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TO-DAY'S WEATHER.
BT. PA. I. AXI- VICINITY— Fair; variable
winds.
MINNESOTA — Pair Thursday; northerly
winds, becoming variable.
[WISCONSIN Fair Thursday; light north
vresterly winds.
THE DAKOTAS— Fair Thursday; northerly
winds, becoming variable.
MONTANA — Fair and. colder Thursday;
easterly winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
[Tutted States Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau, Washington, March 2, 6:48
1 r.i. I. ii al Time, 6 p. ni. 75th Meridian
Time, Observations taken a: the same mo
i time at all stations.
TEMPERATURES.
•I'i -i 'c. Tern. Place. Tern.
St. Paul 28 Minnedosa 22
,' Duluth 24 Winnipeg 20
Huron 32
Bismarck 30 Buffalo 36-36
iWilliston 24 Boston 41-44
Havre 30 Cheyenne 34-38
Helena 46 Chicago 28-30
Battleford 24 Cincinnati 32-34
Prince Albert 22 Cleveland 30-32
Calgary 26 Montreal 22-28
Medicine Hat 26 New Orleans 42-66
Swifl Current 22 New York 32-38
'.'•;.. 1! 16 Pittsburg 32-38
DAILY MEANS.
Barometer. 30.31 ; mean temperature. 28;
relative humidity, 78; wind at 8 p. m., north-
v -eat ; weather, partly cloudy; maximum
temperature, .7'; minimum temperature, 23;
daily range, 9; amount of precipitation in
J.ist twenty-four hours, trace.
Note Barometer collected for temperature
nnd elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
TO-DAY'S BULLETIN.
Page.
I—Encampment1 — Encampment of Veterans.
Two Warships to so to Cuba.
Spain is Openly Accused.
! ii ■7 Statement Explained.
All Quiel in Havana.
Kief< r < mt for Mayor.
Free Fight In Bad Lands.
* Canadian Pacific Scored in Senate. |
- 'hange i t Depot Site.
! 'atality at South St. Paul.
Working of Wolf Bounty Law.
So 7:1.
S —Sports.
National League Schedule.
Libera] Naval Appropriations.
Entries for the Dog Show.
4 Editorial.
Klondike.
Judge Collins in Doubt.
5 News of Un- Northwest.
Specials from Surrounding Cities.
Lumber Dealers' Meeting.
C— Markets.
sticks Depreciated.
Bar Silver. 5.V„0.
i 'ash Wheat in Chicago, $1.06%.
7 Twin City News.
Fate of Martin H. Irving.
I. O. O. F. Encampment.
Marriages, Births and Deaths.
Wants.
B— Mis Knot Entitled to Hearing.
Work of Charter Commission.
School Board Meeting.
K( efe Jury sun ( >ut.
New Engineer for the Duluth.
Democrats Organize.
T 0-DA Y.
Met- "Great Diamond Robbery," 8:15.
Grand "McGinty the Sport," 8:15.
House of Hope ('hurch— Lecture, 8.
Park Church— Burton Lecture, 8.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
NEW YORK— Sailed: Paris, South
ampton: La Bretagne, Havre; Nord
land, Antwerp; Germanic, Liverpool.
Arrived: Werr... Genoa; Friesland,
Antwerp; Teutonic. Liverpool.
SOUTHAMPTON— Arrived: New York.
Ni w Fcrk; Lahn, New York. Sailed:
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, New
York.
QUEENSTOWN — Arrived: Majestic,
New York, for Liverpool.
HAM I into — Arrived: Alesia, New-
York.
LONDON— Sailed: Mississippi, New
Yotk.
HAMBURG— Arrived: Palatia, New
York.
GIBRALTAR— Arrived: Fulda, New
York.
PI 1 1 LA DELPHI A— Arrived: Kensing
ton. London.
Sp-akins to the Question.
While the dictatorship of Speaker
Reed is something that no Democrat
< .in approve, there are certain features
of it thai are worth remembering be
cause they bring to the front those
things that make dictatorships possible
and even tolerable. For example, dur
ing Ihe course of the debate on the
Lou I postal reform bill, Mr. Reed call
ed a member to order for attempting
io make a genera] political speech, and
announced that he would enforce
the reafter rigidly the rule requiring cv
i ry member to speak to the question
If this rule were enforced in both
houses, we would have no need of a
previous question, of rules to limit de
bates, and of measures to shut off a
factious obstruction by the minority. It
would md at one blow the attempt of
a minority to rule and the correlative
di termination of the majority to ride
roughshod over all opposition.
The practical denial of the right to
(i i business by keeping a legislative
body in perpetual deadlock and the
r< na dy of gag and force rules both
rise from the latitude of debate under
genera! codes of parliamentary pro
cedure. All that was needed to end
an abuse, and to remove the necessity
for substituting another in its place,
was to enforce the rule that a man
who claims and receives the attention
of ithe house must make his address
germane to the subject before it. If
this responsibility were assumed and
exercised vigorously by the presiding
officer, business could be transacted
and public opinion would be less fre
quently offended.
The conditions prevailing In the
house of representatives make its en
forcement a necessity. Acting, as tho
house is, under the thumb of the
speaker and by express direction of
the committee on rules, it assigns only
a few hours for debate upon some Im
portant question. It would be intoler
able if the short space before a vote
lias been ordered should be occupied by
spread-eaglo speeches on the tariff or
the Cuban question or Hawaiian an
nexation, or something else not before
the house at all. In reality, the rule
is needed even more when debate is
not limited, and in the senate, where
there is no form of closure. There is
no conceivable reason, in logic or mor
als or politics, for permitting a mem
ber to address the chair, receive recog
nition and then make a two hours' or
two days' speech on free silver or the
tariff, when the resolution before the
body of which he is a member pro
vides for adding another station to the
life-saving service, or appropriating
money for a federal building at Kala
mazoo.
Here is where time is consumed,
where the right of the majority to rule
is denied and where the choice is forc
ed between the two parliamentary ex
tremes of despotism and anarchy. Leg
islation will regain soberness and
weight when the presiding officers of
legislative bodies acquire sense enough
and courage enough to compel every
speaker to talk to the question; and
to cut him short with an imperative
blow of the gavel at every sentence, if
need be, when he attempts to wander
from the subject and to inject spread
eaglo addresses and long-winded plati
tudes into a speech that can always be
made terse and must be very concise,
if it is not allowed to wander from the
point.
How War Is Declared.
The popi^ar impression is that the
president declares a state of war to
exist whenever the facts, in his judg
ment, warrant it. The constitution
limits the power to congress. But there
is some basis for the general concep
tion, because all the diplomatic inter
course, that always precedes a foreign
war, is conducted by the president
through the department of state, and
the conditions that precipitate war are
due to the stand the president and his
advisers take. It is to the president
that the people look, upon him they
place the direction and the responsibil
ity, and the congress, by its resolution,
merely ratifies the decision the presi
dent has arrived at as the conclusion
of his negotiations with the offending
power.
The War of 1812 was the climax of a
long series of protests and correspond
ence between our state department and
England's foreign office relative to the
right of the impressment of seamen
a_nd the orders in council affecting our
commerce. On June 1, 1812, President
Madison sent a message to congress,
reciting the acts of aggression, the
demands made for redress and the
final refusal of England, concluding
with submitting to congress whether
the United States should "remain pas
sive under these progressive usurpa
tions and these accumulating wrongs,
or, opposing force to force in defense
of their national rights, shall commit
a just cause into the hands of the Al
mighty Disposer of Events;" a "sol
emn question," he adds, "which the
constitution wisely confides to the leg
islative department of the govern
ment." On June 19 he issued his proc
lamation reciting that congress had,
by virtue of the authority vested in
them by the constitution, "declared by
their act, bearing date the 18th of the
present month, that war exists."
President Polk advised congress in
several passages of the condition of the
relations with Mexico, summarizing the
condition in his message of May 11, in
which he notes that a state of war
actually existed and informs congress
that Gen. Taylor had been instructed to
accept volunteers and call out the mi
litia of Louisiana "as a precautionary
measure;" that is, that war existed,
but he "invoked the prompt action of
congress to recognize the existence of
war and to place at the disposition of
the executive the means of prosecuting
the war with vigor." He issued his
proclamation on May 13, proclaiming
the act of congress of that date, de
claring a state of war.
On April 15, 1861, Lincoln issued his
proclamation calling out the militia cf
the several states "to suppress the
said combinations (in several Southern
states) and to cause the laws to be
duly executed" in the states where
combinations existed to resist the laws,
without waiting for congress to assem
ble, the same proclamation convening
congress in extraordinary session on
July 4. On the 19th he proclaimed a
blockade of the ports of the insurrec
tionary states "until congress shall
have assembled and deliberated on said
unlawful proceedings." While the ex
ecutive duty of protecting public prop
erty and enforcing the laws justified
Lincoln in this action, as it previously
did Buchanan in sending the army into
Utah, where Brigham Young was de
fying the courts of the United States..
it is notable that Lincoln deemed it es
sential to take the judgment of con
gress, in which the constitution lodges
not only the power to declare war, but
also that to suppress insurrection and
rebellion.
Reaching an Acute Condition.
The question of taxation by states
is becoming one of general discussion,
indicating dissatisfaction with present
methods and promising the adoption of
more sensible and just ones. Massa
chusetts has the report of a commis-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE THURSDAY MARCH 3, 1898.
sion appointed two years ago, with
Charles Francis Adams and Prof. Taus
sig as members, who preface their sug
gestions with the admission that "the
taxation of personal property in the
form of securities and investments is
a failure," while admitting inequality
in the taxing of tangible personalty.
Ohio also has had its commission in
vestigating the conditions, especially
with a view to discover the efficacy of
the Draconian law enacted for the pur
pose of compelling the disclosure of
conctalable personal property. A com
mission of 20 per cent on the taxes due
on all such properly was provided for
the spy who should unearth it. The
commission reports the law, especially
in the cities, a complete failure, and
denounces it as resulting "in debauch
ing tho qjoral sense. The moral sense
of the community is blunted; its citi
zens are made familiar with the man
ner of evasion; they are taught to lie."
New York is also investigating the
question. Its comptroller recommends
the release of all property from state
burdens, charging the latter upon in
direct sources of income, thus virtually
admitting the failure of efforts to as
sess personal estate. A tax reform
association in that state is trying to
get the present legislature to enact a
law remitting to the counties the se
lection of the objects of taxation and
the methods of collection for all local
revenues, reserving to the state the
power to raise revenue in such coun
ties as adopt the plan, by such means
as it may prescribe. If the suggestion
is adopted, a county might center taxa
tion for its purposes on land or land
values, while collecting taxes for state
use on property prescribed by the state.
In Wisconsin a commission is consider
ing the problem and is to report to the
next legislature. It is notable that the
question has reached a point in that
state where the governor felt it neces
sary to make and publish a very ex
haustive statement of the sources of
slate revenue and the channels of ex
penditure.
All these signs Indicate a gen
eral condition of unrest and dis
content with present methods, growing
out of a popular recognition not only
of their injustice in operation, but of
the demoralization resulting. It may
be possible that a man who will dodge
liis share of the common load, commit
ting either actual or tacit perjury in
the evasion, will continue to pre
serve intact his integrity in
other relations, but it is hardly
probable. The law rejects the
proposition with its motto of falsus
in uno falsus in omnibus, assuming that
the man who will deceive in one thing
will deceive in everything. The *hase
after the elusive items of, personalty
havino; proved fruitless of good and
fruitful of evil, it would seem as if it
might occur to legislators to abandon
the hunt, discard complexity and seek
some object of universal and necessi
tous use, incapable of concealment, ths
source of all wealth, and lay the bur
dens on that, leaving them to be dis
tributed by the natural processes of
trade and exchange.
"No Latin race, we imagine," says
the New York Times, "would have
kept its head as well as the American
people have kept theirs during the dis
turbing events of the past two weeks."
This seems to settle the ques
tion of the race stock of Mr.
Me-dill, the venerable owner and
helmsman of the Chicago Tribune.
"The time is past." he makes his pa
per thunder, "for conjectures as to
whether there is to be war with Spain.
There is war now. It began when
Spain blew up the Maine in the harbor
of Havana." This proof of inability
to keep his head plainly proves the
Latinity of Mr. Medili.
At three and one-third minutes to 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon the corre
spondent of the New York Herald at
Havana discovered that the keel of the
Maine was broken. As the battleship's
keel was many feet under water and
the correspondent was not permitted
to go within a mile of the wreck, his
wonderful proficiency as a journalist
can be appreciated at its full worth.
The Duke of Manchester, who
couldn't pay his livery bills in London,
is coming over to America to woo Miss
Mary Goelet, one of our richest heir
esses. Is there anybody around who
can teach our girls "horse sense?"
Gen. Martinez Campos having decid
ed that war must come and Gen. Her
man Kohlsaat having declared that
there must be no fighting, what can
we do but arbitrate?
Civilization is moving steadily for
ward in Minnesota. The practice of
raising wolves in order to sell their
scalps lo the state is officially reported
to be dying out.
There was a deep hole blown in the
mud at the bottom of Havana Har
bor.—New York Journal. Oh, do go to
sleep! Haven't you made yourself suf
ficiently ridiculous already?
Everybody to his own taste. Prince
Oscar, of Sweden, has joined the Salva
tion Army. The Prince of Wales has
joined another racing association.
New York has a mouse that rides a
bicycle, and a cat that rides a saddle
horse. And still New York isn't happy.
Van Sant is building a new rafting
boat. It Is designed to do a little log
rolling for him in the First district.
Duran is going to paint Americans,
but the Americana will continue to
"paint" American cities.
The state of Maine is snowbound.
It is a pity that Tom Reed isn't at
home.
Thrusts and Parries.
And Pazazzum said: "Yea, he that s_ek
eth after pleasure shall bo delighted; yet
likewise shall he hold his head with both
hands on the day following and pray Isis for
horse sense."— Rush City Post.
Was old Pazz at that smoke social?
We admire justice In England.— Waseca
Record.
The farther off justice is the better it suits
some folks.
It has been demonstrated that, if a man
had strength in bis legs proportionate to
\
that of a grasshopper, he could jump over the
stato capitol.— Stillwater Gazette.
If he had only the strength of a grasshopper
he couldn't jump ovor nuffin.
In a word, hens sit, they never set. Tho
professional proof reader ot Tho Globe
must have taken a day off and old "Josh"
is loose, trampling down the flowers and
grass indiscriminately, ■ I
Rats. Go out in^ the country and learn
good English from the hifsbandmen and hus
bandwomen.
AT THE THEATERS.
"Boau Brummel" Is the most pleasing play
in Richard Mansfield's repertoire, saving, of
course, his Shakespearean venture, "Tho
Merchant of Venice." And Mr. Mansfield's
Beau Brummel is certainly the most ex
quisite exemplification of his art.
Mr. Mansfield closed his St. Paul engage
ment with a presentation of this drama at
tho Metropolitan opera house last evening.
The partiality of the public for "Beau
Brummel" was indicated by the scarcity of
empty chairs. Not one was visible.
In tho rolo of fashion's chivalrous leader
during the social reign of the "fat prince,"
Mr. Mansfield has scored an undeniable ar
tistic triumph. He need not speak a word
to win recognition of his histrionic achieve
ment. His walk alone stamps Beau Brum
mel with an individuality nover to bo mis
taken or forgotten. The poise of his head,
the careless, dainty handling of his handker
chief, the attitudes of the man, his soft and
gentle voice, his mannerisms, his eccentrici
ties, in short, his entire make-up, produce a
distinct and definite impression upon the
mind of the observer. After seeing' Mr.
Mansfield's Beau Brummel, one carries away
a vivid recollection of the character rather
than the actor.
Certainly Mr. Mansfield has reincarnated
this gallant and irreproachable dude.
The company rendered satisfactory support.
Ben Johnson's Lord Manly possessed indi
viduality, and Joseph Weaver imparted due
distinction to tho role of Richard Brlnsley
Sheridan. Miss Carrie Keeler was pleasing
in the character of Mariana Vincent.
THE NORTHWEST PRESS.
From the Mankato Review.
Judge William Mitchell is conceded to be
the ablest judge on tho bench In Minnesota,
if not in the Northwest. Two or three times
he has been named by tjie. BsW*-_CSna and
supported fey m parties for the suprome
bench, and the confidence thus reposed in him
has never been abused. He is a jurist and
not a politician. There is an effort being
made by a few men who do not like, and
possibly cannot use Judge Mitchell, to pre
vent his re-election, it would be a disgrace
if they succeeded. It is a matter of history
that Judge James Gilfillan, one of the purest
and ablest of Minnesota's judges, was driven
frcm the bench by a coterie of politicians who
never will be known in the future history
of the state, and that the treatment thus un
justly meted out to him caused his premature
death. We do not imagine that a failure to
receive a renomi nation would have the same
effect upon Judge Mitchell, but it would bo
a disgrace to the state if the men who are
conspiring to drive him from the supremo
bench should succeed.
From the Tyler Journal.
The committee appointed by the governor
to investigate the charges of cruelty pre
ferred against tho management of the Min
nesota state prison has concluded its labors
and exonerated the management. 'Whether
the decision meets with the approval of
the people of the state, we don't know, but
it hardly seems so from the comments of
the state press. Had Deputy Warden Lemon
been removed, all suspicion would have ceas
ed; as lt is, there will be dissatisfaction
in spite of the verdict of the committee.
From the Le Sueur Sentinel.
There seems to be a veritable "hoodo"
on the word Maine. The battleship of that
j name explodes in Havana harbor, and a few
days later the schooner Maine blew up at
Philadelphia. It Is about time for Tom
Reed to seek cover or move over into New
Hampshire.
From the Grove City Times.
The farmers adjacent to Dassel have or
ganized and will build a farmers' elevator.
If the "tillers of the soil" would organize
all over the Northwest, build elevators and
maintain their own terminal elevator, consid
erable "cussing"— that Is now yearly direct
ed at the line companies— would not need be
indulged in.
QUIPS AND JESTS.
From the Oskosh Northwestern.
An Italian astronomer has discovered that
the earth has two moons. That's nothing.
There are men in Oskosh who declare that,
under certain circumstances, the earth has
four moons, two tc. each eye.
From the Superior Leader.
The Leader is in receipt of printed matter
about the "Congress of Mothers," with a re
quest for gratuitous publication. Not much.
This "mother" business has been carried to
excess. It is time to do something for
"father." Why not re. all from obscurity that
neglected member :of the family who pays
the bills?- The Leader insists on the rehabi
litation of the "old man," and calls for a
"Congress of Fathers." What's the matter
with papa's getting to the front occasional
ly?
From the Brainerd Tribune.
We notice that oiir old; chum G.orge Gou'.d
is going to have a gold-plated stairway in
his new home at Lakewood, N. J. George
will probably find 'it just as difficult to get
up stairs at 3 a. in. without waking his wife,
however, as if he had ordinary wocden stairs!
to climb.
From the Park Rapids Enterprise.
We wish to give the owners of the numer
ous stray dogs which are making themselves
very numerous and very much of a nuisance,
fair warning. We have been consulting au
thorities on poultry food, and find that dogs,
properly pulverized, make excellent poultry
feed. We have a lot o* hungry hens, and
also a machine for pulverizing dog 3 and other
animals to the proper consistency. After this,
if your dog don't come home at the proper j
time you will understand what has become
of him, and that at last he has been made
useful.
From the Jackson Republic.
It U Old Prase and Old Allen till we are
tired, and it has even been intimated that
ono of us will officiate at the punch bowl at
the smoke social. In the first place, we are
both young — the only appearance of age about
either of us is our bald heads. Ours was
made bald farming one winter just north of
this village, while Old Pease has lived thirty
three years (and we tiiink that is his exact
age) in Anoka, where the sand from the site
of the fourth insane asylum has blown across
his head, causing a loss of hair.
Fraudulent Arnly Pensions.
From the Stillwater Messenger.
The St. Paul Globe has originated the
most sensible and feasible plan we have yet
seen for the exposure and detection of fraud
ulent army pensioners; it points out the fact
that the old soldiers alone are the only per
sons capable of detecting, and exp.sing such
frauds. We sh'aU refer .to this later.
i
Mr. Bryinn's Position.
From the Davenport (Io.) Democrat.
Greatly to his credit, Mr. Bryan has de
clined to discuss - * the present crisis. He
holds there will be" timo tnough both to talk
and to act after the Investigation commit
tee's report is made Igiown. This is the
position that all conservative citizens take.
Philadelphia's Pjjhlie Library.
From tho Philadelphia (Pa.) Record.
The total number of books circulated for
home use in 1897»by the city free Hbrabary
was 1,672,042. Such an output places Phila
delphia far in advance of either Boston or
Chicago, and gives her, in fact the largest
library circulation In the United States.
When it is remembered that Philadelphia's
pre-eminence in this important field has been
attained at moderate outlay^the total appro
priation by the city for the past year hav
ing been $110.000— It will be seen that the
community has good cause lor pride ln the
success of the free library, and good rea
son to hopo tha-t still larger triumphs await
lt in the future.
Said lli<- Astrotnomer.
From tho Richmond (Va.) Dispatch.
"Oh, yes," said tho astronomer, as he re
adjusted his telescope, "I think our profes
sion have much to be thankful for; no mat
ter how great be the depression in other lines
of business, ours is always 'looking up.' "
The A. P.'s New Function.
From the Philadelphia (Pa.) Record.
Tho Associated Press was organized for tho
purpose of collecting news., but since-
blowing up of the battleship Maine in Ha
vana harbor it has been obliged to under
take a new function— that of correcting Ilea.
So much misinformation has been printed
and sold that it has become, almost as neces
sary to announce what has not happened as
to publish what really has happened.
Nice Montana Polities Suggested.
From the Billings (Mont.) Gazette.
To sum up this whole business, It appears
that the Anaconda Standard, speaking for
Marcus Daly, is willing to entertain any
kind of a fusion proposition; that the Butto
Miner and Helena Independent, speaking for
W. A. Clark and the rank and file of De
mocracy, are opposed to Daly's scheme; that
the Populists would sooner fuse with the
devil than with the Democrats, and that the
silver Republicans will not enter tho Demo
cratic camp. t
Now, wouldn't is be nice for the silver
Republicans and tho administration Republi
cans to bury the hatchet in tho coming elec
tion and march to victory together?
The Best Newspaper in Amerlen.
From the Boston (Mass.) Globe.
Some people sneer at the New York Sun,
but In every live newspaper office ln the
country when the exchange editor gets
through with lt it still looks a good deal
like a colossal paper sieve.
The Dcs Molneti Municipal Campaign
From the Cedar Rapids (Io.) Gazette.
The municipal campaign at Dcs Moines
has reached the stage at which lt has be
come necessary to picture the candidates with
flat heads and low foreheads.
«cv. Hi. Iluine'a Mighty Morn.
From the ?_taa (Wash.) Ledger.
In tho report cf the war department show
ing the available military strength of this
country, it is shown that the state of Wash
ington has an organized militia consisting of
82 officers, Cl musicians and 604 privates
This would look like a weak force in case
of trouble, but we havo at the head of it
Gen. Ballaine, and one blast upon his bugle
horn were worth ten thousand men.
But That's "Enterprise" Doneheruo.
From the Duluth Herald.
The Washington correspondent of the St
Paul Dispatch located State Auditor Dunri
at the capital on Saturday afternoon. As
Mr. Dunn did not leave Duluth until 11-15
o clock Friday night, he must have traveled
in an airship mflatcd by the Collins boom.
AT THE HOTELS.
v A5 J°^r K \ C Cummings. Buffalo, N.
ton J £ m**!? 7 ' Chica B°: J- Mewsalt, Owa
tonna. F M. Kempsey, Helena; M. D. Allen
Helena; W H. Dawson and daughter, Clay
ton, J Lohse, Winona: S. H. Gingley. Lake
SmfV 111 Geor se R- Sager, Duluth; R. w
Wilkinson. Fargo.
CLARENDON— R. C. Laufman. St. Croix
Falls; C. N. Curran. Breckenridge; F T Day
Cleveland; R. .\f. Wheeler, Cleveland- R h'
Grace, Morris; M. D. Manning, Willmar- E.
C. Chase, Enderlin; ___. T. Brady. Blue Earth-
J. L. Blair, Northfield; C. L. Smith, Butte,
Mont.; Benjamin Williams, Willmar; O. P.
Rive, Willmar.
MERCHANTS'— P. P. Young. Fargo; G. S.
Atchley. Duluth; L. Berry, Chicago; J. M.
Smith, Chicago; J. A. Parker and wife, Chi
cago; J. A. Murray, Montana; A. E. Buck
man La Crosse; P. S. Davidson, La Crosse;
R. P. Quick, Chicago; F. H. Lambert Win
nipeg; j. G. Whitlock. Gettysberg, S. D.;
F. Wilcox, Hancock; W. S. Blackman. Chi
cago; J. Bowers, Dubuque; F. D. Phelps
Buffalo; J. P. Lyton, St. Louis; L. G. Tan
ner, Chicago: J. Sturtevant. St. Cloud; .1.
11. Mayois. Larimore; H. F. Arnold Lari
more; T. M. Spencer, Portland. Or.; William
Anglim. Crookston; R. D. Barnum New
X°r k; -. U - G - Wright - Chatfield; A. Stuart,
Detroit; H. Charlton, Detroit; W. J. Schu
maker. Chicago; H. P. Davis, Sioux Falls
jC. A. Towle and wife. Grinwell, Io .; J S
Stone, Springfield, Mass.; J. J. Lyne Dur
ango. Cal.; A. C. Stode, Maysville, Ky.- B
F - , Flln A- 9 saK °' 10 - : J - W - Ailes - Detroit,
Mich.; O. J. Olson. Chicago; L. E. Johnson
feioux City; E. Carlson. Minnewaukan N
H' : J -J 1 - Woerz and wife, Bowdle, S. D.
£•-. * att . er ' Ber n, Wis.; John Rich, Red
B: M I- V S ar V_ r ' Mason Cit y- 10 -: Wil
liam McFarland, Mason City, 10.
METROPOLITAN^Ta. Payne, Duluth; B.
F. Miller, St. Louis, .Mo.; D. F. Henry Jr
New York; Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston!
\\inona, Minn.; E. J. Jones, Fargo N D :
C. H Mix Crookston. Minn.; A. B. Stevens'
Grand Forks, N. D. ; B. A. Laidlow, Chicago;'
Mr. and Mrs. A. Blodgett Jr.. Faribault
Minn.. James E. Johnson, Fargo N D - w'
A. Grover. Wheatland, N. D.; M. E Martin'
Detroit Minn.; B. C. Singleton, Du'buque :
James B. Lewis, La Crosse.
RYAN— F. M. March, Zumbrota; George C
Howe, Duluth: Neill Finch and wife Tracy :
™ > R ;_. H ?r u> „?; t , evens ' Polnt: M - s - Burrows!
Duluth; H. Wilson, Faribault; W H Whel
ling, Boston; Otis A. Poole, Yokolioma.
WDfDSQR— Mrs. M. B. Humis. St. Cloud-
Mrs. Annio Tiliston, St. Cloud; Mr. and Mrs'
M. M. Williams, Little Falls; I. K. Kerr "and
wite, Eau Claire; Florence Crane. Rochester-
E. L. Spencer. Chicago; A. 1,. McCord Chi
cago; Daniel Shell. Worthington; L. A Ba
ker and wife, New Richmond. Wis • J E
Shaw, Stillwater; Dr. F. A. Lenox, Stillwater-
Miss Shirley Castle. Stillwater; Miss Mare
Millbrook. Stillwater; H. H. Smith New
Richmond. Wis.; Dr. G. S. Wade and wife
New Richmond, Wis.; R. H. McCoy and wife'
Lakeland. Minn.; J. W. McCry and wife New
Richmond. Wis.; Oscar Hooey, Minneapolis-
John Brennan. West Superior, Wis.- A H
Reld, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. J. Chilton 'and
wife. Howard Lake; T. S. Campbell West
Superior; E. S. Richards and wife, Duluth;
E. Y. Chilton and wife. Howard Lake- George
H. Wright, Boston; H. J. Dervun, Boston- J
B. Hurley, Duluth: H. A. Lagrandem and
wife and boy. Somerset, Wis. : Theo. Welland
Shakopee; J. C. Colbam, Chicago; E t'
Child. Chicago; Andrew D. O'Brien. Grace
ville, Minn.: William J. Penny, Willmar-
Martin J. O'Brien. Willmar; W. T. Clarkson,
St. Louis; R. B. Green, shrdlushrdlshr H P
Campbell. Butte; J. G. Ackerman. Billings-
Frank E. Pullman. Blue Earth City; W. B
Mitchell. St. Cloud; Mrs. Louis Lundemo,
Litchfield; Mrs. Benjamin Atkcnson, Litch
field; C. E. Beckmark, Red Wing; J E
King. Red Wing: J. W. Owen, Higbee, Mo. j
M. B. Abeles, St. Cloud; Thomas Archer.
Murdcck. Minn.; Miss Florence King. Litch
field: Mrs. Charles Grcenleaf. Litchfield; W.
L. Hollester, Austin: Dr. J. W. Thompson
and wife. Austin: .1. D. Jones. Long Prairie;
H. J. Johnson. Waseca; John Hulville, De
troit: J. J. Dow, Faribault.
A Wilting Patriot.
Gov. Clough— Dear Sir: I have the most
profound respect for those patriots who are
offering their services, as commissioned offi
cers to fight Spain and to prove that I am
somewhat of a patriot myself, I hereby tender
my services to the state, subject to the fol
lowing conditions: I notice tbat most of
my compatriots come frcm old co lonial stock
and born commanders. May father fit in
the war of 1812 and carrl.d the scar of a
bullet wound in the calf of his left leg to the
grave. Two of my cousins cnlis:ed in the :ate
war, and both of my sisters' husbands re
sponded to the draft. One of th? latter patri
otically paid a poor neighbor $300 to go as
his substitute, but the one we loved best
we still mourn for. as he has not been seen
since early in the morning of the battle of
Winchester. The report that he had deserted
and gone to Canada we know to be false
and are satisfied was started by a mean
neighbor, who was jealous of the war record
our family was making.
ln tho affrays of our country I havo been
personally unfortunate, in that I was too
young t<r serve in the War of tho Rebellion
and now that I am too old to endure the hard
ships and dangers of the field cr sea, I re
spectfully offer my services as a quarter
master or sutler— the latter preferred.
Fearing you might be cut of town and
that a personal letter would not reach you
until the report of the investigating commit
tee might render my sacrifice unnecessary I
address you through the press, but I beg that
your excellency will keep this proposal as
quiet as possible until hostilities are declared.
Patriotically yours. — Glds Olger.
P. S.— Should all the sutlerships be spoken
for I will accept a commission to buy mules,
or other munitions of war, and without
recompense, exceot only. such modest profits
as may b? agreed upon between myself ar.S
my subordinates, whom I shall be allowed to
name. — O. O.
St. Paul, Minn., March 2. 18_8.
EVERY TRAIN IS LOADED
TWO OP THEM SEN*T WKST 11.
SECTIONS
Klondike Travel Seems (<> lie I■■ -
ereudiiiK Each Successive Duy
Gold Seeker* Are More Generally
From the Central States Than
Those Who Left Earlier.
The transQonUnen.al trains leaving
SU f aul yesterday did a great business,
It being found necessary in the case of
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific to run their trains in. two sections,
while the Soo train added several carl?
to t_J)e regular eejuipment.
The number of people who passed
through St. Paul to the gold fields was
greater than at any time since the
rush began.
Parties came in during the morning
and even some from the night before,
from all parts of the country, and the
uniyp depot and big train shed was the
busiest place in the city at leaving
time.
BIGGEST PARTY VET
W r ent Went on the First See tion of
the Northern Pacilic.
The first section of the Pacific mall on the
Northern Pacific yesterday consisted for the
most part of a train load of Klondikers, which
came into town with their lares and penates
over the Milwaukee from Missouri, Illinois,
Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.
The party is known as the Purcell party,
and numbers 116 persons, including three min
isters, five lawyers, nine doctors and three
civil engineers, to say nothing of the practi
cal miners, carpenters, machinists, etc. The
trip was made under the care of District Pas
senger Agent Phil H. Neel, of the Northern
Pacific at St. Louis, and included the Wabash,
lowa Central, Milwaukee and Northern Pa
cific. It was the largest party of Klondikers
which has come to St. Paul. There wero five
tourist sleepers, and two baggage cars filled
with dogs and outfits.
The leader of the party is B. F. Purcell, of
High Hill, Mo., who has spent some time in
Alaska, where he has several holdings on
Bear creek and Indian river, t:.~ *-„.", _„.,
Bail from Tacoma Ss tSe&ty of Seittte March
_ ior -.-ueau, where the outfit will be added
to. Thence tho party will proceed with all
expedition to the Stewart river, where the
members will remain not less than two years.
IN AN ILLINOIS PARTY.
People From Rdckford and Galena
Who Will Try Their Lack.
A Great Northern tourist sleeper came in
from Rockford, 111., yesterday with a party of
Klondikers. The party used the Illinois Cen
tral and Great Western, and at 1:30 yester
day afternoon were taken West on one of
the sections of the Great Northern's Alaska
limited. They are bound for Fort Wrangel.
The Rockford men were as follows:
D. W. Yates, D. Mclnnis, D. Vincer, D. W.
Shirley, J. Robertson, J. Nelsln, Charles Mail
ander, Oscar Johnson, Gus Olsen, Gus Winne
holm, Charles Welberg, W. P. Hefferman,
Gotlieb Meier, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Metson,
P. G. Lake.
In the same car were the following men
from Galena: George W. Ivey, William A
Rouse, J. A. Schultz, Hugh McCabe, James
McCabe, H. H. Rotoson, Hugh Connor, Will
iam A. Marz, Chris Oldenburg.
Caught at the Trains.
Quite a big party of Chlcagoans were on
COLLINS STILL IN DOUBT
ABOIT MAKING AN ACTIVE HISTLE
THIS YEAR
Repeals the Assertion Originally
Made That He Will Make the Race
If His Friends Seenre the Nomi
nation for Him His Trip to Du
luth Was Satisfactory.
Loren W. Collins, judge of the su
preme court and a prominent candidate
for governor, was asked yesterday by
a reporter for The Globe:
"Do you intend to become an active
and open candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor?"
"I cannot say yet whether I will be,"
he responded, "but I will say, as I have
said before, that I am willing to take
the nomination and make the race, if
the work of my friends will bring it
to me."
"How about tliat conference at Du
luth? Did your friends ask you to
come out squarely and make a hard
fight?"
"Yes, they did. However, that con
ference has been overstated. There was
no conference in the sense that the
word is generally used. 1 was in Du
luth sounding sentiment up in that di
rection, and all the talk I had with
the people up there was purely infor
mal, and not at all prearranged. I had
heard that the sentiment there was
against me, and I went there to ascer
tain the truth of the matter. What I
learned was highly satisfactory. The
reports had been overrated. The pres
ence of Auditor Dunn was entirely un
expected, so far as I was concerned,
and the same may be said of others of
those who were there."
"When will you make a statement
definitely stating your position in this
matter?"
"That I can't say. I don't see that
it is necessary just at present, and I
wish a little time in which to look over
the situation. I shall be guided by
what I may learn in the meanwhile."
"What about the talk that, if you
come out as a candidate. Senator
Knute Nelson will be compelled to take
a hand in the fight?"
"That is simple nonsense. Senator
Nelson has been my friend for thirty
years, and I do not believe he will do
anything to oppose me. It is Senator
Nelson's earnest desire to keep entirely
clear of this contest, and, rely upon
it, he will have none of it, whether I
am a candidate or not. Don't you be
lieve a word of that story. It is not
true."
NO SPRINKLING AWARDS.
Honrd of Public Works Wants to In
vestigate the Bonds.
The board of public work 3 yesterday an
nounced that the award of the contracts for
street sprinkling would not be made for
several days.
Nicholas Feyen. the lowest bidder, in nino
of the eleven districts, filed wih his bids |
bidder's bonds in each district in the sum |
of $3,000, with J. G. Donnelly and James j
Maloney as sureties.
The members of the board arc in doubt !
as to the qualifications of the bondsmen, not I
only in the Feyen bids, but otheis submitted :
and will make a close inrrstigati 11 of the j
bonds before awarding the contracts
President Copcland stitcd that the St. Paul '
Cartage company, to which firm the contract j
for laying woeden s : d?walks lad been award
ed, had agreed to furnish a surety company
bond aud it was a question with the board as
to whether it would not be good policy to
insist on a surety bond In each of th a spring
ling contracts.
WILL HI V AROUND RONDO.
Selby Avenue Line Patrons to Be
Taken That Way.
The street railway company has decided
upon a plan which will prevent the patrons
of the Selby avenue line from walking from !
Sunim! 1 . to Pleasant avenues during the
month or so the safety device is being placed
on the hill.
Cars will be run during the construction
of the device on Selby avenue to Farrington
avenue, and on that thoroughfare to the
Rondo street line, and thence down town.
This will necessitate the laying of tempo
rary' tracks on Farrington avenue, from
Selby avenue to Rondo street.
The inconvenience of transferring on the
hill, as was at first contemplated, however,
will be avoided.
RILES FOR THE OLYMPIC.
thief Goss Personally Delivers Some
Orders to the Monngrr.
Peter Blair, manager and proprietor
of the Olympic theater, was personally
waited upon yesterday afternoon at 4
p. m. by Chief of Police Goss and no
tified that, commencing today, he must
the Northern Pacific train yesterday, bound
dogs 'and , Ska f Uay ' Somo " f «*" "ad
hard inri, „5 ands WPre we " "Utßtted for
fn.luded B n w r °i. Kh , I wt ' ath<r - The party
,'™ e S m (, We J. ks - M - "• Beattie. &K.
Long B. M. Van Envegce, .1 It M,. lav C
£ V, uttc .,- M,ke McCrmack Q 'Weed
Martin Castarla. N. w. Reynolds a .'
Hall, R. p. Pulgrow. "eynolds, A. D.
LIFE Vt i\ SK \<;i AY
Dcscrihcd by Mike Qulnla,,, Wll „
W.-.s Not Shot.
Mike Quinlan, the former Minn, apoli.s de
tective, who was reported to have been shot
at Skaguay, appears to be enjoying his usual
good health.
h m dated Fob. 13, in which he gives a lively
picture Of life in Skaguay. There beine no
regular municipal govcriu nn , that town
Quinlan, » 9 deputy United States a rsba '
corresponds to a chief ol police •"•"'snal.
h,.nT l r i tCS l i iat . Goorg<% brackett's trail j.
built and ready for traffic. He .says that b.i
himself traveled on it from Lake „ , ,v o
skaguay, forty milts, in nine tours.
.-<:!i_iso__ nnd Wlekery.
Charles E. Johnson and J. B. Wi. k. ry one
time district passenger agent and commercial
agent of the Northern Pacific al I'iiKi.urr
reached here yesterday with a number of their
friends en route to the gold country where a
friend of the two struck it rich on a grub
stake proposition at the bottom of whirl, the
two railroaders were. He mado the start and
they qj-y to follow it up. In the party with
them were F. D. Wlekery, William Craig,
Joseph Waddell, J. L Greesly and William
Jost. They left on the Northern Pacific
Northern Pot-Hie Travelers.
Among tho passengers on the outgoing
Northern Pacilic train were the following:
J. J. Cooney, M. C. Kelley. J. Jamison. Bert
Hascomb, Memphis, Term.; Charles Kanir,
Chris Hansen, William Cummings, James
O'Brien, St. Louis, .Mo.; J. M. M< I.eland. Ru
pert Schultheops, Aug. Baumgartner, William
Oehlers. Indianapolis; James Green, Charles
Dietz, F. 11. Barnett, L. A. Fox, Keokuk, Io.;
Gus Hohesee, John Jasnanski, James Jas
nanski, Gust Honeberg, Fountain Lake.
Consider Thirteen l.ucky.
Among the Klondikers who left on the.
Great Northern were a number nj jas__ b "^7"
ing from Traverse 0»f» ",T!r.i.
Th-^~ were thirteen ln the party, but this
fact had little to do with the comfort and
happiness of the party, none of whose mem
bers had time to be superstitious. The mem
bers are bound for the Copper river, and ars
taking quite an extensive outfit.
Here are the names: J. O. Langworthy. O.
C. Carver, E. E. Ernst, William lies. Levi
lies, Dave lies, Hugh Boyd, Jim Boyd. Mr.
Grandy, W. W. Miller, Mr. Augustine, Will
iam Nelson, Tom McLaughlin.
These Are GoiiiK', Too.
The roster of gold seekers who left on
the Great Northern yesterday included the
following: L. B. Lyons, James Janson, P.
Olsen, St. Paul; William Riester. Frank
Curtis, James Foster, Arthur Bowen., Uri
Spofford, Frank Phelps. Auburn. N. V. ; A .W.
Patterson, H. D. Coale, A. W. Van Sant,
Baltimore; J. E. Hamlin, S. Turner, D. Mor
rison, Bradford. Pa.; F. R. Allen. S. S. Sopor,
Galcoburg; Harry Van Scaik. A. 'luber, Clay
ton. 111.; Eli Judy. Golden, 111.; 7. M. Wad.
John Gault, Moline.
Went Via the Soo.
Among the passengers on the Soo train out
yesterday morning, bound for the s-.1l fit Ids,
were the following: E. R. King, Andrew
Kennedy, from South St. Paul; Messrs.
Mitchell, H. F. Nichols. J. M. Piers,.n. E. L.
Egan, from Chicago; J. N. MacLeod. Thomas
Monro, D. W. Collem, B. H. Berlin. Chloago;
S. Wlliams. A. B. Dodd, Logansport, Ind.
diseontiue selling refreshments in the
foyer of the theater or on the main
floor.
The only satisfaction Mr. Blair could
get from the chief when inquiring the
reason or cause for such an order, wa.s
that it was the orders from headquar
ters, which Mr. Blair presumes means
the mayor. Manager Blair would not
say last night, when seen by aGI o b c
reporter, whether he would obey the
order or not, but replied that, before
deciding, he would consult his attorney.
Mr. Blair is a new arrival in t_v
city and took possession of the Olympic
en Feb. 10 last.
ITALIAN OPERA WOES.
Lester ( 'm \\ foril Wants Validity of
His < on true I
Tented.
The statement that the Del Conte
Opera company was to leave St. Paul
today created considerable consterna
tion last night among the people who
have been connected with the urbani
zation and who have been left out of
the plans, since the recent rupture.
It was stated that the company will
leave today to resume a part of the
engagements made, ine-luding the
towns of Eau Claire and Chippewa
Falls. They will go, it is understood,
on the Wisconsin Central.
Inquiry last night brought out the
fact that Mr. Harris, who. it ieew_
represents the interests of the artists,
was in Minneapolis. Fred Coiver. the
erstwhile treasurer of the organiza
tion, was in St. Paul, however, and
probably wished he wasn't. Lester
Crawford, the man who, rumor says,
was called from his theater in Topeka,
to assume control of the company at
'Frisco, saw Mr. Colver last night, and
condemned him in unmeasured terms
for having let him in for the present
imbroglio.
The conversation took place In the
Ryan hotel, and, according to Mr.
Crawford, Colver was responsible for
his having gone West and becoming
in any way interested in the musical
but impractical Italians.
Agent Riekaby was seen last night,
but had nothing to say regardini. the
situation or what the management end
was going to do looking to the fulfill
ment of a contract said to have been
signed some two months ago between
Crawford and the company.
Mr. Crawford was seen at his rooms
in the Ryan, and fn>m him it was
learned that he had signed a contract
with Del Conte two months ago for
forty weeks, and although he was ig
norant as to whether or not the com
pany had made any money, he thought
he was entitled to know whether or not
there was any virtue in the agree
ment.
Mr. Crawford listened to the state
ment that the company intended to
start off on its own account, and had
little to say, adding that he would not
prevent such a move.
There were reasons, ho explained,
why he could not now explain what
plan he meant to follow to brini; the
recalcitrants to book for the broken
contract. Several members of the com
pany were seen, but they declined to
say whether they were going to leave
the city today () r not. The company
was booked at the Lyceum theater,
Duluth. for Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday, and Manager Fr. d .Marsh
was in the city yesterday to see what
the exact situation was.
The Crawford contract is signed in
the name of Del Conte & Co.. and Mr.
Crawford admitted that he would
probably take steps to get his money
back in case Del Conte could lie shown
to be responsible.
SHORT SIXES.
BOSTON. Mass.. March 2.— The Very Cy
cling Manufacturing company. -^ Boston,
has made an assignment. Liabilities are $.."..
--000
Lexington, Ky.. March 2. —Edward L Trie.-,
aged 47 years, a prominent and wealthy busi
ness man, committed suicide today.
Detroit. March 2. — The state board of arbi
tration. In the matter of the strike ol tin?
riveters employed in Wheeler & Co.'s ship
yard, at Bay City, has decided that tho 1_97
rate be paid.
Redding, Cal., March 2.— Forty miners em
ployed by the Lagrange Hydraulic' Mining
company, at Weaverville, have gone ou a
strike.
San Francisco. March 2.— William Clarkson.
foreman of the rol'.lng department at tho
mint, was held for trial today, on a charge
of embezzling gold from the rolling depart
ment.
Philadelphia, March 2.— The British steamer
Kensington, London, for this port, has ar
rived with the crew of the British bark Mis
tletoe on board.
Bay City, Mich.. March 2.— The Polish
church war, in which two factions havo long
fought for possession of the property. Is
ended. Both factions have asked the bishop
to restore haimony.