ad
vantage to be gained both themselves
and by the city at large by the gen
erous patronage of home manufac
turers, whose success contributed in no
small measure to the wealth and pros
perity of the city. He divided the
manufacturers products into three
classes. Material, foods and a general
lumping of all the others, and told
what had been done in the way of
bringing before the public the alms of
the men who employ labor here to
make the various finished products.
His explanation of what had been don©
to secure more liberal patronage, and
the more careful consideration of the
rights and difficulties of the manufac
turers, was listened to with much in
terest.
C. W. Hall spoke on the relation of
agriculture to manufacture. He con
sidered agriculture and manufacture
sisters, both born of the human needs
and desires. He trtaoed the origin of
agriculture from the time a certain un
eaten portion of apple in the garden
of Eden became later transformed into
what is now called wheat. Manufac
ture, he said, had grown to meet the
needs of advancing civilization, until
today the farmer needed the manufac
turer and the manufacturer the farm
er. Exceedingly rapid strides had been
made in the matter of manufacturing
during the last fifty years of the cen
tury. St. Paul, he thought, ought to
become even more famed than now a3
a jobbing and manufacturing center,
and must be in close sympathy with
the persons who purchased the product
of the manufacturers.
The manufacturers themselves must
be In touch with the needs of the
clientage in the territory to whose
needs they were catering. By dose at
tention and unbounded enthusiasm he
believed the men about him who com
prised the backbone of St Paul's man
ufacturing interests, could lay the
foundation for an era of unusual pros
perity.
D. F. Colville added to the pleasure
of the evening with two vocal solos, and
before the meeting came to an end the
manufacturers and their guests were
photographed about the banquet table.
NO HARDTACK IN THEIRS.
Militiamen Feasted on tlie Fat of
t !:<• Lund.
Amid the softly vibrant, yet en
chanting, strains of orchestra music,
those scarred veterans of the "Blue
berry War," of twenty odd years ago,
marched down the aisles of the banquet
hall of the Metropolitan hotel last
evening, arm in arm with the more
youthful members of the guard. It was
the annual reunion of the Veterans' Na
tional Guard association, and those who
participated in that bloodless war at
Bralnerd joined hands with the muscle
and brawn of Minnesota military, and
delved into the memoried past with
pleasant reminiscences of days gone by.
The large dining hall was resplen
dent with gallant lieutenants, dignified
captains and the lesser members of the
present guard, who were Intermingled
with grizzled beards, of pioneer days.
The large dining room was decorated
with large flags and bunting In honor
on the occasion, while the tables were
embellished with cut flowers of all de
scriptions. The spirit of good will, and
the- happy sentiment of the ball room,
was added to by the presence of a half
dozen survivors of the old "Pioneer
Guard," who graced the festive occa
sion.
Among the sixty-four present were
many of the leading militia men in the
state. In fact, nearly all those who had
been in the sc-rvice five years or over
were either present or sent their regrets.
Capt. Ed. S. Bean, recently enrolled a
member of the association, was present,
with gentlemen of the national guard
from all over the state.
Promptly at 8:15, following the busi
ness session of the association, they
marched into the large dining room,
where they discussed an excellent menu
of twelve courses, after which a half
dozen or more toasts were responded
to.
E. S. Chittenden occupied a seat at
the center of the middle table and offi
ciated as toastmaster. A number of
letters of regret were read, among
them a breezy one from Senator
Nelson. Col. Page also regretted that
he would be unable to attend on ac
count of a previous engagement. Gen.
Bend was unable to be present on ac
count of being called to Washington.
Col. Bobleter sent his regrets, having
unfortunately selected the same date
for the dinner which he tendered the
officers of the Second regiment. Sam
Worden also sent his regrets. Mr.
Chittenden first introduced Col. E. M.
Van Duzee, of the Third regiment, as
the first speaker. Before doing so he
said that he regretted that a number
were unable to be present; while he was
glad to see so many of the militia men
again, he felt like organizing a court
martial to try those who were derelict
in their attendance. Col. Van Duzee
spoke briefly on his connection with
the National Guard in fourteen years'
service. When he first joined the guard
It was to please some of his friends !
more than anything else. It was with
great pleasure that he reviewed the
past fourteen years. He would con
tinue a member as long as he was old i
enough to hold the rank of colonel, af- '
ter which he would go back to the
ranks with the boys. Mr. Van Duzee
spoke of the early struggles of the
various National guard movements.
Mr. Chittenden then Introduced Aid. Shep
ard as one of those scarred Blueberry vet
orans. Aid. Shepard told how they were j
called out at midnight, and the next morning j
at 8 o'clock every man in the company was
on hand with the exception of two that they
were unable to pet any word to. He thought
people were inc'ined to make fun of the trip
to Brainerd. but at the time there was no
tun in it as they were quite In earnest, end i
they did net know that no encounter would j
take p'.ace. Mr. Shepard said he had never i
been mustered out from that company, and •
he still served his state as a milltiamin. !
Mr. Shepard told a story on W. A. Vau i
S'.yke, who was at the time quartermaster, j
He said during the trip they had soda j
crackers, dried beef, and cove oysters as t*-e
; auartermaster's stock. He told of an mcl- j
dent during thrir stay in Brainerd where a <
courle of the privates wer^ missing from !
camp and ucon being kok'd for, were found j
deeply interested in a game of poker. H? i
thought the d : sc:p!ine was no better now
than it had been in the '70s.
Toastmaster Chittenden next Introduced
another representative of the Pioneer guards,
whose record was unblemished. It was they !
who were en hand during the uncertainty of
territorial days, and whese efficiency was
was proven time and time again by their
ready response to any call on them for aid.
The speaker was Gon. J. W. Bishop.
Gen. Bishop went back to the very early
days of natior?l guard doings, and the war
times. He to.d how he published the Cha'
\ field Democrat during the early days, which
™ * most excellent and reliable paper.
Between it and the Republican publication,
which -was issued weekly In ChatflcM, they
managed to keep political temperature up to
about 105 dagreea In tho shade. He was,
proprietor, editor, publisher, "that's three,''
said tne general, and he was also a composi
tor and printer's devil. He had often
thought of the awful calamity which would
ensue If the publication should fall to appear.
-He told of tho presidential campaign, and
of Mr. Lincoln's victory. The national gua.nl
was liberally provided for by the state? and
the young men of the cities should do their
utmost to promote its best use.
A quartette followed <3en. Bishop's remarks,
after whicn Bishop M. N. Gilbert was Intro!
duced. He appreciated tha honor which had
been paid him in his selection as chaplain.
He _ ri fP oko briefly of his war experience.
The speechmaking was concluded by ad
dresses by Maj. Fred W. Ames, of Minne
apolis, and N. P. Langford, of St. Paul, and
Lieut. McCoy, of Fort Snelling.
Previous to the banquet a business ses
sion of the association w&3 held at the Met
ropolitan hotel. The following officers were
elected: Commander, E. S. Chlttenden; first
vice president, W. Q. Bronson; second vice
president, N. P. Langford; secretary, "W. H.
Hart; treasurer, F. W. Ames. Two new offi
cers were provided for, namely: surgeon and
chaplain. Dr. T. C. Clark, of Stillwater,
was elected to the former and Bishop Gil
bert to the latter. A committee was appoint
ed to amend the constitution. The credit for
the excellence of the programme last even
ing and the success of the occasion was large
ly due to D. Moreland, E. S. Chlttenden, W.
H. Hart and It. L. Winne, who have been
the prime movers of the Veterans' associa
tion since its birth.
Those who sat down to the banquet were
B. F. Irvine. Pioneer Guard, '58; H. C. Bur
bank, Pioneer Guard, '58; Thomas Van Etten
Pioneer Guard, '57; M. O. Tuttle, Pioneer
Guard; C. E. Smith, M. D. H. A. Leaviy
F. B. Rowley, B. First regiment; G. B. Hor
ton, Company B. First; H. L. Keller, Com
pany B. First; A. M. Dlggles, F. W. Doran
M. G. Craig, J. N. Shepherd, sergeant major
First regiment; W. J. Murphy, former cap
tain Battery A; George C. Lambert, C. Fisher,
Company A, First regiment; E. C. Monfort,
captain, First infantry; F. "W. Ames, major,
First infantry; N. P. Langford, Pioneer
Guard; Fred N. Van Duzee, Company E,
First regiment; O. R. Trobrldge, Company
E, First; P. J. Metzdorf, Company E, First
regiment; J. T. Chambers, lieutenant, Com
pany I, First Infantry; F. T. Corriston, cap
tain. First Infantry; a F. Hlcko'.s. sergeant
major, First infantry; J. C. Rhodes Jr.- A.
Anderson, Charles E. Falrchild, Charles P
Marvin, E. Buchelle, A. L. Craig B "W
Rising, Samuel G. Iverson. G. T. Andrews
Charles W. Van Duzee, J. W. Bishop, M. N.
Gilbert, E. B. McCoy; J. F. Wade, Ed. S.
Bean, E. S. Chittenden. W. H. Hart, D.
Moreland, E. D. Libbey, R. L. Winne, George
S" w°°« s -m v v r ' J ' P - W. H. Allen,
F. W. Willeberger, C. A. Bach, R. C. Davis
C C. Thompson, W. S. McWade, H. W.
Hanson, Charles C. Salter, C. 0. MagnusGn,
Charles F. Push, L. H. Seymour, O. W
Bergholz.
BOBLETER DINED HIS STAFF.
Col. Joseph Bobleter dined the officers of the
Second regiment Jasit evening in the ladles'
ordinary of the Windsor hotel. And such a
dinner it was, too, for there it was truly
a feast of reason and flow of soul. It Is true
the colonel took occasion to "Jolly" the boyu
a bit. about regular attendance at drills and
other matters which even dashing lieutenants
are apt to neglect. Capt. E. A. Le May, the
retiring adjutant of the regiment, was' pre
sented with an elegant silver service. Capt.
Le May responded to the presentation after
he had sufflcently recovered himself. Capt
Le May resigns to become captain of the
new company, mustered in at Winona the
first of last December. Officers from nearly
every company In the gallant 6econd were
present.
ILLINOIS INHERITANCE TAX
Attacked In the Supreme Court by
Ex-President Harrison.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.— The argument in
the supreme court of the United States, in the
cases before it known as the Illinois inheri
tance tax cases, waa heard in that court to
day. There are three of these cases, all In
volving the constitutionality of the Illinois
law, but they were consolidated and argued
as one. The state was represented by Attor
ney General Alken, of Illinois, and Messrs.
A. A. Moran, Robert S. lies and Frank L.
Shepard. and the opposition to the law by
ex-President Benjamin Harrison. William D
Guthrle and Eugene E. Prussing.
Gen. Harrison began his argument at 3 05
p. m., speaking in a distinct voice and receiv
ing from the beginning the careful attention
of both the members of the court and the
general audience. He said the counsel on
the other side had practically confessed the
law to be unconstitutional by falling to show
authority for the position they assumed. He
contended that there could be no more limi
tation put upon the right of a man to dispose
of his property after death than before.
Are men," he asked, "to be restrained from
giving due exercise to the due affection of
the heart?" This disposition he characterized
as "monstrous." There are things Inherent
in our free Institutions, he said, that do not
nee £,, to » find cx P r «sslon in the constitution
or bill of rights, and such is the right to the
protection of such individual rights as were
attacked by this law. Our system of govern
ment was not constructed upon a principle
that would permit a communistic legisla-
, r ?u ot - L 1. 1 "?" 13 t0 interfere with the rights
of tha individual to devise his own property
Justice Brown asked how. In <-ase of tho
death of a man, his property was to be dis
tributed between his wife and children in
the r^sence of a statute for guidance.
To this Gen. Harrison replied that he was
not contending that the natural law should
not be written out, but that It should be In
accordance with the dictates of affection and
precedent A doctrine such ns that contended
for would paralyze all thrift and fomsight.
wi?hm,t e |h Bke «- S ? OUM a man tOU aDd Save
nntr,u?H lmulM of the tDOU Rht that he
ran trasmit his property to his wife or child?
He projects himself beyond tho grave Shall
every child become a foundling?
"That Is not the law you are attackine
now." interjected Mr. Moran. a «acKing
'Not the law. I admit," replied Gen Ilarri
t!^; t ? Ut A he I^'P'e >-ou have defended"
that the state may take all a man's property
upon his death, which has been defended
here today with a boldness I have never seen
or heard before in speech or publication"
RACE WAr'iMPENDING.
Trouble Between tlie WJiltes and
Blackn In Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 23-
Trouble between the blacks and whites
In Lonoke county is apprehended which
when once started, may outrival any
thing of the kind witnessed In the
south in years.
In the town of Lonoke several ne
groes have been killed by whites and
others have been driven away Notices
bearing- date of Jan. 23 have been tack
ed on nearly every door of the
town and many cabins in the sur
rounding country ordering every negro
in the country to leave Lonoke within
thirty days and never come back
threatening to kill those who remain '
The notices are not signed, but are
adorned with skull and crossbones
Notices have also been posted on the
doors of negro school hou&es, warning
the teachers to close the schools and
leave. Many of the negroes have talc
en their families and moved out of
the county and several r.rgro schools
have been closed. A large number have
avowed their purpose of remaining in
their homes and defending them at
the cost of their lives if necessary. One
prominent colored man in an open let
ter to his race advised the colored men
of Lonoke to supply themselves with
arms and be prepared to protect them
selves.
"When the negroes of Lonoke county
kill about twenty-five of these lawless
white men," said he, "the outrages
against the negroes will stop and not
until then."
A white man of Lonoke recently shot
and instantly killed a negro and was
promptly acquitted by a justice of the
peace. Gov. Jones has offered a re
ward of $100 for the conviction of mem
bers of the mob.
PURE SPRING WATER.
It Will Be Used In Christening the
Battleship Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 28.— A spe
cial to the Times from Frankfort, Ky.,
says: When, next month, the battleship
Kentucky glides from the ways at New
port News, her prow will not bo bathed
in champagne, nor in good old whisky.
The fair sponsor. Miss Christine Brad
ley, will uncork a beautiful embellish
ed silver vessel full of pure water.
On the farm in Larue c-ounty. where
Abraham Lincoln was born, there is an
unfailing spring of cold crystal water,
where in his boyhood the great emancl
patoi was went to slake his thrist, us
ing a gourd or oak leaf dipper.
The idea is to have a committee for
mally visit the spring, fill a silver ves
sel with sparkling water, and seal it.
Then the vessel will be given to Miss
Bradley, who will guard it as a sacred
thing, until the time for breaking the
seal, on board tlie Kentucky.
SQUADHOfI RT CflDlZ
OOKCENTRATIOH OF SPANISH SHIPS
OF WAR VIEWED WITH
UNCONCERN.
HARDLY COMING TO CUBA.
SUCn A STEP WOULD LEAVE THE
HO3IE PORTS WITH NO
PROTECTION.
LITTLE PROGRESS o\ TREATIES.
Reciprocity Agreement Under Sego.
tiatioa at tlie Instance of tlie
United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.— The state
department has received from Consul
General Lee confirmation of the killing
of Aranguren. The cablegram gave no
details.
The reported concentration of the
Spanish fleet at Cadiz is viewed with
unconcern In official circles here, though
as yet there has been no official con
firmation of the reported order for tha
rendezvous. It is not believed that tha
fleet Is to be ordered to Cuba in its en
tirety. It would be a token of unlimited
confidence on the part of the Spanish
government In the continued neutrality
of other nations to deprive the Spanish
home ports of the protection of tha
fleet.
Respecting the negotiation of reciproc
ity treaties between the United States
en one side and Spain and Cuba, and
perhapa Porto Rico, on the other It la
officially admitted at the state depart
ment that such negotiations are under
way. They have not progressed very
far for the reason that an expert com
mission Is required to deal with the
Intricacies of the tariff schedules, which
are especially complex In tha case of
the Spanish tariff, with 4ts three seta
of schedules, each playing a particular
part. As heretofore stated the basts
for the treaties will be found in tha
reciprocity treaties with Spain, Cuba
and Porto Rico, drawn under the Mc-
Kinley act, and nullified by the Wilson
act, though changed business conditions
■Will be taken into account In making
the new arrangements.
The negotiations were initiated at the
instance of our government. Minister
Wcodford invited the Spanish govern
ment to enter into such negotiations,
In that respect carrying out instruc
tions that were sent to every United
States representative abroad.
The Cuban tobacco, which has been
for so long held in Havana, is now com
ing to the United States In large quan
tities. Gen. Lee has Informed the state
department that by the steamer Olivette
there has been shipped sixty-six bales
of filler tobacco, for Tampa, while the
stf-amer Segurance carried 2,946 bales
of the same to New York, 154 to New
Haven, and eighty-five to Baltimore.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.— The Times to
morrow will say: President AlcKinley
has decided to send to Havana a spe
cial emissary whose duty will be the
distribution of the supplies sent there
by the Central Cuban relief committee
of this city. The committee has ap
pointed subcommittees all over the East
and South, and the contributions in the
way of clothing, provisions, furniture
and cooking utensils have been so great
that when they were shipped to Havana
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, to whom they were
consigned, found himself entirely un
able to handle them with his limited
supply of help.
Eeside-s distributing the supplies it
will be the duty of the agent to inform
the revenue inspectors of Havana about
the goods sent by the relief committee
and to distinguish them from dutiable
shipments.
Stephen E. Barton, the local chairman
of the committee, in an interview, said
that the response by the people of the
United States to requests for aid for
the impoverished residents of Cuba had
always been prompt, and that at times
the supplies were so great that they
could scarcely be bundled.
OFFICIAL VISIT.
Acting; Captain (ieneral Received on
110.-ird the Maine.
HAVANA, Jan. 23. Gen. Parrado, the
acting captain general, visited the Unit
ed States battleship Maine, starting
at about 11 o'clock this morning. 1I>;
was saluted by the guns of < 'abanas
fortress as he went on board. This was
a return of the visit paid to him yes
terday by Capt. Sigsbee, of the Main.',
who was accompanied by Consul Gen
eral Lee.
Further details regarding the killing
of Nestor Aranguren, the insurgent
brigadier general, known as the "Sheri
dan of Cuba," have been received. They
show that Col. Aranzabe, of the Spanish
forces, had known for some time that
Aranguren was in the habit of visiting
his mistress in a hut In the Tapaste
hills, and, the day before yesterday, he
ordered three columns of troops, rein
forced by cavalry, to surprise the in
surgent chief with the result that the
latter was shot and killed with one of
his companions. The troops also cap
tin-ed two women and the father of
Arariguren's mistress, who is described
as being the dynamiter of the band.
About 4,000 persons have visited the
morgue where the body of Aranguren
lies exposed, among them being many
ladies, the uncle of the deceased, Jose
Maria Aranguren and his nephew, Nes
tor Aranguren.
The remains were identified by the
chief of the fire department, .-; v> ral offi
cers and a number of firemen, as well
as by his relatives. There is consider
able comment in different circles here
at. the fact, which is now being pointed
cut. that nearly all the insurgent chiefs
of the province of Havana have been
killed owing to their visiting their mis
trt-Fses.
it !s said that the mistress of Aran-
Ruren and another woman, who were
both wounded when the insurgent chief
v.^s captured, have since died of their
injuries. Aranguren. it is now stated,
was shot while he was writing. The
remains of Aranguren will i<e quietly
buried today.
The Spanish authorities say that
among the papers which till into the
hands of the troops when Aranguren
was killed was his diary, showing that
he ordered the execution of Lieut. Col.
Kuiz.
Capt. Gen. Blanco, It is an
nounced from Spanish sources at ?>lan
zanillo, in addressing the municipality
of that place, said the country should
lock forward with confidence to the n ar
approach of peace, which, he b<
would be arrived at in February, owing
to the new policy adopted by the gov
ernment, ar.d ti:>' suppcrt it was receiv
ing from the country. The capt tin n
eral will remain at Manzanillo at
en: and will Inspt ct the forts.
Hetra to a Million.
GRKAT FALLS. Mont.. Jan. 2^.— A. T.. and
J. F. Reitz, of this city, have received word
that by a decision of the supreme <'ourt of
Pennsylvania they have fallen hler to $1,000,
--000. The estate belonged to their grandfather,
who died at Tamai|ii;i. Fa., in is 17. leaving
an estate of sixty acres of coal land. This la
now one of the most valuable coal properties
;n that state and is estimated at $U,OOO,CfIQ.
A decision has just been handed own awarding
the title to the grandfather's heir*.