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VOL. XXI.— NO. 81.
TOLD FOR PASTIME.
Lac Stafford, every one knows Lac, even
If he does live in Minneapolis; he built the
Metropolitan opera house over there one day
when he wasn't thinking: he did other things
that might have helped him to an enduring
f;iiiH . but the opera house was his crown
ing work, for ho not only built it in a fit
of pique, because Menage wouldn't do lt,
bu; lu< afterwards sold a piece of It — which
was mnch lhe more clever thing of the two.
Well, Lac rame over here yesterday. Hew
Urn plac-e is growing," said Lac. He hasn't
been here in years. Then he colle.-u>d a
"push" ar.d proceeded to tell stories. He
told one about Frank Cothraln, whom every
one knows. 11, used to be in Minneapolis,
but lie's on the read now contributing to the
ga\ei\ i.i nations by telling the natives of :
--■■■-■ roads towns how it happened. Inci
dentally, it may he mentioned, for Hn- benefit
of ih. few people who don't know- Frank, '■
that In- is more than half wise. Said Lac:
"Frank and another fellow were up In j
' Michigan on a trip once, and they ]
nt. t a v. isi man who thought they would be j
soft in a poker game. The landlord of the !
hotel tliey were stopping at was a friend of i
Cothrain's. The wise stranger went to the '
landlord and told him that he had a good '
thing in the way of a poker system, and he i
Would like to get a game on with the string- ;
*rs meaning Cothrain and his friend. If the \
landlord would fix it the stranger would cut
up ;ii, proceeds.
"Tlie landlord was sore at being played for I
a ste.i pigeon, and he thought he might aa
well fix the stranger. He introduced Coth
raln as a horse man and his friend as a
silk salesman. And he sat ln the game him
self.
"The stranger had a hold-out apparatus
planted under the table. Presently there !
came up a pretty good pot, and everybody j
got all his money in. It was about «ime |
for the stranger to lift the hand he had
planted, but just as he went after it Mr.
Cothrain Gorgonteed him with a stony stare,
and the hand never came up. The landlord
took the money.
"After a while the same lay came up. There
was a big pot. and the stranger went after !
the cooler under the table. Cothrain's friend ;
got his eye on him, and the hand was again
played without the hold-out.
"The third time it came off the landlord j
did the staring, and Cothrain got the pot. !
Then the stranger got on that they were !
wise and quit. He had dropped three or four !
hundred.
"A couple of years afterwards Cothrain j
was at a race meeting in Detroit, or some
where, and he met the stranger. He greet
ed him cheerfully, and the stranger was a
bit surly. They talked for a minute, and '
Cothrain remarked
" Say. I'd like to ask you a question. Did
you ever get back with the hand you went
after in that poker game?" "
Gen. Clapp tossed one of those bouquets
that are handled so deftly by gentlemen of
the bar at Mr. Butts Saturday. Mr. Butts was
arguing on a motion In the Clcwett case. He
had talked much and fervently; had beon
telling the court how It happened and had
run the gamut of the authorities from
Lycurgus to Judge Gallick. when he came to
a halt and wiped his perspiring brow. Gen.
Clapp got up very deliberately and remarked:
"May it please the court, I believe that I
will follow in the footsteps of my learned
brother. Butts, and submit this question with
out argument."
The fat man that runs an Interurban car
stuck his head out of his cage as he was
killing time In front of the Ryan, yester
day, and said to the car cleaner:
"This Is real pleasure riding around all the
time, I suppose you think?"
"Ay tank so," remarked the person ad
dressed.
"You're a Backer," said the fat man. "You
remind me of a fool conductor I knew. He
got a job and worked twenty-nine days — four
teen hours every day. They gave him the
thirtieth day off, and the blooming idiot put
In the holiday riding back and forth over
the line."
M. J. Costello is no longer with the old line
Tops. They tell of him that he went over to
Minneapolis the other night to attend a Pop
meeting. He was delayed, and instead of
catching the last through car he caught one
at 12:15 and was thrown off out at Midway.
"And then." said Costello, "I had to leave
the other Pops and take to the middle of the
road."
John A. Holler, of Monticello, once repre
sentative and the newly appointed deputy col
lector of customs at Rainy Lake, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr. Holler was the representative, in 1893.
who "hollered" so successfully for Senator
Davis on the the memorable 22d of January.
The house of representatives was crowded
to suffocation that day, because a United
States senator was to be elected and the
crowd knew lt was going to be close. So they
came.
The roll was called and Mr. Davis had
within one of enough to send him to the
I'nited States senate for another six years.
There was a season of breathless suspense,
only broken when John A. Holler, of Monti
cello, the only absentee, came tearing through
the crowd of people which lined the rear
corridor, just as the tally sheet was being
handed up to the speaker, and yellid:
"Cushman K. Davis."
This "holler" re-elected Mr. Davis and
bedlam broke loose.
He walked up to tho police officer on the
•orner. and after a little hesitation made up
his mind to speak.
"Have you seen It?" he asked mysteriously.
"Seen what?" said the officer shortly.
"Well, I don't know just what. But did
you see any blonde ladies ln pink tights rid
ing white horses, or any man riding in a den
of lions?"
"Xo," said the office, shortly. "I ain't."
"Can't be lt, then," with a sigh. "Seen
any men with blacked faces riding in a band
wagon?"'
"Xo."
"Xo men In red hats and blue boots walk
ing up and down street?"
"Xo."
"And no cowboys with pistols all over and
yellow saddles?" This as a last despairing
effort.
"Xo, I ain't seen none of 'em."
"I'm sorry. I heard my boy say this was
the day for the vernal equinox, and I want
ed to see her if sbe was in town. But I
guess she didn't come."
The policeman was interested himself, and
he tried hard to think, but gave lt up. "Xo."
he said, and this time regretfully, "1 guess
she didn't."
BLIZZARD IS COMING.
Terrific Wind nnd Snow Storm Rnsr
ing in Smith Dakota nnd Western
Minnexota.
Special to The St. Paul Globe,
RARNESVILLE, Minn., March 21.—
terrific wind and snow* storm set in
about 2 p. m. today, the wind blowing:
at the rate of sixty miles an hour from
the north, accompanied by blinding:
hiow and sand. All traffic ls delayed.
The storm promises to last all night.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
PIERRE, S. D., March 21.— A driving
mow storm has prevailed here all af
ternoon, and it is drifting: badly. It is
a reminder that four years ago tonignt
trains were stalled in the yards here
by drifts, and tonight promises to be
about the same.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
DULUTH. Minn.. March 21.— A ter
rific blizzard struch Duluth at 11 o'clock
tonight. The temperature dropped 30
degrees in about an hour. Snow is
falling in clouds and the wind is blow
ing a gale.
MILLER, S. D., March 21.— A severe
snow storm and cold weather prevails
over this section 'today
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
MICHAEL TO MAKE THE RACE
CENTRAL DEMOCRATIC ASSO
CIATION INDORSES HIM
It In Expected He Will Agree to
Muk i- a Flight If Necessary for
the Dt-iiioci-at-t'lllzciiN' Nomina
tion Kiefer Draws Well In the
Sixth Ward Fcldhiiust-r Will
Stay In the Race.
J. C. MU-hael will probably be one of
lhi> candidates for the~mayoralty nomi
nation before the Democrat-Citizens
convention.
Mr. Michael was boosted into the
race last night.
The Central Democratic association
held a meeting at A. O. U. W. hall and
discussed the available candidates.
Pierce Butler's name was mentioned,
but Mr. Butler said he couldn't made
the race. Henry Haas was also men
tioned, but Mr. Haas also declined.
Finally a motion was made that it
was the sense of the association that J.
('. Michael should be made the stand
ard bearer at the coming campaign and
this was passed by a unanimous vote.
A committee was appointed consist
ing of President T. L. Kane. Henry
Haas and Pierce Butler to notify Mr.
Michael of the action of the club.
lt was the general opinion that Mr.
Michael would consent to make the
fight for the nomination if a fight is
necessary and, if it is not necessary, to
accept tlie nomination.
There was considerable excitement
yesterday afternoon among the man
agers and assistant managers of the
several mayoralty booms over the re
ported withdrawal of Edward Feld
hauser from the race.
Mr. Feldhauser was found in the cor
ridor of the Germania Life building
shaking hands witii members of the
Commercial club, wlio greeted him as
"Mr. Mayor."
"There is nothing to the statement
that I have withdrawn," said Mr. Feld
hauser. "I can assure you that I have
not and will not withdraw, and, what
is more to the point, I am as good as
nominated right at this time. It is del
egates that count, and I am "securing
them rapidly."
The story that the Ninth ward may
oralty candidate had withdrawn was
started by a politician who called to
see Mayor Doran at his office Saturday
afternoon.
At the time the gentleman called
Mayor Doran was closeted with Rev.
Sam Smith, of the People's church.
The conference between the mayor and
the reverend gentleman lasted over an
hour.
Of course there wns no+Vilne* strange
about Rev. Mr. Smith calling on the
mayor, but Sunday afternoon the gen
tleman who had to wait for the in
terview between the pastor of the Peo
ple's church and Mayor Doran to end
noticed Rev. Mr. Smith and Judge
Howard at the residence of Mr. Feld
hauser.
This was enough to satisfy the poli
tician that there was some scheme on
foot, and he spoke of the meeting of
the trio at Mr. Feldhauser's residence,
and connected the same with the inter
view had between Rev. Sam Smith
and Mayor Doran Saturday afternoon.
The report spread rapidly, and was
added to as it was retold, finally result
ing in the statement that Mr. Feld
hauser had withdrawn in favor of Mr.
Doran.
This is the way W. W. Erwin has of
getting out of the heroic indorsement
he gave F. B. Doran two years ago in
a letter to the public a day or so be
fore election:
"Yes, I said at the time Mr. Doran
was making his race for mayor 'I will
give you my life if Doran does not give
you an honest administration.' The
only thing I can do now ls to offer my
life and services to the people, and this
I shall probably do if the Democratic
convention tenders me the nomination
for mayor."
The regular weekly meeting of the
Sixth Ward Democratic club will be
held at the club rooms, on South Wa
basha street, tonight. A very large
attendance is expected, not only from
the members of the club, but other
Democrats. Addresses will be delivered
during the evening by T. R. Kane, F.
L. McGhee and Samuel Whaley. The
meeting ls expected to be an interest
ing one, and several matters of im
portance looking to united Democracy
will be considered during the evening.
A prominent Democrat of the Sixth
ward said that the Sixth has three
good men who would be hard to beat
during the coming campaign. The men,
he said, were Anthony Yoerg, for comp
troller; John G Wardell, of the Spa
Bottling company, for assemblyman,
and Frank Baer, for alderman. Any
ticket with their names on, he said,
would sweep the Sixth ward for De
mocracy, regardless of who were the
nominees on the other tickets. The
ticket, as named above, has as yet re
ceived no official indorsement from the
Democrats of the Sixth, but it is un
derstood that it is the ticket of the
Sixth Ward Democratic club.
About 200 Democrats, including Capt.
Burger and Aid. Stutzman, attended
the meeting of the Second Ward Demo
cratic club at Kalkanhauser's hall last
evening.
After a number of new members had
signed the constitution, P. M. Quist
was called upon for a speech. Mr.
Qvist took occasion to score the so
called business administration of the
Republicans, but believed the man
would be named by the Democrats to
put the city back in its proper condi
tion.
He was followed by F. L. McGhee,
who laid the blame for the charges ot
rupture in the ranks of the party at
the doors of the Democrats themselves,
because they did so much talking and
not enough work.
"Go to the primaries yourselves," he
said, "and elect your own delegates to
the convention. If there is a split, don't
talk of harmony, go to the primaries,
two primaries if necessary, and fight
it out once for all.
"If they lick us we will take our
medicine like men, and if we beat them
make them take theirs."
Continuing, he said: "When I first
came to St. Paul Erwin was talking
Farmers' Alliance, two years ago you
all know what he was talking about.
In that letter he wrote then he said he
would give his life if Doran didn't give
an honest administration. Well, what
in the world is he living for; he has
no business any place except standing
on the outer rail of the high bridge."
Mr. McGhee thought probably Erwin
would explain that letter by saying he
had been honestly mistaken. Mr. Mc-
Ghee said: "If that is so, who misled
him? Every honest Democrat told him
Doran would be a failure, then If any
body but a Democrat misled him, what
business has he to say he is a rock
ribbed Democrat?
"What have we to protect our
homes? Men who go around the streets
in league with thieves and thugs. No
one is proud of our police force, not
even Doran.
"The real 'mayor' runs a saloon; even
Mayor Doran's personal organs, the
Dispatch and Pioneer Press, call him
'Mayor Griffin.' If it is not so, why
doesn't Mayor Doran come out and
deny it?"
i After Mr. McGhee had finished sug-
TUESDAY AiOKNING
gestions were asked as to suitable can
didates for alderman, with the under
standing that no Indorsements were to
be made.
Peter Memmer, Peter Mattson, J. M.
Smith and once Aid. Chas. Kurtak were
mentioned, but there was some opposi
tion to the latter, owing to his affilia
tion to the Scannell ticket two years
ago. Mr. Kartak said he wasn't run
ning after tlie nomination and was
perfectly willing to step down and out
in favor of any other Democrat.
Considerable discussion ensued and
the meeting adjourned until next Mon
day night.
A meeting of the St. Paul Bimetallic
union was held last evening at A. O.
U. W. temple. About 100 members were
present, Vice President George C. Lam
bert presiding, and S. M. Badger act
ing as secretary.
The committee of fifteen, appointed
at the regular meeting of the union
March 14, for the purpose of uniting
the forces for the coming municipal
election, submitted a report of its work
so far performed. The report went on
I to ask the sense of the bimetallic union
as to the propriety of its continuance
in service, saying:
The committee begs leave to say that, !n
Its opinion, the union or crystallization of
all the reform forces of the city Into prac
tically one force, in the coming municipal
I campaign is a consummation devoutly to
be wished, and one that ought to be un
selfishly and unweariedly labored for by
every voter who has the cause of finan
cial reform and of good municipal govern
ment earnestly at heart. That the op
ponents of the party controlling the pres-
I ent city administration are largely ln ihe
I majority in the city ls universally con
i ceded. If that party succeeds ln contlnu
| ing itself in power at the coming election,
it will be because of the division and dis
traction of the hosts of voters opposed to
it. Upon this division and distraction is
based its hope of success. Thero ought to
be, therefore, Intelligence enough among
the reform forces, who are united upon the
essential question, to discern the situation,
and patriotism and public spirit enough to
prompt them to rise to the occasion.
The universal sentiment, as expressed at
both meetings of the committee among its
members and Its conference, was that lhe
city of St. Paul, in common with the whola
country, ls suffering from the effects of
the financial system known as the single gold
standard. And that this ill condition can
not be permanently removed until, with
other reforms, there shall be established
and maintained by the United States ihe
fre e and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver at the ratio or 16 to 1, without
waiting for the aid or consent of any other
nation on earth. To this point your com
mittee and the conference who met with It
were decidedly of opinion that no candi
date ought to be nominated for any mu
nicipal oflice to be voted for at the com
ing city election who ls not unreservedly
for the free coinage of gold and silver at
16 to 1; and his record at the last general
election must be consistent ln that respect.
For the results of the beneficent effects
that will follow upon the retirement of the
present Republican administration of the
city from place and power, and Its substi
tution by an administration really and
honestly reformatory in character, and for
the good effect that such action will have
upon the future political contests in this
city, state and nation. Your committee
earnestly hopes that there wHI be effected
ln the coming city campaign a fair and en
thusiastic union and co-operation of all tho
reform forces of our goodly city, for whosa
Interests and wtllfare we will ever labor,
and for whose prosperity we will ever pray.
The report was approved and the
motion of E. M. Card, that the com
mittee of fifteen should be continued,
was adopted. The committee will act
as the executive head of the union and
confer with other committees, etc.
The following resolution, which was
adopted by the committee at their first
meeting, March 15, was adopted by the
union last night:
Resolved, That in the opinion of this com
mittee the pending campaign should be
conducted by reform forces on a platform
containing a plank among other planks,
favoring the free coinage of gold and silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1, or an equivalent
declaration.
The Young Men's Democratic club of
the Third ward held a meeting at 548
Broadway. H. W. McDonald presided.
E. G. Hlnebaugh was unanimously in
dorsed for mayor by a rising vote.
A Republican club was formed last
night at Odd Fellows hall, Payne ave
nue, with about 140 active Republican
members of the First ward. The fol
lowing were elected officers: Fred C.
Nelson, president; C. Knapp, first vice
president; Emanuel Johnson, second
vice president; F. Ledstrand, secretary;
Swan Olson, treasurer.
Mayor Doran's administration was
unanimously indorsed by the meeting
and it was decided that every member
of the club should use every honorable
means to secure Mr. Doran's renomina
tlon and election.
An executive committee of one from
each precinct of the ward was ap
pointed, and the committee will meet
Thursday evening for the purpose of
selc-ctlng delegates for the coming Re
publican convention. The next meeting
of the club will be held Friday, March
25, at the same place.
Theo. McKerscheim, the war horse
of the Third ward, is being boomed by
his friends for alderman on the Demo
cratic ticket. He will open headquar
ters in the Market house next week.
The Democratic precinct committee
men of the Eighth ward, will meet this
evening at Brandle's hall, University
and Western. All committeemen are
earnestly requested to be present.
"Everything looks well so far as Col.
Kiefer's chances are concerned," said
J. C. Reichardt, who is a trusty in
charge of the Kiefer headquarters. "We
have as yet not been annoyed by the
strikers who are always asking for
money. Not a man who has called to
offer his services has mentioned that
he was after money.
"We figure now that on the flrst bal
lot Col. Kiefer wiil have 140 votes, and
that means that he will be nominated
on the second ballot, and, perhaps, on
the first one."
Notices were sent out from the Dona
hower headquarters yesterday for a
meeting to be held this evening. Each
invitation enclosed a card, which will
have to be presented at the door in or
der to secure admission. Only those
taking a lively Interest in the Dona
hower movement are to be present, and
owing to the size of the rooms the in
vitations have been limited to 200.
B. F. Knauft has Informed a few of
his friends that ln case either Capt.
Burger of George Hammond secures the
nomination for alderman in the Second
ward he will run as an Independent
candidate.
Six hundred persons interested in the
nomination of Col. Kiefer for mayor on
the Republican ticket gathered at
Liedertafel hall In the Sixth ward last
eveulng.
The audience was not confined ex
clusively to voters of the Sixth ward,
a meeting scheduled to be held in the
Eighllh ward having been called off
in order to allow the crowd to journey
over to the home of Mayor Doran and
cheer for Kiefer.
Rev. Mr. Oehler presided, and the
first speaker was Judge Latta, who
stated that the object of the meeting
was to secure an expression as to the
choice of the voters for a candidate for
mayor.
Assemblyman Johnson, in a short
speech, introduced Col. Kiefer, who an
nounced that, if he was nominated and
elected, which was not at all doubt
ful, he would, with the help of God
give the citizens the cleanest govern
ment the city ever had.
Louis Normandie, of tfhe Eighth
ward, spoke at length of the political
record made by Col. Kiefer, and August
Fitzer, one of the deputies in the clerk
of counts' office, suggested three cheers
and a rising vote for Col. Kiefer. The
suggestion met with unanimous ap
proval
MARCH 32, 1898.
BATTLE-AX IS IN DEMAND
IN THE PEACE CONVENTION AT
MANKATO
Three Factions, Each of Whloh Will
Make Things Gory lor lis o|i
ponentu 11 It Can uatn Control
Tab Sant Force* Will Fi^ht lllt
terly Any Aliiiiijit to Indorse Col
lins AnttN In Strong Force.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
MANKATO, Minn., March 21.— The
white-winged dove of peace, with a
battle-ax in her bill, is hovering over
the Republican party of the Second
district tonight. She will alight at
Hunt's hall at 11 o'clock tomorrow, and
the ax will be used to reconcile the
waring elements. If L. P. Hunt gets
the weapon first it will be used to chop
the under-pinning from that sturdy old
veteran, Van Sant; if Morey, of Wino
na, gets tlie weapon, farewell to Ed.
Weaver's aspiration? for a congression
al nomination, and if the tool falls into
the hands of Dan Fuel), of Worthing
ton, he will chop off Clough's whiskers
and sever his own connection with the
capitol commission, with one blow.
Around the corridors of the Saul
paugh tonight, there are fifty more or
less well-known politicians who are
willing to prove that they are here in
the interest of harmony and every man
of the lot has a knife up his sleeve.
The Van Sant people are not strong
numerically, and the other fellows
would have everything their own way
so far as he is concerned, but the peace
convention has gotten out of the con
trol of its sponsors. It will turn down
Clough and Van Sant, but it will make
a tremendous row in another direction
for L. P. Hunt, E. I. P. Staede and
Weaver will try to secure an indorse
ment of the latter's candidacy for the
congressional nomination, probably.
Word of this was sent out this morn
ing and every postmaster within 100
miles will be here tomorrow to protect
McCleary.
Van Sant won't make a fight, his
man, Morey, says. Ex-Minister to the
Netherlands Estes, a friend of Van
Sant, says the captain told him he
would not defend himself from Hunt
and his crowd. But the little man
from Winona will not be without
friends in the peace convention. His
friends will endeavor to show that he
has no connection with the machine
that they propose to anathematize. "We
are not of Clough nor with him," they
will declare, and they will fight bitter
ly the attempt thai j»ay be made to
indorse Collins.
Gaylord Lamb, of Mankato, is going
about tonight with a blue book show
ing any one who will listen to him
that Collins ran from 10,000 to 14,000
ahead of his ticket in '94. Lamb has a
Collins resolution to offer. M. E. L.
Shanks, of Fairmont, who is at the
head of the McCleary forces, will sup
port that resolution if Weaver gives
any evidence of helping himself to a
congressional indorsement. Shanks' son
is postmaster at Fairmont. He himself
was chairman of the convention that
nominated McCleary. He will be sup
ported in any stand he takes by Basils
mout, of Wells, who wants to be post
master; W. B. Sketch, H. Strum and
E. Rucker, of Jackson; Deputy Oil In
spector Tuberg, of Mankato; J. A.
Everett and H. H. Booney, of Fair
mont; L. G. Beebe, postmaster at Win
nebago City; R. M. Wheeler, of
Owatonna; C. G. Spaulding, of Maple
ton, who wants to be postmaster.
These people are McCleary men first
and anti-Van Sant afterwards. They
are willing to turn down Clough and
Van Sant, but not to help Collins by
helping Weaver.
To Torn Down Clongh.
The Weaver candidacy has upset all
the calculations of the people who
agreed to come to this meeting to dis
cipline Clough and his man. It was
probably at the bottom of the call for
the convention. They don't like Dave
Clough hereabouts, but Messrs. Hunt
and Weaver are too wily to commit
themselves to a policy of aggression
without some definite aim. The turn
ing down of Clough and the Winona
man was made an excuse to take a
snap judgment against McCleary and
ln favor of Weaver. That is the tip
among the talent here tonight. Wheth
er they will dare do it now that the
plan Is known is another question.
The leaders of the faction that wants
to secure peace by throwing Van Sant
into the Mississippi are holding a meet
ing tonight. The tip went out after
supper and they gathered in the office
of Dr. J. W. Andrews; there are not
many of them in the inner circle, but
they had a tremendous row. In the
meeting Ed Weaver, L. P. Hunt, H. P.
Hayes, of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch; E.
B. Huntington, of the Wlndom Report
er; G. C. Whitney, of Marshall, son cf
the public printer, and Dr. Andrews.
Hunt started the row by submitting
the resolution he intends to put before
the convention tomorrew. It set forth
that the aim of the convention was
purity in politics; that the same could
not be attained if the chief executive
and every officer of the state under
gubernatorial patronage was to com
bine to control the Republican party;
that such combination had been form
ed, and a candidate for the governor
ship was being forced on the party;
that the machine in politics was ab
horrent to Republican ideas, and it and
its candidates was hereby repudiated.
And names were given; the names of
the chief offenders against Second dis
trict ethics. The governor and Van
Sant came in for personal flagellation.
Whitney opposed the resolution. He
pointed to the inevitable split that
must come from such charges being
preferred against he governor of the
state, and he prevailed.
The resolutions, as passed, condemn
machine politics, point to the past to
prove that, if the machine prevails
next fall the Republican party will be
defeated. Without mentioning names,
the resolutions notify Van Sant,
through Clough, to get off the track,
and when adopted they may go farther
and declare that, if the machine pre
vails In the state convention, the lead
ers of the Second district will oppose
the slate.
No Machine Rnle.
After the meeting Weaver admitted
that a meeting had been hurriedly
called this evening; that there were fif
teen or twenty people present, and
resolutions of the tenor described had
been submitted. He denied their adop
tion. Asked specifically what the con
vention would do 'tomorrow, Mr. Weav
er said: "It was called to notify the
governor that he must keep his hands
off, and it will do Just that. There
will be no indorsement of anybody for
any office unless the convention goes
outside its original -province. There
wiil be 200 men present whose object
will be to notify the governor that he
must keep off."
He denied that there was any men
ace to McCleary in the convention,
but did not knew what the gathering
of postmasters meant, Rublic Printer
Whitney is here as ai*i anti-Van Sant
man. He will have a bad quarter of
an hour in the governor's private office
Wednesday morning.
There are two candidates for the
chairmanship, H. J. Miller, of the Rock
County Herald, and G. W. Buswell, of
Blue Eaith City. Miller, the most vir
ulent of the anti-Van Sant people, re
cently attained the distinction of re-
fusing second place on the Van Sant
slate. He will probably be elected.
Harris Richardson, of St. Paul, is
here. Among others looking for a
chance to wield the ax tomorrow are:
C. S. Benson, of the game and fish
commissison; C. S. -Mitchell, of the Al
exandria Pest-News; P. G. lngersoll,
St. Paul; J. H. Block and W. E. Coles,
of St. Peter; John Hutton, Windom; L.
F. Lammers, G. A. Fairfield, Heron
Lake; L. O. Freeland, Waseca; M. N.
Leland, Wells; R. M. Wheeler, Owa
tonna; Alex Fiddes, Jackson; Dr. L. L.
Rewalt, Fulda; Thomas Crawford, of
the Lakefield Standard, and half a hun
dred others of more or less promlnenc.
The convention wil! meet at 11 o'clock
at Hunt's hall, and will be called to
order by L. P. Hunt, and it is pro
claimed loudly on the streets tonight
that Dave Clough's scalp and whiskers
will be worn by Ed Weaver tomorrow
or there will be a defection in the Re
publican party that will bury Van
Sant under an avalanche of votes.
Skakonee Court.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
SHAKOPBE, March 21.— District court con
vened here today. Judge Cadwell presiding.
Tho calendar contains three criminal and
twelve civil cases. The celebrated Bank-
Strait case will be tried for the third time.
MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT.
WASHINGTON, March 2L— Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett, whose suit for divorce from
Dr. Swan Burnett is Interesting to the read
ers of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," ls described
in three words by an intimate friend of hers
— "Clever, intense, womanly." Mrs. Burnett
has no eccentricities. She has not been spoil
ed hy success, as are most men and women
whom the public, In the words of Kipling,
delights to "paw." Mrs. Burnett yields to
the "pawing" process with a good-natured
simplicity that few eminent novelists pos
sess, after having once won the public's ad
miration.
Her impressions are vivid and fresh; she
is almost girlish in her buoyancy and en
thusiasm, and her Interest In and sympathy
with everything human is universal. "Amer
ica wears me out with Interruptions," she
'TIS TIME TO INTERVENE
THURSTON OUTSPOKEN IN DISCUSS
ING THE CUBAN STATUS
Island Largely in tlie Possession of
tbe Insnrgenta and No Reason
Why tbe United States Shotald De
lay Action If tbe Spaniards De
stroyed the Maine It Was an Act
of War, Says tbe Senator.
OMAHA, Neb., March 21.— "1f the
time for the intervention of the United
States in the affairs of Cuba is not
here now it never will come," said Sen
ator Thurston this morning. "I wired
Senator Allen to announce that I
would speak on the Cuban question in
the senate next Thursday."
The senator says that the only solu
tion of the trouble in such intervention
unless the people of the United States
are willing to look on and see the work
of starvation, already so far advanced,
completed. The reconcentrados are
absolutely without hope and if the
death lists in any parts of the island
are decreasing, it is only because the
material for starvation to work upon
ls giving out. All that the reconcen
trados can now do with their homes
and Implements destroyed by fire, their
little farms devastated and growing
in weeds, their stock driven off to fur
nish food for the Spanish soldiers, and
themselves emaciated and diseased,
are to remain in their pens with a look
of quiet, and take the little food they
can get sent by the charity of the
United States.
It is practically true, says the sen
ator, that the insurgents practically
have the whole island. All that the
Spanish hold ls Havana, and even
while the congressional party was there
there was fighting in suburbs of that
city.
Senator Thurston was asked what ef
fect Intervention would have in increas
ing the volume of the insurgent move
ment. He said that It would have some
effect in that direction, for the Cubans
generally would rise and declare them
selves. He said that by the better
class, he and his friends were treated
with respect while in Cuba, and that if
any bitterness was entertained it was
kept concealed. But he had heard that
by the rabble of Havana some insult
ing remarks were made with reference
to the ladies of the party.
He said it was the general impres
sion among Americans that the Maine
was blown up. He said tbat he had
no doubt that the ship was blown up
from without.
"If," he was asked, "the report of
the naval board should be that such
was the case, but that the agency could
not be definitely ascertained, what
course would you advise?"
"I would," he answered, "determine
what would be a proper indemnity and
demand It."
"If the report of the naval board of
Inquiry should implicate responsible
Spanish officials in the blowing up of
the Maine, what course do you think
would be proper?"
"I would consider that the blowing
up of the ship an act of war and de
clare war at once."
"Do you think the administration
would consent to submit either the
general dispute or a question of in
demnity for the destruction of the
Maine to arbitration?"
"I do not see how it could," replied
the senator. "I do not believe it would."
PRICE TWO CENTS— J2»Tf"»-
- — I___7. ' PIVE Cli NTS.
REED AFRAID OF THE HOUSE
SPEAKER WOULD HOLD BACK
REPORT FROM CONGRESS
His Advice lo the President Is lo
Give the 11 .-nl I n;;-. ot the Court
to the Public First Diplomatic
Delay the Propri: mmc of the
Peace Party Report Is Expected
to Reach WiiNhinston Thursday.
Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, }
Corcoran Building. f
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 21.— Speaker
Reed wants the report of the Maine in
vestigation given to the public before
it is given to congress. He is afraid
that when the findings of the board are
represented in the house, there will be
such excitement that a resolution de
claring war against Spain will be pre
sented and passed in short order.
Reed was at the White house for half
Bays, "and I cannot work in Europe because
I must rest there from the shocks 1 get here."
Mrs. Burnett does not care for fame. "'I
got over that when I -was In my teers," she
explains, which may account for the afore
said simplicity. The key to her character is
found in her own apology for her life: "Ever
since I was a child I have felt an overwhelm
ing sense of responsibility for tho universe."
This sentiment is Buddhistic, and the gre*.*
author Is a Buddhist without knowing it
Mrs. Burnett is a fluent writer and even
a better talker. She ls a small dynamo fur
nishing Its own motive power. She cares
nothing for money, but much for human
sympathy, and of this, lt seems, she finds
little. Her literary genius was once well de
fined by an eminent critic: "Had she been
born and reared In Paris there had been
another French school."
an hour today, and urged upon the
president the necessity of taking a con
servative course. It is doubtful if the
president will follow the advice of
Reed. Pie realizes that congress is
fully as impatient as the people, and
the only reason why the long delay has
been brooked is that time was gained
in which munitions of war could be
purchased.
It is now established beyond doubt
that the president and nearly all of the
Republican leaders of the house and
senate have known for more than two
weeks that the report of the board was
going to be such that war would be the
legitimate result of the investigation,
provided the true American spirit ls
shown In dealing with Spain.
Reed, Hanna and the commercial
peace-making combine know the situ
ation and are only seeking delay in the
hope of carrying the matter over until
such time as Spain might gradually
release her hold in Cuba and grant in
dependence.
Reed and his following take about
this position. The loes of !Ife and prop
erty sustained by blowing up the Maine
was a calamity that must now be ac
cepted with resignation and should not
be made the basis of involving two na
tions into war. Explanations should
exhaust every effort to bring about a
peaceful settlement of the matter, and
to this end ample time must be al
lowed for Spain to examine and go
into all the evidence taken before the
American board.
To sustain this position the conserva
tive element will be able to cite pre
cedents and use arguments in favor of
an international court of arbitration,
before which counsel on the part of the
United States would appear.
It looks tonight as if there would be
several lengthy chapters in the contro
versy before a free flag flies over Cuba,
if the Influences which are so potent
in both branches of congress are given
sway.
PRESIDENT'S PROCEDURE.
He Will Send the Maine Report to
Congress Without Delay.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. March 21.— The pro
cedure in connection with the submis
sion of the report of the Maine court
of Inquiry, by the president, to con
gress is now clearly outlined, and a
cabinet officer today explained the gen
eral line of action at present intended
to be pursued upon receipt of the re
port, which is expected to reach Wash
ington next Thursday.
A copy of it will be laid before the
Spanish government very early and as
soon as can be consistently done the
report will be sent to congress and
made public at the same time. The re
port to congress will be accompanied
by a message from the president stat
ing, that, after receiving the report,
the conclusions were laid before the
Spanish government and appropriate
action from that quarter asked.
It is stated positively that no part
of the report and no intimation of the
findings has reached the executive au
thorities in Washington as yet. At the
same time it is a noticeable fact that
the current of official opinion ls begin
ning to follow that of the unofficial
opinion expressed so positively and
persistently at Havana and Key West,
that the cause of the explosion was
external to the battleship.
Officials high in the administration
stated today that while they were
wholly without exact information as
to the findings of the court of inquiry.
I they found themselves sharing in the
apparently intangible conviction that
the cause of the explosion was not ac
cidental. Opinion expressed by the
Maine survivors who reached here last
Saturday doubtless has contributed
largely to this view in official circles
In this connection it is understood
that one of the officers who arrived on
Saturday stated, not as opinion, but
as his personal observation on th-»
night of the disaster, that there were
two distinct explosions. The tenriency
of this is to support the theory of ex
ternal cause, as this is based on the
idea that the first external explosion
was followed by a second internal ex
plosion.
Intense interest in the report was
manifested today at the White liouse
and at the state, war and navy depart
ments. The president received a num
ber of congressional leaders, among
them being Speaker Reed and ('hair
man Hitt, of the house committee "n
foreign affairs. The visit of Mr. Reed
naturally attracted much attention, aa
he seldom leaves the congressional
sphere to make rails on the executive
branch, and it was naturally inf. rred
that the purpose of his visii v.as to
confer upon the Cuban situation and
its future before congress, though
neither he nor Mr. Hitt was communi
cative.
Secretary Long also had an extended
conference with the president, but so
far as it could be learned it developed
nothing additional relative to the .Span
ish question.
The short session of the senate to
day was quite unusual for the flrst
working day of the week. That no
one was prepared to go on with any
pending measure was given as the ex
planation, but privately th<* opinion
was stated by some of the senators
that while the Cuban question remain
ed in Buch suspense there was no de
sire to take up important legislation.
The outlook as to Cuba was discussed
among senators almost to the exclu
sion of other topics, and the belief waa
quite decided that the administration
is preparing to take a positive position
within the next week.
Several senators made the prediction
that the United States would inter
vene. Being pressed for a reason they
stated that they had reached this con
clusion after more or less conference
with executive officers, but at the same
time saying quite emphatically that
they had no positive information on
this point.
Other senators thought the recogni
tion of Cuban independence more prob
able than intervention. Almost all ex
pressed the view that some action sure
ly will follow the report of the Maine
court of inquiry regardless of its pur
port.
CLEARING VAN'S PATH
SENATORS AGREE OX CANDIDATES
FOR FAT POSITIONS
Robert G. Evans Slated lor Suc
cessor to I'nited States District
Attorney Stringer and Yon Bom
bach to Get the Collectorxhlp ol
Internal Revenue Move Said to
Be the Work ol the Combine.
Washington Bureau St. Paul Globe, )
Corcoran Building. \
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 21 —
The Minnesota congressmen and others
from the state who reside in Washing
ton, were greatly surprised today when
Senators Davis and Nelson announced
that they had agreed on two of the f;.t
federal positions. Col. R. G. Evans wi'.l
succeed Mr. Stringer as United States
district attorney, and Ferdinand Yon
Eombach, of Alexandria, will be the
next collecter of internal revenue.
Some of the Minnesota members ex
pressed satisfaction, but others think
they see the work or the Clor.gh-Van
Sant combine. The first congressional
district which gives a great Repub
lican vote, had candidates for both of
these positions. Mr. George B. Edg r r
ton has very strong indorsements, from
all over the state, for district attorney,
and ex-Senator Burkhardt. of Wa
basha county, has been given great en
couragement, for the position of col
lector of Internal revenue. But the
talk among the delegation here is ihat
the first congressional district must bo
satisfied with having the Republican
nomination for governor which is to
go to Van Sant. It is known that Col.
Evans is a strong Van Sant man, and
the report comes from Minnesota that
Gov. Clough finaily made the d-eal
which resulted in the appointment of
Yon Bombach and vans.
ON THE EVE OF BATTLE
ENGLISH NILE EXPEDITION WAIT
ING ON THE ENEMY
Decisive Conflict Betiveeu the
Troops and the Dervish Arm] Ilr
lieved to Be Only a Mutter ol a
Few llonrs nt the Most Henvy
Loss Inflicted on the Native* In tk
Nnmber of Minor Skirmishcx.
BARA CAMP, Nubia, March 21 —
The Anglo-Egyptian force is hourly
expecting an attack. During a false
alarm at the Hudl Fords last evening
a shot was fired from some unknown
quarter and the whole British brigade
stood with arms at fixed bayonets. In
the dark, a Highlander, rushing to the
Plato,, was Impaled on a comrade's
bayonet.
The army marched today six miles to
Rashudi and is now awaiting the re
ports of the patrols who are feeling for
the Dervish army.
All Digna, brother of Osman Digna,
has thrice attacked the post at Adai
ma, but the friendly natives have each
time defeated him, killing in all forty
one.
BERLIN, March 21.— A dispatch to
the Vossische Zeitung from Dares Sa
laam, twenty-five miles south of Zan
zibar, East Africa, says that last month
during the revolt of the Wahebes un
expedition of German foresters was at
tacked and three Germans and many
of the native carriers were massacred.
M'KINLEY CANNOT SLEEP.
The Re«pon»«lbilitles ol the Present
Crisln Are ili--.fi ml; Heavily on the
President.
NEW YORK, March 21.— Tn his ad
dress at the meeting of the Methodist
preachers in the Methodist book con
cern building here today. Bishop Wal
den touched upon the Cuban question.
He said in part: "I do not think that
the Latin race with its present ability
can govern itself. We don't want
Cuba. We want Hawaii, but we don't
want Cuba.
"Suppose we discover that th? Mama
was blown up? The question still re
mains whether that is sufficient to
cause us to go to war."
(A voice in the rear of the hall: "Yes
it is.")
"Autonomy for Cuba, I think, would
answer every purpose. It would make
Spain responsible. Meanwhile Cuba
would learn how to govern herself.
"I'm glad we have such a level head
ed man as Mr. McKinley at Washing
ton. It does not hurt him a bit either,
that he is a Methodist. Mr. McKinley
and his cabinet are responsible. I
happen to know through members of
Mr. McKinley's family that the weight
of the present responsibility rests
heavily upon him. He scarcely sleeps
daj- or night"