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VOl.. XXI.— NO. 46.
BELL TO THE OEIENT
JAMES J. HILL RECOMMENDS TRANS
PACIFIC MARKETS
He Siivh That American Coanmerce
Has Practically Ignored Its
Chance to Tnrn an Honest Penny
Aitoks the Pacific Oceaa Uig
Figures Are Possible There.
President James J. Hill, of the Great
Northern, returned to St. Pr tl yester
day from his recent absence of a fort
night in New York and Washington.
While in the capital Mr. Hill was af
forded an opportunity to present some
valuable information to both the leg
islative and executive branches of the
federal government in regard to ex
ports from the United States to Ori
ental countries. Since Anson Burlin
game, more than a generation ago,
penetrated tl.e walls of the Chinese
empire and brought It into commercial
intercourse with this hemisphere, little
note has been taken of the possibilities I
of trade with the Orient, having for
its basis the disposition of American
products among the people beyond the
Pacific. This country seems to have
been content to secure the offerings of
me aromatic kingdoms, without regard
to the turning of an honest penny in
the other direction. Apparently this
has been an instance in which the
Yankee was under the influence of an
Oriental "dope." Transcontinental lines
were excellent embellishments of the
maps of our country, and have been
long "pointed to with pride" as courses
through which the currents of the East
might distribute much of usefulness
and novelty over our land. It has only
been within a few years that the forces
of commerce have lodged themselves
upon the other side of the Pacific with
sufficient dignity to command notice.
Some of the results of American enter
prise in this direction came to light re
cently through Mr. Hill's statements
in Washington concerning freight ship
ments destined to Japan, China, Corea,
Australia, Java, India, the Philippine
Islands, the Straits Settlements and Si
beria, by the way of the Northern Pa
cific railway and Northern Pacific
steamship line and the Great Northern
and Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
The figures Mr. Hill supplied repre
sented the commerce between July, 1896
and July, 1897, and in their magnificent
proportions surprised both the congress
and the executive. Without at the
present time going into details, it may
be said that the volume represented ap
proximately 260,000,000 pounds of our
products, and among the contributors
were the industrial promoters of
twenty-five states east of the Missis
sippi, which, indeed, supplied the bulk
of the exports, and one of the most
conspicuous features of the exhibit
was the evidence of the development
of the manufacturing and commercial
instinct of the people of the South.
Glancing over Mr. Hill's statement and
commenting upon this splendid show
ing of the South as a productive center,
a . G lobe reporter asked Mr. Hill yes-1
terday how he accounted for the ability
of that section to co far eclipse the
old manufacturing strongholds of the
Eastern and middle states.
"I account for it in this way," he
said. "There is the saving in raw ma
terial, which they have right at hand
Then there is the difference in the fuel
bill, w\ich is not one-third what it is
In New Englp d. Then, again the
wages are 30 p.r cent lower. The' con
sequence Is," he added, "that South
Carolina and other Southern states are
supplying a vast amount of the surplus
for export and New England ls not get
ting any of it."
Mr. Hill was asked for the result of
his observations regarding the condi
tions of general business; whether they
DOOES TO THE KLONDIKE
HOUSE COMMITTEE THINKS THEY
SHOULD ALL BE OPEN
Will Seek to Secure Reciprocity
With Canada ln the Matter of
Supplies Sent Over the Varions
Routes Lacey and Hanshrongh
at Work on nn Emergency Bill.
Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, )
Corcoran Building. \
Special to The St Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.-Represen
tative Lacey (Rep., Iowa), chairman of
the public lands committee of the
h.use, and Senator Hansbrough (Rep.,
North Dakota), chairman of the corre
sponding senate committee, are at
work upon a bill to secure reciprocity
with Canada in certain particulars of
Considerable interest to the Eastern
and Central states, as well as to the
Klondike region, for which it is partic
ularly intended. In fact, such a bill as
an emergency measure has already
passed the house, and Senator Hans
brough today offered an amendment to
the Alaska homestead bill, which some
what foreshadowed the features
which he proposed to cover in his
new bill. The senate commit
tee will go over the subject more
carefully, and probably amend the
house bill materially. An opportunity
for securing some concessions from
Canada is likely to come about through
the attempt of the Dominion govern
ment to establish an all-Canadian
route to the Klondike, which will be
available the year round. To do this
they must secure from the United
States the bonding privilege through
the thirty-mile strip on the Pacific
coast, through which they would have
to pass for eight months of the year
when the Stikine river was closed.
A bill is now before the Canadian
parliament granting 4,500,000 acres of
land to a Canadian company recently
organized to construct a railroad from
Glenora, the head of navigation of the
Stikine river— which empties into the
"Pacific ocean through our thirty-mile
strip — to Lake Teslin, whence naviga
tion through the Yukon to the Klon
dike region would be easy. It will
then be possible for the Klondike busi
ness to go over the Canadian Pacific to
Vancouver by steamer, along the coast
northward to this river and to Its head
of navigation, and thence by rail to the
navigable sources of the Yukon. The
Canadian bill proposes also to give
such a railroad line a complete mon
opoly in the Canadian northwest for
five years. By commercial treaty be
tween the two countries vessels of
either are allowed the freedom of the
navigable streams without tariff inter
ference, except as to a very few r
classes of merchandise, such as gun
powder and other explosives. Now the
Canadian government desire the
bonding privilege so extended to them
that miners may fit themselves out and
take a coasting vessel to Wrangel, in
our territory, and thus cross the nar
row strip belonging to the United
States.
It has occurred to the chairmen of
the two committees named, that, before
this privilege Is granted, reciprocal
favors should be extended to the United
States. Our cities, both in Washington
and in Alaska, are eager to get their
share of this trade, and Dyea is regaid
ed as the natural entrepot of the Klon
dike region. The United States gov
ernment will ask that Canada shall ac
cord the bonding privilege, to American
fi: h.rmen on the Atlantic coast, so that
they may transmit fresh fish over
Canadian railroads. They will also ask
Carada tc relinquish the right to col
lect duties on the miners' outfits under
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
gave him the impression that they were
only temporary or real and fixed.
"Business is good everywehere," he
replied. "I think that business in the
Northwest, right here at home is as
good as it ls anywhere. The United
States Just now seems to have a large
amount of money coming out, which
has heretofore been . hoarded. There
ls more money in the country, practi
cally, than there is use for; there is
more and more money coming out all
the time than the people of this coun
try can use. It may surprise some
people, but there is really a great deal
of Western money coming to the sur
face. I find that up in the Red river
valley farmers are loaning money nn
improved farms, and that in localities
where a few years ago farmers wanted
mortgages taxed they now want the
tax taken off, because they are them
selves holding the mortgages, and that
Is a different condition of things from
what existed a few years ago. The
clearing house returns and all the fig
ures which measure the volume of
business being tranacted Indicate an
immense increase in the volume of
trade."
Mr. Hill was here reminded of his
statement made about the first of the
year as to the large amount of Amer
ican money being loaned abroad, and
he was asked whether this condition
still existed. He replied:
"There Is still a . _-c amount of our
money being loaned to Europe. Good
securities are very scarce, and every
thing that America can offer of this
kind is eagerly taken. My judgment
is that if our people can, within a rea
sonable time, cease this agitation of
the standard of money, and let the sub
ject alone, capital will l>egin to seek
investment in long time loans, as, for
instance, on real estate, upon which
higher rates can be secured than on
security on personal property, mer
chandise, etc. I think, also, that this
end could be quickly reached if we
could secure a good flexible banking
system; but the people had better be
very cautious about improving our
present system until they are sure that
they are agreed on a better one."
"How did you find sentiment with
respect to our present international in
terests?" Mr. Hill was asked.
"This Cuban matter hangs like a lit
tle cloud in the sky," he replied, "but
I do not think our government will
make any trouble over it. I think Pres
ident MeKinley is inclined to be cau
tious. The fact is, we do not want
a mixed population like that compris
ing the island of Cuba. It would re
quire 2f>,000 men, at least, to maintain
order there for the next ten years.
Twice that many Spaniards and more
have not been able to do it during the
past two years. They are not fit for
self-government, as they stand today.
It might be a good thing if all tlie
Cubans would go to Mexico, as that
country seems to be the proper place
for colonization of Spaniards in North
America."
Mr. Hill said he did not meet Presi
dent Dole, of the Hawaiian islands,
while ln Washington. "I think there
will be something done about taking in
the people of the Sandwich islands,"
he said. "A sentiment exists that it
would, perhaps, be better to let them
alone, except for the reason that the
strife for territory in the Pacific ocean
is so great that, if these islands do
not come into the nossession of the
United States, they will go to some
other power, and our people are com
ing to believe that it will be well for
us to hold the islands and fortify
them as a protection to our enormous
sea coast, rather than maintain a
larger navy, as we would be required
to do if they went into the possession
of some other power. The islands
themselves are self-supporting^ and
they are all right. With the Hawaiians
ln the possession of some other coun
try, the demands upon our navy would
be twice as great as if they belonged
to us, and the expense would "be
greater than If we should take and
fortify them as our own."
-,SOO pounds per capita, which is about
erne year's supply. On these outfits th-
L-ominion is now collecting an ad va
lorem duty of 35 per cent. Since they
are asking perpetual free trade on the
Stikine river, it is thought to be no
more than fair that free trade should
be accorded American miners going
across the boundary line at Dyea Then
it win also be stipulated that, if any
other railroad line is projected through
American and Canadian territory i*
shall not be debarred by the monopoly
offered to the Canadian line now pro
jected. This subject is likely to attract
considerable attention in congress and
at the treasury and state departments.
BABCOCK AGAIM~CHAIRMAN.
Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee Discusses the
Issnes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The Re
publican congressional campaign com
mittee met tonight, and, after perfect
ing its organization, entered into a brief
discussion of party issues
Representative Joseph W. Babcock
of Wisconsin, for the third time was
honored with the chairmanship of the
committee. Representative Pearson
nominated John Simpkins, of Massa
chusetts, for vice chairman. Mr Simp
kins declined in favor of James S
Sherman, of New York, who was elect-
Representative Mercer, of Nebraska,
was nominated by Representative Lou
d<nslager, of New Jersey, for re-elec
tion as secretary, but he too declined
Jind nominated instead Representative
Jesse Overstreet, of Indiana. The lat
ter was elected.
Col W. B. Thompson, of this city,
was then elected treasurer on nomina
tion of Representative Spalding, of
Michigan. b '
A motion was carried authorizing
Chairman Babcock to appoint an ex-,
ecutive committee at a future date he
to both select the membership and de
termine the number.
There were several informal speeches
loe>king ahead to the next campaign
Gen. Grosvenor pointed to the election
in Oregon in June, the first of the state
contests to be waged, and said the
moral effect of the election, as the in
itiative in the country, should incite
the strongest efforts. The party should
begin the campaign at once in Oregon
he said, on the straight-forward issue
oi sound money and protection.
Gen. Grosvenor also referred to the
Maine election, which is to follow that
of Oregon, .but said its significance pal
ed before Oregon on account of the lat
ter s precedence in date.
Senator Shoup. of Idaho, said his sec
tion of the country will do everything
possible to give a Republican majority
in the Fifty-sixth congress, but he
conceded that the sentiment of Idaho
was for bimetallism.
At a meeting of the Democratic con
gressional campaign committee toni-(h*
the following officers were elected
Senator White having been chosen
chairman some time ago: Gov. Os
borne, of Wyoming, vice chairman-
James Kerr, of Pennsylvania, secre
tary; Judge W. B. Fleming, of Ken
tucky, first assistant secretary; Joseph
Ohl, of Georgia, second assistant sec
retary.
A committee of three was appointed
to fill the vacancies in states not rep
resented on the committee. The com
mittee before adjourning adopted the
following resolution, presented by Sen
ator Jones:
In the opinion of this committee, there
should be the most earnest and hearty co
operation between the various friends of
bimetallism as defined by the Chicago plat
form, and they should use every honest
and legitimate means to propagate this sen
timent and to unite in its support the vot
ers of every party opposed to the gold
standard
TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
ALASKAN STEAMER LOST
THE CLARA NEVADA BURNED IN THE
LINN CANAL
Nothing in Known of the Fate of
the Passengers and Crew, Num
bering Forty People, bat It Is
Feared That All Are Dead Ter
rific Weather Reported.
VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 14.— The
steamer Islander brings news that the
steamer Clara Nevada of Seattle, was
burned in Linn canal, and forty men,
who were on board are supposed to
have perished.
The Nevada left Skaguay for Juneau
on Feb. 5, and when the Islander, which
arrived from Cornox this morning,
reached Juneau the Nevada had not ar
rived there.
The day that she should have reach
ed Juneau, fire was seen on the waters
of the canal and the opinion is general
that the flames were from a burning
steamer.
Whether the passengers and crew
reached land, or whether they perish
ed is not known. It is feared that they
met with death, as there has been a
terrible wind and snow storm in the
north and small boats could hardly
live. Capt. Irving, of the Islander, re
ports that the weather has been ter
rific. The Clara Nevada is command
ed by Capt. C. B. Lewis and her crew
consists of twenty-eight- men. The
officers are: Pilot Ed Kelly, First Offi
cer Smith, Engineer David Reed,
Purser Foster Beck, Stewart O'Donnell
and a clerk, George Rogers.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 14.— An un
confirmed report reached here this aft
ernoon that the steamer Clara Nevada,
from Alaska, has been sunk and that
her crew and passengers are lost. The
report says that the steamf r went down
at Seawart. It is stated that people
on shore heard her boiler explode and
saw the vessel on fi~e _s she went down.
The owners of the vessel had no news
of the reported disaster.
It cannot be ascertained how many
pas.engers the Clara Nevada had, as
no report has been received of the
number who took passage at Skaguay
and other points.
The Clara Nevada last summer was
condemned by the government for the
reason she was out of date and was
sold to the Pacific and Alaska Trans
portation company, who had her thor
oughly over-hauled before placing her
in the Alaska line. She was consider
ed perfectly seaworthy.
ASTOITIA. Ore., Feb. 14.— Bulletin:
The steamship Oregon, which left Dyea
and Skaguay today, was towed back
this evening with her coal bunkers on
fire. The fire is said to be under con
trol.
1 he fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion. The damage is very slight
and the Oregon will sail again tomor
row morning.
BRIBESS OFFERED EXPERTS
One Wilms, in the Zola Trial Told
It Woinld Re Profitable to
Change.
PARIS, Feb. 14.— The important testi
mony offered today in the case against
Zola was given by experts and related
to the handwriting of the famous bor
dereau.
M. Bertillon, thought it impossible to
ask the minister for war for the ln
.nmlnatlng documents, seized at the
residence of Dreyfus in 1894, which, ac
cording to the testimony of the wit
ness on Saturday last, would enable
him to prove that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau.
M. Laborie, counsel for M. Zola, pro
tested and twitted M. Bertillon with
being unwilling to testify in court,
while giving interviews to the news
papers.
M. Eertillon said the interviews were
false,
Being pressed by M. Laborie, how,
unless he had seen the secret docu
ments, he was able to prove at the
court martial that Dreyfus wrote the
bordereau, M. Bertillon answered that
he could not explain without docu
ments which were no longer ln his pos
session.
This statement caused a sensation in
court, and M. Laborie demanded that
the advocate general compel the wit
ness to reply. The advocate general
made no answer.
Finally M. Bertillon, who persisted
in not answering questions, left the
witness stand amid considerable up
roar, M. Laborie remarking, "and that
is the man upon whose evidence Drey
fus was convicted."
M. Teyssonieres, another handwrit
ing expert, testified to identifying the
handwriting of the bordereau as that
of Dreyfus. He added that the fac
simile had been blurred so as to make
it resemble Esterhazy's.
Later the witness created a sensation
by testifying that friends of Dreyfus
had approached him and had hinted
that it might be worth 100,000 to 200,000
francs if he moderated his views favor
ably to Dreyfus.
M. Yves Guyot, the former minister
of public works, testified that the Es
terhazy court martial was "a parody
on justice." (Excitement in court.)
The further statement of M. Guyot,
tbat the inner circles of foreign gov
ernments were fully cognizant of all
that occurred at the Esterhazy court
martial, caused a renewed sensation.
The crowd outside the court was
much calmer today.
The garrison of Paris has been rein
forced by troops from Versailles.
M. Tharieux, former minister of jus
tice, threw such suspicion upon all the
evidence given by M. Teyssonnieres
that the latter left the bar much dis
credited.
Altogether the day was rather favor
aide for M. Zola.
COMING TO AMERICA.
Victoria Woodhall Martin to Pursue
Her Reformation Scheme.
CHICAGO. Feb. 14— Special t. the Chron
icle from New York: Victoria Woodhull
Martin wil! land in this country in a few
days to continue her moral and social re
formation of the world.
Incidentally she ls coming to New York to
fight a lawsuit instituted by Dr. Charles A.
Wells, liu-band of Mrs. Martin's ri.ee. who
has attempted to block the progress of Mrs.
Martin and her daughter. Lulu Maud Wood
hull, that most remarkable young person
wh. has accepted her mother's teachings
and followed so e'osely in her footsteps that
she is now little less known than the mother
herself.
Mrs. Martin's other purpose ln coming to
America Is to establish her magazine, The
Humanitarian here. It is now published in
London, and her intention is to have it come
out simultaneously ln this country, Eng
land and France. It Is expected that Mrs.
Martin will reserve one evening each week
for receptions and conversation.
She is expected to make her home in West
Seventy-second street.
SHE MIST KISS ALL OR NONE.
Sclioolmn'am Cared of an Attack of
the Kissing Epidemic.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.— Special to the Tribune
from Atlanta, Ga. ; The kissing epidemic
ha*; met with a peculiar backset in this part
of the state. A young lady school teacher
frcm Chattanooga has been conducting a
very prosperous institute of late, admitting
mixed classes of scholars. For some of these
she evinced a preference by kissing them
each morning. The parents of the unkissc-d
re-belled at this discrimination, and the
young lady was notified that unless she
ceased her partial osculation or made it gen
eral her services would be dispensed with.
She chose the former course, and peace
reigns once more among her patrona.
BLUE CUT MYSTERY CLEARED
Confession by Ono of the Men Who
Participated in tho Famous
Train Hobh tries.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 14— The mys
terious Blue Out train robbery in 1895,
near Kansas City, and the attempted
robbery of the bank; at Elmdale, may
both be solved by the death of Carter
Roe.
Roe, for nearly three years, was an
Inmate of Bedwell's- asylum. A week
before his death he became apparently
rational, confessed to having partici
pated in the Elmdale, Kan., bank rob
bery April 29, 1895, and a little later in
a train robbery, which ex-Sheriff Wil
kerson believes was the Blue Cut rob
bery near Kansas City.
He told Supt. Bedwell where $1,300,
his share in the train robbery, was
buried ln a box near Garfield Park,
North Topeka.
ST. JOHN SCORED BY PROHIBS
The Leader of the Drys Signed a
Petition for Permission
to Seth Liquor.
OLATHE, Kan., Feb. 14.— At a mass
meeting of his fellow citizens, held in
_____ city. John P. St. John, the ex- '
Prohibition governor, was roundly de
nounced for signing a whisky petition.
Gov. St. John endeavored to defend
himself, but was questioned so sharp
ly that he was compelled to retreat un- !
der fire.
The demonstration which followed j
was one of the liveliest ever witnessed
in Olathe, the center, ten years ago,
of the original package excitement.
Three local druggists had filed peti
tions with the probate judge asking for
permission to sell liquor. The law re
quires the signatures of twenty-five
men and a like number of women of
the ward in which the drug store is to
locate. One of the druggists secured
ex-Gov. John to sign his petition.
GRAIN IS GOING ~TO~ EUROPE.
A Fleet With a Capacity of Three
Million Bniheli Loading at
Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.— Fifteen
steamships ere now in port loading or
waiting their turn to" load the grain
tbat is coming to the city from the
West, in great quantities. Their aggre
gate carrying capacity amounts to over
3,000,000 bushels, and all the grain ele
vators at Port Richmond, Washington
avenue and Girard Point, are k.pt busy
in meeting the heavy rush upon them.
During the past week thirteen other
vessels, not including regular lines,
were chartered to load grain here, and
the prospects for large shipments of
corn, wheat ar.d cats wer> never br ght
er. A number of the vessels recently
ordered here came from Hampton
Roads, their charters having been
effected while they were at sea.
DAUNTLESS ~SAFELY AWAY.
The News of the Escape of the Fil
ibustering Expedition Is
Now Confirmed.
FERNANDINO, Fla., Feb. 14— A tug,
supposed to be the Dauntless, slipped
up to the steamer wharf here at 10r30
last night and proceeded at once to take
! en boxes and supplies supposed to be
j ammunition. About midnight seventy
I Cubans arrived by special train and
immediately went aboard. Gel. Nunez
was in charge. A full supply of coal
was also taken aboard and she went to
sea at 2:30 a. m. The deputy collectors'
houses were closely watched to prevent
interference from them.
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 14.— The Cuban
expedition that left here is now safely
at sea and will join the expedition that
left Fernandino on the Dauntless. All
the facts were verified and there is no
doubt as to the truth of the story.
FIFTY THOUSAND PURSE.
Western Men Will Offer It to Cor
bett nnd Pits for a Finish
Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Feb. 14.— A
syndicate of Western sporting men, the
majority of wham are San Francisco
men, have determined to bring off a
finish fight between Bob Fitzsimmons
and James J. Corbett, and to that <md
will guarantee a purs." of $-.0,000, to be
divided between the fighters as they
themselves may determine.
The company will control all privi
leges and stipulate that the battle must
be fought on a perfect day, to facilitate
the taking of perfect veriscope pic
tures.
There Is also a possibility of a fin
ish fight being arranged between "Kid"
McCoy and either Joe Chnynski or
Peter Maher, for a $10,000 purse.
CENSURE OF MR. MURPHY.
State Senate of New York Joins In
the Action of the Lower
Honse.
ALBANY, N. V., Feb. 14.— The senate
tonight, after a long debate, concurred
ln the assembly resolution censuring
United States Senator Murphy for his
vote in favor of the Teller resolution.
MISS WILLARD AERY ILL.
Condition of the Noted Temperance
Advocate Critical.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.— The World says:
Miss Frances E. Willard is ill at the Emnlre
hotel, this city. She has been suffering from
cancer of the stomach for several years.
The inroads of this disease, combined with a
bad attack of grippe, had completely shat
tered her health.
She broke down In Madison, Wis., about
a month ago while, making an address upon
her birthday. It was then de.ided that she
should go Id New York and submit herself
to specialists. Miss Willard was exhausted
by her work and insufficient rest.
CHANCE FOR JI BY TO VOTE.
No Session of Conrt in the Martin
Trial This Morning.
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Feb. 14.— The four
teenth day of the trial of Sherih Martin
and his deputies, charged with killing of
strikers at Lattimer, opened tcd.y with John
Pustion on the stand. The only . w point
proved today was the name of the delegate
who asked the men to inarch to Lattimer. He
was Joseph Caltic.
As tomorrow is electi •-• day. Judge Wood
ward decided to hold no court in the morn
ing, in order to allow {he jurors to vote.
Court will convene in the afternoon.
GA VEL TAPS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.— The resolution of
Lewis, of Washington, demanding Minister
de Lome's recall, was introduced in the
house today.
Senator Hoar today introduced a bill for
the suppression of gambling in the terri
tories.
Representative Burton, of Ohio, has intro
duced a bill appropriating $100,000 to construct
a steel steam lighthouse tender for use on
the great lakes.
"Pills'' in Plenty.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14— The steamer
Gaelia, which arrived from the Orient,
brought the largest single shipment of opium
which ever entered this port. There were
462 cases of the drug, nnd the duty at 56 a
pound will amount to $1.0. ..0. «* ♦ the market
price the shipment is worth $9 „_O.
INTO DE LOME'S SHOES
LOI'IS POTO BERNABE THE NEW
SPANISH AMBASSADOR
Official News olf the Appointment
Both at Washington and Madrid
—No Intention on the Part of the
United States to Demand an Apol
ogy of Sagasta.
MADRID, Feb. 14.— The note from
Minister Woodford demanded that
Spain should formally disavow the in
sults to President MeKinley contained
in Senor Dupuy de Lome's letter to
Senor Canalejas. The cabinet council,
today, it is reported, decided unani
mously to reply to Minister Woodford
that Senor de Lome's spontaneous
resignation and the terms of the de
cree accepting it, were considered suffi
cient satisfaction.
It is understood that Minister Wood
ford received this intimation and dis
patched a long cipher telegram to
Washington.
MADRID, Feb. 14.— The cabinet met
at 5 o'clock this afternoon and discuss
ed the present state of the war in Cuba
and the De Lome matter at great
length.
It was decided to publish a decree
accepting the resignation of Senor Du
puy de Lome as minister at Washing
ton, and appointing Senor Louis Polo
Bernabe as his successor.
A decree will also be Issued conven
ing the chambers before the end of this
month, so as to enable the election of
the new cortes to occur on March 20.
Senor Gullon, the minister of foreign
affairs, informed the cabinet that
United States Minister Woodford had
just handed him a note referring to
Senor de Lome's letter, and to the
meaning of several paragraphs in it.
Senor Louis Polo Bernabe is the son
of Vice Admiral Polo, who formerly
represented Spain in this country. Se
nor Bernabe is now engaged in a spe
cial department of the foreign ministry
at Madrid, dealing with commercial
matters and consulates.
El Liberal, commenting on the De
Lome letter, says It was a private doc
ument of which the government mis
understands the text. It Is semi-offi
cially stated that official claims cannot
be founded on a private letter.
PARIS, Feb. 14.— The Figaro says:
"No state could make such an apology
as the United States demands from
Spain without the loss of all dignity.
If the United States should attack
Spain under such a futile pretext as
the De Lome incident, the whole of
Europe would support the latter."
HAVANA. Feb. 14.— At a meeting
last night of the radical Autonomists,
important questions were discussed
with the view of assuring peace and
Spanish sovereignty of Cuba.
Spanish reports have it that the in
surgent, Callxto Garcia, on Feb. 8, ad
vanced three leagues from Mejias,
province of Santiago de Cuba, ln an
attempt to pass a column of Spanish
troops commanded by Gen. Narce.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.— Actuated
by a sense of honor and a strict idea of
justice, the state department has taken
steps to' place in the hands of Senor
Canelejas, to whom the letter was ad
dressed, the epistle written by Senor
Dupuy Ue Lome, which led to the res
ignation of the minister.
There now remains only the closing
chapter of the Incident to be written,
for the end is already ln sight. Not
withstanding all that has been said
about demands on Spain for apologies
or retractions of the disagreeable
things said by Senor Dupuy de Lome
in his letter, it can be positively stated
that at no time since the publication
of the letter has the state department
taken any such course. Instead, it has
relied entirely upon the sense of pro
. prlety of the Spanish government to do
all that was proper and needful to
wipe out the unpleasant Impression
produced by these statements, and It
can now be said that this course has
been fully justified, and that the Span
ish cabinet, now being aware of the
full text of the letter, is expected with
in a day or two, to make such dis
i claimer of the letter as is required by
the circumstances.
Tonight the state department re
ceived official notice from Madrid of the
selection of Senor Louis Polo Bernabe
as United States minister to succeed
Senor Dupuy de Lome.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Via Bermuda),
Feb. 14.— The United States cruiser
Montgomery sailed from Port au
Prince late last night under cipher or
ders received from Washington. It is
believed that her destination is Ha
vana.
READING, Pa., Feb. 14.— The Car
penter Steel company is working on
double turn, with a full force, and
there is a report that it has received
an order from the navy department for
27,000 steel projectiles. Everybody con
nected with the works preserves great
secrecy.
TIPPECANOE CLUB'S HONOR.
McKisson and the Others Charged
With Failing to Uphold It.
CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 14.— The Tippe
canoe club board of directors filed an answer
today to the petition of McKisson, Senator
Burke and Representatives Mason and Bram
ley. seeking to restrain the club from ex
pelling them as members of the organization.
The club, in Its answer, says that the ac
cused members of the club, upon joining the
body, agreed to sustain the honor of the or
ganization; that they did not so sustain the
integrity cf the club by consorting with Dem
ocrats at the house and senate caucus at
Columbus.
Western Plnms.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 14.— The president to
day sent the following nominations to tbe
senate:
To be register of land office:* Joseph W.
Johnson, at Lincoln, Neb.; Lee Stever, of
Sou.h Dakota, at Watertown, S. D.
To be receivers of public mtfneys: Miles
Cannon, of Washington, at North Vakini,
i Wash. ; George W. Cass, of South Dakota, at
Watertown, S. D.
Civil Service Report.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.— The annual re
port of the civil service commission for the
fiscal year ended June 30 has been presented
to the president. It begins with a statement
to show lhat after an experience of nearly
fifteen years, the hopes of the advocates of
the civil service law have been largely real
ized. In practice the law has proved to be a
constantly exerted and effective force in the
direction of economy.
Third Moorhead Candidate.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
MOORHEAD. Minn., Feb. 14.— Aid. J. Kiefer
was nominated In mass meeting tonight for
mayor of the city. The convention was call
ed to nominate a candidate who will put a
stop to gambling and conduct an economical
administration. The fight will be a three
cornered one, the other candidates being
James A. Flynn and A. G. Lewis, the present
mayor. There will be a hot time from now
until election, which will be held on March
15.
Battleship Ashore.
LONDON, Feb. 14.— Advices from Port Said
report that the British battleship Victorious,
which sailed from Malta, Feb. 11, for China,
went ashore outside the bar while entering
that port.
To Entertain the Drammers.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WINONA, Minn.. Feb. 14.— An important
joint meeting of the finance and arrange
ment committees for the convention of the
United Commercial Travelers' Association
of Minnesota and the Dakotas, to be held in
Winona, Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 2.5,
has been held in Winona. A programme for
tho entertainment of the visitors was pre
pared.
PRICE TWO CENTS— J °» *>aln.
>J -° > FIVE C.CNTS.
The Globe's Bulletin
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
Light Snow, Colder — See Page 4, Col. 1.
Page 1.
Klondike Reciprocity.
Clergy May Enter City Politics.
Anti-Christian Riots in China.
Alaskan Steamer Wrecked.
J. J. Hill Favors Oriental Markets.
Bernabe to Succeed De Lome.
Page 2.
Interurbans Only In Park Grounds.
Plans for Meeker Island Dam.
Carpenter's South American Tour.
Iceland Woman Talks Temperance.
Page 3.
Sports.
League Will Redeem Yon Der Ahe.
No Treaty Vote Fixed.
Cuban Excitement in House.
Cuban Questions Up ln Senate.
Heatwole's Trip Home.
Page 4.
Editorial.
Klondike.
Protection for Alaskan Coast Trade.
Marteau Concert.
Page 5.
Social.
Northwest.
Specials From Surrounding Cities.
C. D. Gilfillan's Reminiscences.
Page <J.
Markets.
Sharp Slump ln Stocks.
Bar Silver, 56^4c.
Cash Wheat in Chicago, $1.
Lee Has Not Resigned.
Page 7.
Twin City Topics.
Minneapolis News.
Bryan Coming.
Britain Friendly to Bimetallism.
Marriages, Births and Deaths.
Wants of the People.
Page 8.
Courts.
Railways.
County Salary Decision.
Dr. Wheaton's Death Regretted.
Blackfeet Reserve to Open.
TO-DAY.
Metropolitan— "Miss Philadelphia," 8:15 p. m.
Grand— 'A Naval Cadet." 8:15 p. m.
City Hall— Charter Commission, 8 p. m.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
NEW YORK-Arrlved: Tauric, Liverpool;
Island, Copenhagen.
LIVERPOOL — Arrived: Aurania, New
York.
GLASGOW-Sailed: Assyrian, Philadel
phia.
SHIELDS— SaiIed: Thlngvalla, New York.
HAVRE— Arrived: La Bretagne, New
York.
COPENHAGEN — Arrived: Norge New
York.
BREMERHAVEN— SaiIed: Frederick der
Grosse, New York.
CLERGY THREATENS WAR
LOCAL MINISTERS HELD A VERY
SECRET MEETING YESTERDAY
Candidates for OtUee This Spring
Will He Asked to Support Meaa
nres of Heform Against Saloon
and Other Evils Another .Meet
ing Is to Be Held Next Week.
A meeting of the St. Paul ministers
was held yesterday afternoon ln the
rooms of the Y. M. C. A. to consider
belter municipal government and
purity ln the local administration of
the affairs of the municipal ship of
state.
The meeting was held behind closed
doors. The star chamber session last
ed fully three hours. Three doorkeep
ers were posted without to keep out re
porters and other secular individuals.
About sixty local clergymen were
present.
The meeting was opened by W. L.
Wilson, the veteran champion of the
cause of temperance and reform. Mr.
Wilson stated that the meeting;- had
been called to take up certain lines of
work of the Christian Citizenship
league, which could not be continued
without the assistance of the clergy of
St. Paul as a body.
Following Mr. Wilson's outline of
the objects of the meeting and sugges
tions advanced. Rev. W. K. Marshall,
presiding elder of the St. Paul dlocese
of the Methodist church, was elected
permanent chairman.
The meeting yesterday avoided the
question of supporting any particular
ticket, except that they would pledge
themselves to aggressively support
any candidate who would advocate
and pledge himself to assist the move
ment in St. Paul.
The ministers at future sessions will
consider the matter more fully than
was admissible during the session yes
terday afternoon, when the only mat
ters considered were the necessity of a
reform in the present prerogative of
the administration In the local applica
tion of the municipal laws regulating
the sale of liquor and the running of
questionable resorts in the city right
under the nose of the authorities.
The stand to be taken by the minis
ters on the question and the means of
getting at the ends were left until the
next meeting.
It was urged that one of the most
important points of attack should be
the common council. To secure tbe
election of-- virtuous men to this body
would be one of the things which the
clergy and Christian Citizenship
league would aim to accomplish.
The outcome of yesterday's meeting
was the appointment of a committee
to look into the merits of the various
reforms proposed and report at the
next meeting of the ministers, which
will be held in the Central Presby
terian church next Monday morning at
10 o'clock. At this meeting it is ex
pected that nearly all the ministers ln
the city will be present.
Definite steps will be then taken
and their position placed before the
public.
REAL LIFE TRAGEDIES.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Feb. 14.— Watson Den
ny, a wealthy farmer, who lately removed
here with his family from Ringold county,
lowa, shot his wife in the head at noon to
day, and then fired a bullet through his
own heart.
Lyons, N. H., Feb. 14.— Mrs. Abram R.
Robinson and Edith S< haffner were today
found in bed nearly asphyxiated by coal gas
from the parlor stove. Neither ls expected
to recover.
Liberty, Mo.. Feb. 14. — Leon Lackey,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Winner and
two children near Richmond, Oc*. 2C, 1896,
was acquitted.
Bryan Invited.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Feb. 14— The con
stitutional convention adopted a resolution to
day Inviting William J. Bryan to make an
address before its members.
Pension Surgeon Named.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.— D. A. S. Wet
stone has been appointed pension surgeon at
Princeton, Minn.
Tax Deed Held Invalid.
Judge Otis has decided the suit to quiet
title, brought by the Security Investment
company p^inst William H. Buckler. The
court declares invalid the tax deed under
under which title to the land was claimed.
ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIOTB
ALL SECTIONS OF CHINA IN A
STA TE OF TURMOIL
Authentic Information Proves That
Attacks on Foreigners by Honda
of Rnffians Are the Order of the
Da> In Japan Also the Feeling
Against the Christiana Is strong.
Correspondence of the Associated Press
SHANGHAI. Jan. ».— Authentic re
ports have reached here of recent data,
from all sections of the Chinese empir*
Indicating that riot and attack upon
foreigners is the order of the day. Tha
attacks seem to be those of isolated
runians rather than a conceited action
on the part of the populace.
In tne of the central provinces, Hu
peh, a not was instigated by the stu
dents of the military academy Prop
erty was stolen and the members o_
several native churches were scattered
oyer the country. Seventeen leaders of
tbe riots have been arrested and are
standing trial.
In the same province several Chinese
merchants were set upon by marauders
and after a fierce light the robbers ear
ned away spoils consisting of 7.C00 taels
which the merchants were carrying in
coin to a neighboring city.
From Soo Chow, in Central China
comes the authoritative information
that in the collection of rentals in and
around Soo Chow th-re has been a per
sistent refusal on the part of natives,
and that an altercation occurred in
Which a woman was killed and others
were injured. The native magistrates
themselves, when attempting to hear
these casts, have been mobbed, pelted
with mud, and compelled to flee from
the court of Justice.
In Canton, from the very south of
China, where most of the traveling Is
by the rivers and canals, steam launch
es and boats carrying foreigners have
been repeatedly held up by bands of
ruffians, and recently a European wom
an missionary was brutally treated,
her boat being held up in the river. The
men, overpowering her coolies, board
ed it by force, and robbing her of her
money, left her in a sorry plight.
From Formosa, just off the coast of
Central China, authentic reports come
that the whole of the country is dis
turbed.
In the well-governed city of Shanghai
and in the European section there are
confirmed reoorts of insulting treat
ment of foreigners by Chinese. A
prominent lady, riding upon a wheel,
passing the West gate, was insulted
by a Chinaman who spat ln her face.
Chinese soldiers even in Shanghai hay©
attempted to throw foreigners from
their carriages.
In view of the fact that the treaties
are soon to throw sections of Japan
open to foreigners, there are interest
ing reports of the Buddhist and Shinto
priests assembled in one of the prin
cipal provinces to discuss the situation.
They have promulgated the following
four resolutions and request all Japan
ese to be governed by them.
1. To cultivate feelings of abhorrence of
foreigners and to refuse on principle to s .ll
or buy of them anything whatsoever.
2. To refuse absolutely to rent their
houses or lands to foreigners.
3. To refrain entirely from using foreign
terms in speaking and writing.
4. To positively decline to listen to Chris
tianity.
PEACE RIVER PASS RAILWAY.
• ■
Canadian Company Ready to ilnild
a Line Into the Klondike
4 'on n try.
MONTREAL, Feb. 14.— The Common
wealth Development and Mining com
pany intends to build a railroad from
Edmonton to the Klondike via the
Peace River pass.
The British Columbia charter has
been obtained by the company, which
now asks a Dominion charter.
The route is northwesterly via Fort
Asslnabolne, through the Rockies by
the Peace River pass.
This is about 1,600 miles and the com
pany is prepared to guarantee the
building of the line to the Pelly river,
1,100 miles long, within twenty months.
MAIL BOX ROBBER ARRESTED
Tlnic/thj Hogan Roundel! Ip hj the
Police in a Small Ohio
Village.
COLURBUS, O v Feb. 14.— Timothy
Hogan was arrested tonight at Wester
vi'.le, a village about twelve miles no. th
of Columbus.
Hogan is wanted for rifling mail
i boxes ln many cities In the United
States and raising and passing checks
secured from letters deposited In tl.n
mails.
SKNSATION AT MILWAI It 88.
Charges of Forgery and Corruption
Against >leml»ers of the Coancil.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Feb. 14— A sensation
was sprung ln the common council this even
ing, charges of forgery and corruption hav
l ing been filed with reference to tbe garb
age contract controversy.
An affidavit was presented to the council by
| James O'Donin 11 setting forth a variety of
| charges. Mr. O'Donnell was a member of
! the firm of Grilley & O'Donnell which Ann
| was awarded the contract last May for garb
! age disposal by the common council. I_3st
j July a communication was sent to the coun
cil asking It to release the firm from its
contract for the reason that It wa. unable
. to furnish the required bond. In the affl-
I davit presented 'Mr. O'Donnell Baya his name
I was forged to thi. release. He also enumer
ates a multitude of other charges, tome of
them seriously reflecting on aldermen.
A committee ol seven was named to in
vestigate.
GENERAL STRIKE IMPROBABLE.
All the Colons of Xew England («n
--iidt He Depended I pon.
BOSTON, Feb. 14.— From advices received
today It seems to be the general opinion in
mill circles that the recommendation of the
textile unions, that a general strike bf nn-
I dertaken by the operatives in all New
Ei. gland cotton mills where a reduction of
w-ages has occurred, will not be accepted ln
all placi'.. The local uni.ns will take actl n
on the ma'.ter during the next week or two
and until a vote ls taken it will be impos
sible ot tell to what extent the a rtlon a' y -
urday'. Boston m< eting will bo- i:d .rsed.
SPRINGFIELD. Ma.s., Feb. 14.— A part
of the plant of the Hartford Carfe. c mpany, -
at Thompaon.ille, baa been closed for an in
definite period. More than ... hands are
1 affected.
Bay City, Mich.. Feb. 14.— Ab.ut 800 rr.cn
gathered at Wheeler & Co.'s shipyards this
i morning, expecting to return to work, but
thty were disappointed.
ALL SORTS OF NEWS.
CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 14.— Senator v
j 11. Burke has prepared a bill directed against
the Standard Oil company, and will introduce
■ it in the senate this week.
Akron 0., Feb. 14.— The proposed
| pipe combination project, by which It was
! planned to organize a (11,000,000 corporation,
! has fallen through.
Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 14.— Gen. William
I Booth, commander cf the Salvation Aim/,
addressed a meeting of ministers of all de
nominations at noon today.
Pittsburg, Feb. 14.— The rise in the river ls
expected to continue several days, and it in
estimated over 3.CC0.C0. bushels of coal will
be shipped.
Ne.v Cruisers.
GLASGOW. Web. 14.— The British govern
ment ha_ in\ltiil tenders for four 0
armored cruisi rs of 21.01 •
_li_: P 'v. ri'ul,
wh:ch Teasel la ot 14,_0v con. di. ;