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VOL. XXI.— NO. 04. NELSON'S BURST OF WIND MINNESOTA SENATOR'S C. P. R. SPEECH CAUSES SURPRISE A St. Paul ltnilrond Official Points (•ut How the North Star Stiitcs iituii Trifled With Facts aud Fig ure* (iiiiu.lii.ii Pacilic Has No Effect on Wheat Hates. The speech of Senator Knute Nelson tin other day, In reply to Senator Elk ins. of West Virginia, in which the former openly defended the practices of the Canadian Pacific Railroad com pany in skinning the American roads In the matter of freights, led a well known railroad official of St. Paul, familiar with northwestern traffic af fairs generally, to remark yesterday that the senator's tongue seemed to be composed of India rubber, and from the elastic manner in which he talked about Statistics, his friends had reason to dread that a considerable section of it was rooted ln his lungs. "According to the telegraphic dis patches." said this official, "Senator Nelson slated that the Canadian Pa cific saved 10 cents a bushel on grain to live or six millions of farmers in the Northwest located at the farther er.d of Lake Superior. Senator Nelson is Supposed to represent the state of Min nesota. According: to the census taken ln 1895 by authority of the state, the number of 'farmers, market gardeners, etc..' in Minnesota was approximately 160.000. "It would be an extravagant stretch of the imagination to say that there were half a million farmers tributary to the head of Lake Superior. But. allow ing that burst of wind to pass un noticed, the only way the Canadian Pa cific could save this amount, or any other sum. would be by carrying a por tion of this grain to the Atlantic coast at lower rates than could be obtained elsewhere. Over one-half the grain go ing to Lake Superior, on its way to the Atlantic coast, goes from North Da kota. In the morning's news dispatches appears a statement prepared by the treasury department at Washington, giving the figures on all business car ried in bond from North Dakota, as 319 tons. It ls only fair to assume that come of this business was carried by the Grand Trunk road. "If North Dakota shipped 40.000,000 bushels of wheat the aggregate weight would be 12.000.000 tons, and at 20 tons to the car. 60,000 carloads. If the Can adian Pacific had carried the whole of the 31<> tons, lt would amount to sixteen carloads out of 60.000 carloads. But. lt is well known that the most of the business carried in bond by the Can adian Paoific Is merchandize, malnlv, tea and silk from Asia to American cities. It may safely be said, ln a gen eral way, that the Canadian Pacific carried no Amerloan wheat; nor does that road have the slightest effect on the rates charged for carrying wheat in the Northwestern states. "The average rate on wheat, from the Red River valley ln North Dakota and Minnesota to Lake Superior, is from 14 to IS cents per hundred pounds, while the Canadian Pacific rates from the northern end of the valley in Minne. pota. are from 17 to 20 cents per one hundred pounds. "The bulk of the wheat shipped from Manitoba goes over the Canadian Pa cific to Port Arthur, on Lake Superior, and is thence carried by boat to dif ferent lake ports. This proves that just as soon as the grain can reach the water the Canadian Pacific ceases to be a factor In carrying even thf» grain raised on fts own line. How. then, can It save 10 cents a bushel to Ameri can farmers In the Northwest when it does not carry any of this grain, or the grain raised on its own line further than the shippers are compelled to us= that line in order to reach water trans p nation? "The average rate paid by the farm ers of the Northwest from the grain fields to Lake Superior is from 6 to 10 cents per bushel." ROMANCE ENDS^nT HUDSON. Cupid Closes a Contract Between Miss Mabel Ward and Adolphus W. Aiif.i_i__. A little romance came to light yester day. involving a Hudson marriage which took place Washington's Birth day and united Miss Mabel Ward and Mr. Adolphus William Aufang. The young people have known each other hardly a year, and only recently has their acquaintance ripened into any thing closer than mere friendship. -Mr. Aufang Is nineteen years of age and has been the mailing clerk for L. L. May until wiithin the last week or so. A contemplated jnove to Chicago severed his connection with the firm and at the same time brought about his sudden marriage. Miss Ward is but seventeen, a bright brunette, with skirts hardly touching her shoe tops. She is the daughter of Mrs. Ward, whose husband, a railroad man, was killed by the cars during the G. A. R. encampment in St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Aufang are the father and mother of the bridegroom. Mr. Aufang is connected with German^ American bank. Mr. and Mrs. Aufang the younger were married at Hudson. "Wis.. Feb. 22. by Court Commissioner Jewell, taking the early morning train to Hudson and returning to St. Paul at noon the same day. The bridegroom had been a member of St. Vincent par ish, but his bride being a Presbyterian they decided on a non-sectarian wed ding. Mr. and Mrs. Aufang are wroth at their son and his young bride, and the short honeymoon has not been all sun shine. Mrs. Aufang. the bride, was seen at her home on Aurora avenue last even ing by a Globe reporter and blush ingly confessed that she was the run away bride. She said: "My mother thinks I have done right. But Mr. and Mrs. Aufang are very angry, for you see my husband was a Catholic, and I am not; but he gave up his church." "You ought to think a great deal of him for that." "Well I do. We have only known each other a year, and we have not gone together all of that time. I sup pose we were very foolish to take such a step when we are so young. 'Marry in haste and repent at leisure,' they say, but I shall not repent. But we did not think there would be so much trouble about it. "We took the 7 o'clock train, and we met every one we knew. We came home at 11 o'clock. "Why did we do it? Well, you see, he was going to Chicago, and he thought I would forget him, and I was afraid he would forget me, so we thought we would get married. We talked It over some time, and then de cided to go to Hudson. No, I was not a bit frightened." Mrs. Aufang is very shy when ad dressed by her new name, and hesi tates and blushes when speaking of her husband. It is probable that they will go to Pullman to live. SAYS DU BOSC LIES. Very Plain Talk Regarding the Spanish ("barge Front an Agent of the ..until. PHILADELPHIA, March 4.— Emilia Nunez, who has just returned to his home in this city from his recent trip to Cuba on the filibustering steamer Dauntless, was today shown the Wash ington dispatch which stated that Benor dv Bosc, the Spanish charge d'affaires, had informed the -state de- THE ST. PAUL GLOBE partment that the Dauntless expedi tloh was not successful and had fail ed to effect a landing. Mr. Nunez shrugged his shoulders and remarked that it is just as well the Spanish authorities should have that opinion, but, evidently becoming more interested in the topic, he con tinued: "My last expedition put into Cuba 700.000 cartridges, and every one of these bullets is now being used to let daylisrht into the Spaniards who think as Senor dv Bosc thinks. If Senor dv Bosc knows as much about my recent expedition as the Spanish authorities ln Havana know about the destruction of the Maine, and if Senor dv Bosc says that the expedition was a fail ure, as the Havana authorities say the Maine blew up on her own account, then Senor dv Bosc is of the same stripe as the authorities in Havana — he is ajiar." WINE OUT OF THE JUG ALLEGED SWINDLER AT FARGO TO BE GIVEN FREEDOM Caae Will Probably Be Dismissed Today Curious Complications Over the Question of Identity Have Made It a Notable One Two Disagreements. Special to The St. Paul Globe. FARGO, N. D., March 4.— lt Is un derstood that the case of the state vs. Allen J. Wine, alias Joseph Miller, will be dismissed in the district court to morrow on motion of State's Attorney Morrill. . The defendant had two trials, the first resulting in conviction, but on ap peal a new trial was granted. In the second trial the jury disagreed. Each trial consumed many days, and in many respects was one of the most interesting in the history of the state. Miller was arrested in St. Louis two years ago on a charge of working a mine scheme which he represented as being "a gold brick." A jury failed to convict him at that place, and the authorities here thought he might be the same man who operated in this city the year before under the name of Joe Miller, and succeeded in swin dling various people out of sums ag gregating from $100 to $1,000. He al ways had a mining scheme, and sold stock, getting a pile of money before he left. The main question on both sides was the man's identity. People who saw Miller on the streets of Fargo in 1895 and with whom he associated day after day cannot positively identify the man. There are about forty witnesses on each side who testified as to the iden tity, the forty for the state clv.lmlng he was the Joe Miller, and the other forty, just as reputable persons, for the defense, testified he was not the man. Miller, in all probability, will be released tomorrow. SPAIN FEARS FAMINE. More "Worried Over Affairs at Home Than at the Prospect of a "War. LONDON, March s.— The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Mail says: In contrast with the clamor in America, there is almost absolute calm here, and that, too, even on the bourses, where the falls are due to foreign selling. The general opinion is that the United States dare not make the Maine sus picion, which is unsupported by evi dence and is rejected by European opinion, the pretext for war. The distress in various parts of the country occupies the public mind far more than American relations. Not withstanding the reduction in the grain duty, a famine threatens. The social ists are utilizing the dearth, under puise of electioneering, as a means of fomenting popular agitation, and lt would only require some overt act of injustice on the part of America to divert public sentiment. The government has consulted the chambers of commerce throughout the country respecting the proposed com mercial treaty with the United States. The Bilbao chamber replies that con sidering the present condition of mer cantile relations it can see no necessity for a treaty. If the negotiations, how ever, are successful, It is of the opin ion that two treaties will be requisite; one between America and the Penin sula and another between America and the Antilles. Commenting on the rumors of Presi dent McKinley's project to purchase Cuba, El Nacional in an article under the caption "The Best Solution of the Cuban Problem," exclaimed: "Will no body preach and proclaim the annex ation of Cuba to the United States by agreement with Spain, on condition that the United States redeem us from the debt, favor us during a certain period by tariff concessions and guar antee, under a powerful authority and a respected flag, the lives and property of Spaniards resident In Cuba." MARTIN CASE CLOSED. AH of the Evidence ln, and the Final \ run in cuts Will Begin "When Conrt Meets Toda-y. "WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 4.— The commonwealth closed Its case at 3 o'clock this afternoon, after hearing a few witnesses in rebuttal on unimpor tant points, for most of the testimony it hoped to thus get before the jury against Sheriff Martin and his deputies was ruled out by the court. The defense submitted a number of points for the consideration of the court, urging that the sheriff had only been doing his duty, and stating that there had been no evidence submitted to warrant a finding that the defend ants were an unlawful assemblage. The further point was made that it appeared from the evidence, substan tially without dispute, that prisoners were lawfully aiding- the sheriff, as a posse, duly appointed, at the time Mike Ceslake was killed, and that their pur pose was to disperse an unlawful as semblage, of which the deceased was one; that there was no conspiracy among them to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act in an unlawful way. Therefore, the act of one cannot be imputed to the others. Each one is to be held accountable only for what he himself did. The evidence failing to identify the person who shot Mike Ces lake, there can be no conviction under the law. Judge Woodward took the points un der consideration, and will pass upon them later. Arguments will begin to morrow. LUETGERT'S LIFE JOB. The Wife Mnrderer W T III Be Set at Making; Sansages "When He Arrives at Jollet. CHICAGO, March 4.— Wife Murderer Luetgert has been told the task select ed for him during his life imprison ment. It is the intention of the Joliet penitentiary officials to manufacture sausage for use in the big prison and Luetgert will be given charge of the work. The information pleases Luetgert. Clay Homestead. LEXINGTON, Ky., March 4.— Robert T. Ford, of New York, bought "Escondlda," the Clay homestead in Bourbon county 775 acres, for $55,000, the biggest sale for years. SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 5, 1898. COURT IS IN IGNORANCE UNABLE TO GIVE ANY CAUSE FOR THE MAINE DISABTER All Depends I'pon the Testimony That May Be Offered nt Havana by the Divers No Date Can Be Fixed. Kven Approximately, When a FlndliiK Will Be Made. WASHINGTON, March 4.— lt was de veloped this afternoon, through tele graphic correspondence between Secre tary Long and Admiral Sicard that the court of inquiry is unable to fix even an approximate date for the conclusion of Its investigation imto tlie disaster to the Maine. Sharing the general anxiety for some information on this point, Secretary Long today, at the instance of the cabinet, sent a telegram to Admiral Si card, asking him when it was prob able that the report of the court would be made, and tonight the following re ply was received: Have talktd with the president of the court of inquiry and agree with him that lt is not yet possible to fix a date for the finding, as so much depends upon the progress of the divers and wreckers and the results they obtain. Every effort ls being made to advance the Inquiry. The court returns to Havana this evening, hav ing about finished the investigation at Key West. —Sicard. Admiral Sicard's message is regard ed officially as disposing of the reports that the court has as yet obtained pos itive or conclusive information bearing upon the object of their investigation. It is taken to mean that upon the tes timony or discoveries of the divers will depend the finding, the examination of the officers and crew of the ship having been insufficient to enable the court to even form an idea as to what lines may be opened from the Investigation of the wreck itself. While the telegram was naturally somewhat of a disappointment in leav ing the termination of the inquiry as much in doubt as ever, it was welcom ed as practically setting at rest the re ports as to the results of the investi gation up to date. It is stated that the board in all probability will not return to Key West, the department having intimat ed that it was its desire thait the ex amination of the officers and men should be concluded at this sitting, as they are needed for reassignment to ships. It is proboble that the Olympia, flag ship of the Asiatic squadron, and the peerless queen of the cruisers will come home to San Francisco. The naviga tion bureau has this movement under consideration, and in view of the fact that the ship has been three years away from a navy yard, engaged in hard cruising service, even if there were no other reason, it is probable that the order will be given. Olympia Cotmlns Home. The Olympia Is a protected cruiser of extraordinary speed and endurance, with a battery strong enought to over power almost anything short of a bat tleship and speed enough to run away from that or anything else she does not care to fight. The torpedo boat "Winslow, at Nor folk, has completed her repairs and will join the flotilla at Key West as soon as the gale on the cost blows it self out ahd makes the run down safe. Naval officials are deeply interested in the reports of the purchase of war ships by Spain and make the reports of these transactions the text for com plaints of the inability of our navy department to do likewise. However, as to the report from London today of the purchase of two cruisers by Spain, it is said at the department, that one of the vessels, named in the dispatches, sailed for Brazil several months ago, and has been delivered to the Brazilian government. The sister ship is near completion in the Armstrong yards. GROVER GIVES WARNING THE SOUND MONEY MEN SHOULD NOT STAND BY IN IDLENESS Letter From Once President Cleve land Head at a Gathering, of Pennsylvania Democrats The Keystone State toi Be Contested at the Coming Fall Flection. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 4 — Representatives of the state organiza tions of the Jeffersonian or gold Demo cratic party met here today, and re solved to put in the field a ticket of their own for state officers from the governorship down and for members of congress in every district. A letter from ex-President Cleveland was read, in which he says: "I hope most sincerely that there may be a sound money movement in Pennsyl vania that will be strong and useful. I cannot account for the arrogant confidence of the free silver forces except upon the theory that they are led to believe that there ls very little aggressive effort to be made by their opponents. It is not a strange thing that the apparent apathy in many of our sound money states should give plausibility to such a belief. If any one believing with us supposes that free silver can be prevented from controlling the two houses of the next congress with out effective organization and hard work, the quicker he abandons that Idea the more useful he will be as a sound money man. "I am so earnest in my desire to see our country blessed with safe money and a suitable financial system that I am of the opinion we ought to give patriotic and consistent support to any plan which in sures this result and which has the ele ment that promises its successful advocacy. — "Grover Cleveland." An executive committee of fifteen was appointed to carry out the pur poses of the meeting. RECEIVING TELLER ARRESTED. An Alleged Discrepancy of Twenty- Three Thousand Dollars in His Accounts. CINCINNATI, 0., March 4.—Sher wood Cunning, receiving teller of the First National bank, was arrested to night on account of an alleged dis crepancy of $23,000 found in his ac counts. His arrest was on complaint of the officers of the bank. It is alleged that he admitted the em bezzlement. He turned over to the bank his real estate, nominally valued at $30,000. He was released on $10,000 bond and, lt ls believed, he will not be prosecuted. TUG UNDERWRITER LOST. Sunk Off Cape Hatteras "While on Her "Way to Havana lo Raise the Maine. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 4.— A special from Norfolk, Va., reports the loss of the powerful tug Underwriter of Boston, In a storm off Hatteras. The Underwriter was in voyage to Havana to assist in the work of raising the Maine. AL,I_ ITALY JEN FETE. Jubilee Anniversary of the Consti tution Celebrated ln Great State. ROME, March 4.— The jubilee anniversary of the Italian constitution was celebrated to day with general rejoicing. The city was filled They are useful cruisers, copies of the Baraosa, of the Brazilian navy, and their strong point is their great radius of action, 8,000 miles, which would en able them to cross the Atlantic and re-cross without renewing their coal supply. The two ships building for Brazil <n Prance, which are also reported to be about to pass into Spanish possession, are presumed to be the Deadoro and the Florlana, which are building at La Sienne. Toulon. These are small but powerful little battleships. Their tonnage is only 3,162, but they carry four ten-Inch rifles in turrets, ln addi tion to two six-inch and four 4 1-7 inch guns, and a good secondary battery. Their coal *endurance_ how ever, is small, and their forte would seem to be coast defense operations, or cruising near a base of supplies. Spain's New Ships. The London reports also caused com ments at the state department. In some quarters the feeling was express ed that, pending a finding of a court of inquiry on a case having the inter national phases of the Maine explo sion, the obligations of neutrality were as strongly imposed on Great Britain and Brazil as ln time of war. Precedents apply only to a condition of war, and not to conditions which may eventually lead to war. In. the Geneva award, however, unfriendly acts by Great Britain, prior to the breaking out of the rebellion, constitut ed part of the case on which heavy damages were awarded against her. But, as a general rule, foreign govern ments are free to sell war ships either directly or through their citizens up to the actual date of hostilities. Matters were very quiet, at least ex ternally, at the department today. There was a strong Indisposition to discuss the proposition to resume evo lutions off Dry Tortugas, but the of ficials did not hesitate to declare that only normal movements were going on. So, too. it was unknown officially that the troops at Salt Lake were being reviewed, and it was said that, if this were so, it could be nothing more than the usual periodical inspection required by the regulations. As for the reported orders to inspec tion officers at Bethlehem to be ready for a quick start, it was said that Capt. McNutt and Lieut. Bennett, who have been on inspection duty several years past, are not to be disturbed, and have had no orders such as are reported from Bethlehem. The Mangrove sailed a t 8:25 p. m.. with all the officers of the court and the stenographer, Mr. Bissell. She will touch at the Tortugas with mail for the fleet. DIVERS KNOW ABOUT IT. External Explosion Wrecked the Maine, Say Havana Advices. NEW YORK, March 4.— A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: The leading facts of 'the Maine disaster are all now in the possession of the naval board. The divers have continued their work during the absence of the board at Key West. They have discovered nothing to change the evidences first gathered, which showed apparently that the explosion was external. Their examination this week was extended alongside the plates, and they have penetrated forward well Into the bow. All they find is merely confirmatory of what was previously discovered. Capt. Sampson and his associates were especially anxious to await further work by the divers, to determine whether or not mistakes had been made ln any particular. Nothing has been found to indicate a mistake. On the contrary, the more thoroughly the hull ls examined, the more convincing appear the original evidences of explosion from without. How long the board will take to formu late its conclusions on this point can be better judged in Washington than in Havana. with visitors who thronged the handsomely decorated streets. King Humbert made a speech to the sena tors, deputies and mayors in the capitol in the course of which he said: "From the sum mit of this hill, consecrated by immortal glory, my first thought ascends to my an cestor, Victor Emmanuel, father of his coun try, for his labors achieved in the national resurrrection. "Our faith in resuscitated Italy led us to Home, and will guide us to still loftier destl n?\ I te , those g'oriouo men who conse crated then- lives to the fatherland." rhe king on returning to the Quirinal re street/'V-,. £ ° V K at . 0n from tlle crowds in th e streets^ in the balconies and on the house h o eaded Pa hv i0 h tiC H SOCi f CtleS - bearin S banncraand p.a a Z a lo^re'eThlm 0 ' ""**■ °" the the'rm.n. B ,,?^^ VL^** the «"WMI With the Count of Turin, they were obliged to an ?h c ? r „. tWI ? c ° n < the ba]con y «•» response to the cheering of the people. out'p'aly. demonstrati °ns took place through- ROME, March L-^the police dispersed a «r k '„» „ s ° cla lls.s who attempted to hold a prohibited demonstration. Forty arrests were GIVING UP THE TREATY. Expected That the Committee Will Today Decide to With draw It. Special to The St. Paul Globe WASHINGTON, March 4 -At a meeting of the committee on foreign relations of the senate tomorrow it is said that it will be decided to with draw the Hawaiian treaty from execu tive consideration and put it before the i senate in the shape of a bill that will annex the islands as a part of one of the Pacific coast states. D. G. Hartley, of Duluth, is here to consult with Representative Morris, of Minnesota, and Jenkins, of Wisconsin with a view to securing legislation to construct a new bridge across Ho ward s pocket, between Duluth and West Superior, to connect at the latter end with the new Duluth-Superior bridge. Hartley is also putting in a good word for the Morris bill for the relief of settlers on the Mille Lacs Indian reservation. Neither Senator Hansbrough nor Chairman Pettigrew, of the Indian affairs committee, have any knowledge of the proposed visit here of a delega tion of Indians from Fort Totten N D agency. A North Dakota dispatch states that these Indians claim they have been deprived of the best portion of their reservation without compen sation. The interior department offi cials say no permission has yet been granted them to come to Washington Senator Davis has introduced a bill to refer their claim to the court of claims but Senator Pettigrew Is opposed to this aation and favors the ratification of the original agreement made with them by which they would receive $1 - 500,000 for the land. FROM OVER SEA. PARIS, March 4.— Capt. Degouen, who wrote an outrageously insulting letter to ex- Mlnlster Tarieux, has been punished by being transferred to the staff of the Blxth army corps. Madrid, March 4.— The police have arrested an Italian who rushed up to the carriage of Senor Sagasta, the premier, and threatened him with a stick. Berlin, March 4.— lt ls announced here that the czarina, who ls said to have been suffer ing from slight inflammation of the lungs, following an attack of measles, is improving, j COUKt SAILS FOX CUBA THE MAINE INQUIRY IS TO BE RE- SUMED AT HAVANA No Evidence Yet Heard Sufficient to Establish the Fact That the Bat tleship Wat Destroyed hy Any External Cause A Statement "Worthy otf Reliance. KEY WEST, March 4.— After two postponements of its departure, the oourt of inquiry left for Havana this evening on the lighthouse tender Man grove. It is believed by the best in formed here that the court will com plete Its labors in the Cuban capital within ten days. Only three of the six days the court was here were devoted to the work of investigation. The inactivity of yester day and today is still unexplained, ex cept by a semi-official statement that Admiral Sicard was awaiting instruc tions from Washington. The session, it is generally under stood, developed no evidence by which the court could definitely determine the cause of the explosion. A naval officer in close touch with the members of the court, said: "With one exception the witnesses who tes tified were Maine survivors. The evi dences, though in most cases taking longer to tell, can be summed up in the words of an enlisted man who, when Judge Advocate Marix asked him FREDERICK V. M'NAIR, COMING HEAD OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. (From a Photo by Bell, of Washington, D. C.) WASHINGTON, March 3. — Commodore Frederick V. McNair will in a few days suc ceed to the command of the North Atlantic squadron. This position will make him the actual commander of the United States navy, and he will be the chief naval genius on which the nation will reply ln case of need. Commodore McNair will take the place of Rear Admiral Matthews, who Is to go on the retired list. The coming admiral is no tyro in the mat ter of naval experience. He is no mere the orist. Rather say he ls theorist and a fighter combined. He entered the naval academy in 1853, and was sent out to China. When what he knew about the explosion, said: "Sir, I was blowed up; I was saved and I'm here." That was all he could swear to. One important fact has been learned, however. It is this, although the mem bers of the court have their individual theories they are by no means prepared as a body to render a decisive vote. The officer already quoted said: "If the court has yet heard any testimony which would enable it to decide intelli gently that the Maine was blown up from external causes, I am the most mistaken man in the world. Before the coming Havana sessions are over it may secure such evidence and possibly find the blowing up was intentional. "It will learn from the divers the con dition of the ship after the explosion, as it has already learned from the sur vivors most of the details of the ship's condition before the explosion. With these bases thoroughly established the court will hear more expert testimony and then reach a verdict." This statement can be taken as more worthy of reliance than that of a Maine officer who said the other day he be lieved the court was bound on evidence already heard to find the cause of the explosion external. It's conservatism is also at variance with the opinions of many other naval officers here and practically those of the younger set. and directly contrary to the belief of most of the Maine survivors that their ship was Intentionally blown up. Before sailing tonight Capt. Sampson had a long consultation with Admiral Sicard. FLOWERS ON THE GRAVES. Memory of the Maine Victims Hon ored at Havana. HAVANA, March 4.— The American divers, having examined more or less thoroughly the ward room of the Maine and the senior and Junior of ficers' mess rooms, are today trying to effect an entrance into the petty officers' compartments, in the hope of finding some bodies there. However, each day the belief grows stronger that few, if any more bodies, will be recovered. Not one body was recov ered today. Capt. Sharp, who is in charge of the wrecking outfit, appreciates the dif ficulties of the situation better than others. He will not specify any time when the big guns will be released. It is necessary to at first remove the tops of the turrets. These are held ln place by steel bolts which must be cut loose. The best Informed people here think a month wiH elapse before the turrets are opened. The correspondent has been officially informed that the United States light house tender Mangrove, with the naval court of inquiry on board, will return here tomorrow morning. The Spanish divers have been down but little to the wreck of the Maine, and any reports sent as coming from them are likely to be Incorrect. A number of beautiful wreaths and floral pieces were sent to the Colon cemetery today by the Americans of this city to decorate the graves of the victims of the Maine disaster. The scfieme will be continued, and the flowers will be renewed when withered. Senator Proctor, Gen. Lee, Capt. Sigs bee and many other prominent Amer- PRJCB TWO Crogg === jggggg^ The Globe's Bulletin SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1898. Fair— See Page 4, Col. 1. The bulletin appears today on the fourth page, where it wiil hereaiter bo found. leans attended the ceremony of deco rating the graves. A hurricane, which swept over the port of Batabano, on the south coast of Cuba, opposite Havana, has done great damage. It destroyed a hut in which were; quartered a number of sol diers belonging to the Castilian batal llon, killing two of the men and wounding twenty-five others. Thou sands of trees were swept away and the ships in the harbor were obliged to put hurriedly to sea, in order to avoid being wrecked. ReKlnient Inspected. SAI_T LAKE, March 4.— Acting under or ders from department headquarters, the en tire command at Fort Douglas has been In spected for marching orders. The equip ment and every department detail of the Twenty-fourth Infantry was found to be in excellent condition. Coal for Navy. IRONTON, 0.. March 4.— The Norfolk & Western railroad has a contract to ship .00, --0W bushels of coal, on order of the United States navy department, to various ports to be hereafter designated. the war broke nut he was ordered home and served under Farragut. As early as lStil he was promoted a lieutenant for personal bravery. He ran the gauntlet of Vicksburg, and was conspicuous in the assault on Fort Fisher. For four years the young sailor never knew when the next moment was lo be his last. After the war he served in many posts, to which he was assigned by the department, and he proved himself quite as adept in diplomacy as in the rough work of fighting. No man in the navy is more competent to look after the interests of the country than is Commodore McNair, soon to be Rear Ad miral McNair. WHAT M'CLEARY SAID THE CONGRESSMAN AND THE WASH- INGTON POST DISAGREE The Minnesota Statesman's Repudia tion of the Alleged Interview Cnuslng More of a Stir Than the Original Publication Post Main tains Its Report Was Authentic. Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, ) Corcoran Building. \ Special to The St. Paul Globe. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 4.— Some of the members of the Minne sota delegation think lt would have been far better for Congressman Mc- Cleary had he not attempted a denial of the now famous interview on the Maine disaster. The matter has creat fd quite a stir among the Minnesota delegation and other Western people here. It is said that the Washington Post refused to publish the kind of denial first demanded by McCleary. The cor respondent who ls considered to be one of the best posted and most re liable newspaper men in Washington insists that he quoted McCleary right, and ln this he is corroborated by Wil liam Alden Smith, representative from Michigan. Beriah Wilkins, editor of the Post.advised McCleary not to make any denials. He said he could not see just where the interview was so very far out of the way after all, since Mr. McCleary said that he would have been justified in doing what it is claimed that Spain had done without placing a mine under the Maine. MoCleary's in terview as published by the Post is here given: I am no lover of Spanish people, nor can any one doubt my patriotism, and yet it seems to me that there are considerations in this question which we must not lose sight of. The Maine entered the harbor of Havana ostensibly on a friendly mission, but really prepared for war. The letters of men on the vessel made public since the disaster, plainly state that every gun was loaded as the ship sailed by Moro castle. The Span ish authorities knew that while we were talking friendship with our lips we had war at our hearts. In my judgment the Spanish authorities were amply justified in deliberately conducting the Maine to a spot over a sub-marine mine Just as we would have been Justified in placing the Spanish cruiser In New York harbor in the same position. The guns of the Maine could have blown Havana Into atoms and the Spanish knew It. At any moment something might have occurred In Madrid or in New York which would have provoked war and the Span iards did right when they took every pre caution to place the Maine hors de c.mbat. the moment any trouble occurred. I do not believe however, that the evidence will show that the act was the result of official authority, and if Spain is willing to pay an indemnity it seems to me that the United States cannot ask anything else. Representative McCleary has been placed at the head of the literary bureau of the national Republican con gressional campaign "committee and will have charge of the literary and of the campaign next fall. Orders for Ollieers. •BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 4.— The army and navy officers now representing the Unit ed States government at the Bethlehem Iron company's ordnance works here, have re ceived orders from headquarters to be ready on twelve hours' notice for service. Work on the government contract at the works la being pushed aa rapidly as possible. DEVOLUTION ON IN CHINA VICEROYS DECIDE TO DISREGARD THE EMPEROR'S ORDERS A Trlimn Irate to Govern (lie Valley of the VmiK Tse Kluiik the He- Unit of the Terms of (lie An«lo- Uernian Loan Ti,« Separate Admlnls(rn(lons. SHANGHAI. March 4.-A special correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury at Kiu Kiung alleges that the vic._-.yn of Nan Kin and Hu KuanK have en tered into a compact with the govern ment of Huan to direct the affairs of the entire valley of the Yang Tse Klang and the adjoining territories. The triumvrate proposes to govern this region irrespective of any orderi from the emperor who will be allowed no voice whatever in its affairs thus virtually splitting China into two sep arate administrations. This rebellion is due to China's allow ing the Yang Tse Likin revenues, hith erto a perquisite of the mandarines to be used as a guarantee of the Anglo- German loan, which would mean par tial European control. LONDON, March s.— The Tekin cor respondent of the Times says the Anglo-German loan of £16.000,000 has been ratified by imperial decree. REBATE SYSTEM Adopted by the Western Ronds to Meet the Canadian Pacific. CHICAGO, March 4.— The Western roads were in session today considering the troubles with the Canadian Pacific. If further reductions are to be made by the Canadian Pacific, and the Western roads meet them as they say they will, the passenger agents of the roads of the Western Passenger association will do nothing for a few weeks but hold meetings for the purpose of considering the rate situation. The matter before the meeting today was the manner of meeting the reduc tion of $10 in the price of tickets to the Pacific coast, which it was reported the Canadian Pacific will make in the near future. If this reduction is made, the plan of the Western roads of selling tickets at flat rates through the Mis souri river gateways will have to be abandoned, as the purchaser will be able to buy a through ticket at a re duced rate, use it to a point short of the destination of the ticket, and still be money in pocket over the amount of the local ticket. Moreover, he will be able to sell the unused portion of the ticket to brokers and thus seriously de moralize the local traffic of the roads. The only way out of the difficulty seems to be for the roads to sell tickets on the rebate plan, or reduce their in termediate rates, which they will do only as a last resort. The meeting today lasted far into the night, but nothing tangible had been done up to a late hour. It was declared tonight to increase from three to ten the number of per sons who must travel in one party via the Missouri river gateway? in order to secure the benefits of the reduced rates to the Pacific coast through a re bate at destinations. All tickets, ex cept those from St. Paul, direct to the Pacific coast, will be sold at the reg ular tariff rates, with a rebate equal to the amount of the reductions made to meet the lowest rates of the Cana dian Pacific. It was concluded this plan was preferable to making the amount of the rebate $10 in all cases. Under the plan adopted all tickets via the Missouri river gateway wiU be sold at present prices and the amount of the rebate will be increased as much as the present rates are reduced. EFFECT OF EVANS LAW. More Than Half of the ClaMsllW-d Civil Service Positions Will Be Wiped Ont. WASHINGTON, March 4.— The civil service commission has prepared for submission to congress some informa. tion as to the effect of the enactment into law of the Evans bill, now pending in the house. This bill removes from the operation of the law all positions now in the classified service below the $900 and above the $1,800 grade, besides limiting its application in other re spects. According to the commission, there are now 6SB postoffices in the classified service with 116.000 employes, 636 of whion, with 13,000 employes, would be withdrawn, if the bill were passed. The total number of employes now in the classified service ls 54.240. ->4.:.4r> of which would be taken out by the oper ation of the Evans "bill, and of those remaining 5.863 are in Washington, and 24,124 in other cities. JAPS QUESTION THE CZAR. An Explicit Statement "Wauled at Once as to the Occupation of Port Arthur. LONDON. March 5.— A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tien Tsln. China, says: Japan has addressed a note to Russia demanding an immediate and explicit statement on the question of the continued occupation of Port Ar thur. LONDON, March s.— The Odessa cor respondent of the Daily Mail says the government is engaging large quanti ties of guns at the government factor ies; while the war office has approved the adoption of the Dumdum bullets for the Russian army and is m eking to Improve on German's quick-firers. GATES' GYRATING CRUSHER. The Patent on a Machine That Has Enjoyed a Monopoly Held to lie Invalid. CHICAGO, March 4. — The United States circuit court of appeals handed down an opinion today which will cre ate a stir among the manufacturers of mining and crushing machinery. The court held that the patent of the Gates Iron company. Issued Jan. 20, 1882, for a gyrating crusher is invalid. The Gates crushers have enjoyed a practical monopoly. Blown to Pieces. FARNKFORT. Ky., March 4.— Will Over ton, assisting Arsenal Keeper Dixon in tiring 100 guns ln celebration of the Irish anni versary today, was blown almost to pi.ees. and Armorer Dixon was badly hurt by a, premature explosion. New Bishop. ST. LOOTS, March 4.— lt ls learned from a high official in the Catholic church that Father J. J. llarty, ot St. Louis, will be tha next bishop of the Catholic see of Concor dia, Kan. Against Gold Contracts. FRANKFORT, Ky.. March 4.— The houso of representatives has passed by a party vote an act to prevent the making of a contract payable in gold, and making such a con tract null and void. "War Inevitable. NEW YORK. March 4.— A special to the Herald from San Jose, Costa Rica, indicates that war between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is unavoidable. The situation is really grave. Troops are hurrying to the fron tlci daily.