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MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1898.
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MONDAY'S WEATHER.
Fair, Southerly Winds.
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MINNESOTA— Generally fair; westerly, shift-
Ing to southeasterly winds.
NORTH DAKOTA-Uenerally fair; westerly,
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BOOTH DAKOTA— Generally fair; westerly,
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WISCONSIN— PartIy cloudy weather; showers
In southern portion; fresh easterly winds.
MONTANA— Fair weather; variable winds.
IOWA — Cloudy weather; showers In east por
tion: variable winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES.
The Northwest.
St. Paul SO' Battleford 44
Duluth 46; Prince Albert ....38
Huron 52 C«lgary 38
Bismarck hi',: Medicine Hat 54
Williston 50 Swift Current 46
Havre 56 Qu'Appelle 44
Helena f.2 Mlnnedosa .. 48
Edmomon 4s. Winnipeg 48
Buffalo 50-621 Montreal S6-&4
Boston 66-72iNew Orleans ....70-78
Cheyenne 38-42 ' New York 68-74
ChU-ago 42-48 Pittsburg 74-78
Cincinnati 72-76
YESTERDAY'S MEANS.
Barometer 30.02
Relative humidity 53
Mean temperature 47
Wind at 8 p. m Southeast
Weather Partly cloudy
Maximum temperature , 52
Minimum temperature ..... 42
Pally range 10
Amount of precipitation (rain and melted
snow) in last twenty-four hours 03
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauge Change In
Station. Line. Reading. 24 hours.
St. Paul 14 4.0 —0.1
La Crosse 10 4.4 *0.2
Davenport 15
St. Louis 30 ...
•Rise. —Fall.
Note — Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
HAVRE — Arrived: La Bretagne, New York.
QUBRNSTOWN— SaiIed: Umbrla (from Liv
erpool), New York.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Cephalonla, Boston.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
METROPOLITAN— T. W. Keene. "Rich
elieu," 8 PM.
GRAND— "The Prodigal Father." 8 PM.
Minnesota Historical society, senate cham
ber, state cai>itol, 8 Pit.
Sixteenth anniversary of the Crusaiers
Catholic Total Abstinence EO;lety, Cretin
hall. 8 PM.
Ministerial alliance, St. Paul Commons, 10:30
AM.
Chapter of Commerce, Chamber of Com
merce rooms, 9 A.M.
Republican rally. Market hall, 8 PM.
Douglass branch. St. Paul School union,
Douglass school. 8 PM.
—Human life is cheap In Indiana. At
Elwood one man killed another with a
club in a quarrel over 15 cents.
—The South is about to get its first
chance since 1861 to become genuinely
enthusiastic over the Stars and Stripes.
—Kansas has been having a little war
of its own. It took 730 ballots to nomi
nate a candidate for congressman in
the First district.
—The Klondike fellows may as well
be warned that they have got to do
something pretty big to get themselves
in the papers any more.
— Chicago is certainly outdone this
time. Boston had an explosion yester
day which was so severe that it blew
all the electric lights out.
— Doesn't Minneapolis like Pingree
p.ny more? Not a single application
has been made for a free potato patch
in the Flour City this year.
— The Monroe doctrine and the sched
ule of the Western league might be
made up in the same pamphlet this
>ear. Nobody knows which he is likely
\o need most.
— Nearly everybody In America hopes
Weyler -will take an active part in the
trar. There are 60,000,000 people in this
|reat country who would like to take
V shot at him.
— Somebody ought to be empowered
to turn the 'hose on the house of rep
resentatives when it begins fighting on
the floor. Besides, it is no sure thing
that the house doesn't need an occa-
Bional bath.
—When the Pioneer Press gets out a
7 o'clock "extra," it ought not to de
liver it to residences at 6, as it did yes
terday. This would give Bhrewd peo
ple the impression that it was issued at
:30, the usual hour for morning pa
pers to go to press.
.
—Mr. Sauerherlng, a small-fry Wis
consin congressman, got into such deep
water that, although a fish, he came
pretty close to getting drowned. He
telegraphed his constituents asking
what to do, and the answer came;
"Put your trust in the man at the
helm."
—State Senator Henry Keller, who,
by the grace of some utterly unac
countable constitution of the mental
works of a majority of the voters of
Steams county, has served several
terms in the state senate, during which
time he has imagined himself to be a
Democrat without ever giving any evi
dence in act or word to substantiate It,
at last wakes to a realization; of what
has always been his condition an 4 an
nounces that he is converted to pro
tectionism. As this lands him in the
Republican ranks, the state Democracy
has reason to congratulate itself on its
release from what has never been a
credit and has often been a disgrace.
Were he only the mountebank In which
role he frequently appears, it would
have been bad enough to have him
pose as a Democrat, but his buffoonery
would have only brought ridicule on
the party. His conversion to protec
tionism Is due solely to his imagined
discovery that there will be something
in it of financial advantage to him, the
one motive that he~has ever been guid
ed by.
The Negro Regiments.
The passage of the Twenty-fifth regi
ment of infantry through the city on
its way to what may be in a few days
the front, serves to recall the marked
subsidence of one of the prejudices
that marked the first efforts to enlist
the negro in the War of the Rebellion.
It was not only in the South that thH
prejudice was strong; but it pervaded
the Noith and its army. The feeling
among Southerners was natural and,
under the circumstances, excusable. It
was galling to their pride to be told
that men who had been their docile
slaves were to be made into soldiers,
and that they who held the negro an
inferior must now meet him as an equal
on the battle field. We of the Northern
army could not understand the intense
bitterness which the enlistment of ne
gro soldiers caused across the line, but
the soldiers who took commissions in
the new regiments soon learned that
they were incurring more than the or
dinary risks of war in so doing. The
massacre at Port Pillow by Chalmers'
force made that plain.
But inside our lines there was an in
tense prejudice. In the department of
the gulf Gen. Butler, who afterward
absorbed some of the credit for utllte
ing the negroes as soldiers, rejected
the proposition of Gen. Phelps to so
use them in a letter whose tone of re
buke cut that officer to the quick and
brought out his immediate resignation.
When, soon after, Butler changed his
mind, and authorized the formation of
four regiments of Louisiana colored in
fantry, there were many outbursts of
indignation among the white troops.
One New York colonel sent In his res
ignation with the statement that he
volunteered to save the Union, not to
free niggers. The white soldiers who
took commissions in the new regiments
were treated with contempt by their
fellows who termed them "nigger offi
cers." In the face of this sentiment It
was difficult to get capable men to take
commissions. There were those who
had enlisted as much to secure aboli
tion of slavery as to preserve the Union
who went the length of their convic
tions and accepted commissions, while
others took them to escape the lowly
life and hard service of privates in the
ranks. While the feeling subsided
greatly before the war closed enough
of it remained to make the officers of
colored regiments feel that they were
looked upon as occupying an inferior
station.
All that changed long ago. It began
to change during the war when the
troops made answer to the question
first raised whether the negro soldiers
would fight or not. They very quickly
demonstrated that, where led by com
petent and brave officers, they could
stand the brunt of battle quite as well
as their white brothers in arms. Wag
ner and Hudson dispelled the doubt.
Something of the old feeling remained
when, after the close of the war, negro
troops were made a part of the regular
army to be officered by West Pointers,
but it soon faded out. Now appoint
ments to and promotion in these regi
ments are as eagerly sought for as in
the white regiments. The "nigger offi
cer" has disappeared. The negro has
established his position as a soldier; it
would be better for the country had he
as fully established his position as a
citizen.
Would Limit the Skyscrapers.
Chicago's common council has enact
ed that hereafter there shall be no
building erected whose height above the
street shall exceed 130 feet. If it was the
artistic sense, that revolts at such a
broken, jagged sky line as New York
city now presents from the bay, that
led to this enactment, it is justified
by every sense of beauty and propor
tion. But it would be a far guess that
would ascribe any act of the element
that always composes the majority of
Chicago's council to its possession of
any such aesthetic tastes. As there are
real estate interests that suffer by the
erection of these lofty buildings, utiliz
ing the upper spaces of air and thereby
diminishing the demand for and price
of space upon terra flrma, it is more in
harmony with what is the well estab
lished character of the councils of that
speculative city to ascribe the ordi
nance to that Interest.
There are more tenable objections,
however, to the erection of these tower
ing structures than impairment of
sky lines. They make canyons of the
streets, in which concentrate the winds
and, gathering force by compression,
sweep through them with a force that
makes progress against them difficult.
Their inaccessible upper stories are the
dread of the firemen, while their ruin
ed walls are a menace to adioinlnu
property and to life. The apprehension
that they cannot withstand the force
of high winds or seismic disturbance
has proved unfounded. Though not
put to the test of a tornado, they have
not wavered under wind storms ap
proaching the twisters in force, while
by the earthquake in San Francisco
last week they sustained no injury,
though O'tiher ordinary tenements suf
fered severely. The shock was severe
enough to wreck some buildings, break
the walls and plastering, and tumble
crockery from shelves, but Spreckels'
nineteen-story building sustained no
damage whatever. As population be
comes more and more congested in our
cities, making land ever more valuable,
we apprehend that no municipal ordi
nances will long stand in the way of
the erection of skyscrapers.
Citizenship by Adoption.
Some years ago several of our citizens
by adoption, who traced parentage op
descent to the Scandinavian countries,
convinced that the first duty of the for
eigner who had relinquished allegiance
to his foreign ruler and accepted Amer
ican citizenship should be to become
assimilated as quickly and thoroughly
as poßstble, saw in the papers and other
influences that sought to preserve the
characteristics of foreign nationalities
a hindrance to this full acceptance of
citizenship. The preservation of the
foreign languages, sedulously cultivat
ed by papers printed in those lan
guages, was an obstruction and a
serious one. To change tlile, to give the
foreign-born a paper in the language
of the land of his adoption, which
would, ait the same time, afford him in
formation of affaire in the land he had
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE—MONDAY— APRIL 18, 1890.
left, these gentlemen began, and for
some years continued the publication of
a paper to which they gave the name
of The North.
The Interests assailed, the papers
printed In the languages of the North
land, together with that Inertia that
makes great movements so difficult,
withheld the support the effort merited
nnd the paper was discontinued. Now
we have another venture, somewhat on
the same lines, this time in the shape
of a monthly magazine, the Northland,
published in Minneapolis. The initial
number indicates In Its contents the
scope of the publication, all the articles
bearing on topics relating to Scandina
via. An article of especial interest to
Americans to the manner born, as giv
ing them the status of citizenship from
the point of view of one who has adopt
ed It, is by Luth. Jaeger, former editor
of The North, entitled: "Some Thoughts
on Adopted Citizenship." Mr. Jaeger
sketches briefly the comparative status
of the foreign and native born citizen
and then considers the act of abjuration
and the duty of the man who takes on
cur citizenship. Admitting that it Is
the expectation of material advantage
that induces migration, still, "To the
thoughtful foreigner, who sincerely
loves his native land, who has experienced
in himself a growth springing from the
very life of his own people, the mere
declaration of intention to transfer his
allegiance to our government becomes
an act of almost religious meaning.
Loving the past for its own sake and
for the associations it awakens In his
breast, he has a still loftier faith In
the future. Thus, through the crucible
of renunciation of the old, his mind
passes into acceptance of the new."
We can agree with the writer that
the citizen who enters our citizenship
In this spirit becomes a citizen than
whom there is no better, and such a
one will endeavor, earnestly, to dis
charge the duties and responsibilities
he assumes. Among these Mr. Jaeger
places first the acquirement of our lan
guage, "without which there is no ex
ercise of citizenship, in the true sense
of the word, possible." It Is not alone
that it is a business necessity, but "no
one can justly claim the title of an
American until his thoughts are ex
pressed by the American tongue." This
is an Imperative duty admitting of no
compromise. To this should follow a
study of our history, literature and in
stitutions, and it is no excuse that so
many Americans themselves fail to do
this. It is an essential course in the
process of Americanization that no for
eigner can omit. Mr. Jaeger places citi
zenship on a high plane, whether nat
ural or acquired, and It would be bet
ter for th« country were all its citizens,
native as well as foreign, inspired by
the same high ideala.
Get Security for Payment.
We suggest to the farmers who are
being solicited to sign contracts to
grow a greater or less number of acres
of sugar beets for the factory that is
yet to be built In this state, that it
would show only ordinary business sa
gacity if they were also to ask the
promoters to give them security to
take and pay for the beets they may
raise. Otherwise not only is the busi
ness a jug-handle affair, but it may
save the farmers of this state the loss
incurred by the farmers of Jackson
county, Wisconsin. There, last year,
there was the wordy promoter who in
duced the farmers to contract for the
production of beets, and a mill was be
gun. The plant was not ready when
the beets were, and the farmers deliv
ered them, but were not paid. They
were askd to wait until the beets were
converted into sugar. The beets were
trenched, and when the mill was ready
to begin grinding it was found that
the beets had lost their sugar in the
chemical changes that had taken place.
The company failed, and the farmers
got nothing.
A Black River Falls dispatch says
that the option on the 25,000 acres of
land the county had agreed to donate
to the promoters had expired, but, un
der modified conditions, the option was
to be renewed, one of which terms is
that the company is to deposit $10,000
for payment of the farmers for their
beets. The company proposing to op
erate in this state may complete their
mill in time and fill their contracts with
the farmers, but in a matter involving
the growth of the quantity of beets
required ordinary business prudence
would leave nothing to chance, nor
agree that one party to the bargain
should be fast bound and the other
left hand and foot-loose.
— Budd Reeve, of Buxton, which is
in North Dakota, has the reputation
of being eccentric. Just why we had
never discovered until he wrote a book.
Anything may then be found out of
any one who thus puts himself in the
hands of his enemies, the critics. We
find the justification of the reputation
Budd has won, by dint of hard work'
and many years of effort, in the title
of his book. "What I Think, After
Thinking," indicates a mind that works
so out of the ordinary grooves as to
make its master appear singular. Most
people think before thinking, but here
is one who reverses the process. With
out going farther into the book than
its cover, we predict that he who read 3
it and knows both persons will say that
the author is the J. Adam Bede of
North Dakota; a mixer of humor and
wisdom and drollery in just those pro
portions that make, the wisdom pala
table; relieving Its dryness, making it
Juicy. And, going behind the cover, we
find our prediction verified.
NORTHWEST NEWS AND VIEWS.
The fusion forces in 'Minnesota are prepar
ing for a determined campaign, and it the
Republican party hopes for victory in the
coming state election it must show by word
and act that Gov. Clough isn't its chief di
rector.—Houston County Chief.
Tom Pugh is an aspirant for legislative
honors et the hands of Republican friends
in Duluth. Ho bases his claims on the
ground that he "was once a member of the
Dakota legislature and has a large acquaint
ance in Southern Minnesota." Possibly his
acquaintance In this section might not
strengthen his candidacy.— <Mankato Review.
What ground Is there for Mr. McKlnley
to Intervene? He seems to have let his case
get Into a condition where. If he intervenes,
he must whip the Cubans, "because they do
not observe the armistice at a time when
the situation is greatly to their advantage,
or else he must find some new pretext to
be Spain's enemy. Thus far his diplomacy
has been of the sort that has given Spain
all the tactical advantage.— La Crosse Chron
icle.
If the government should need more money
to go to war the tax layers at Washington
have about concluded that a stamp tax, with
doubled taxes 6n beer and tobacco, would
supply the deficiency. Thus, suggests the
Philadelphia Record, the American citizen
might feel Intensely patriotic every time he
smoked or dranß, drSW a check or signed a
note. — Duluth News-Tribune.
Barcelona Beaded West.
LONDON, April IT.— The Spanish warship
Barcelona passed Dover at 1:86 this morninit
bound VMt. . •
1 J
During the campaign of 1896 Col. Kiefer
was called upon to 'address a meeting of First
ward Republicans. It was during the time
when public interest was at a white heat on
the silver question, and the colonel was called
upon for an elucidation of the financial ques
tion from the Republican point of view. The
colonel Is always ready to be heard, and ho
promptly responded. Said he:
"Mr. President and Chentleraen: There is a
very general and widespread misapprehension
as to the true meaning of the term free sil
ver at 16 to 1. It means, chentlemen, that the
Democrats propose that for every gold dollar
that is coined there shall be coined sixteen
sliver dollars."
Dar Reese sat on one side of the colonel,
and Tim Sheehan on the other, and they
fairly went to pieces when this came out. A
minute later Reese was called upon, and he
fired in the air. He couldn't dispute tho
colonel, and hb didn't dare commit himself to
that theory of 16 to 1, so he said:
"Gentlemen, there Is very little that I can
say to you after the masterly and witty re
marks of our friend, Col. Kiefer, who has
stated the facts to you in his own humorous
and taking fashion."
Reese treated the matter as a joke, but with
the colonel it was all dead earnest. And when
they got away from the hall Reese and Shee
han leaned up against each other to think,
and echoed:
"Well, I'll be blowed."
We wonder—
Who will play the comedy part in the
Colonnade dining room when Cept. Ed Bean
goes to Cuba.
Why August Fitzer doesn't buy Cuba.
Where Chief Goss will keep hie horse dur
ing the day after May 3.
Whether many girls will be "left behind"
after the Snelllng troops leave for the South.
When "Mayor" Griffin will visit Repub
lican headquarters again.
What Col. Kiefer would do for material for
campaign speeches were it not for the pres
ent Cuban crisis.
Whether the Tall Pine will shed tears* or
leaves 'May 3.
Why Mary Ellen Lease hastened her jour
ney as soon as she knew that W. W. Erwin
was spellbinding.
" ■
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL
GRAND.
"The Prodigal Father" Is prodigal of
mirth-provoking situations, breezy dialogue,
clever and up-to-date specialties, and is al
together a good thing. It was very cordially
received at the Grand last night by an au
dience that filled every seat In the house.
"The Prodigal Father" does something
more than supply the setting for specialty
people, for it is clever, though slight, in
plot and comedy situations, and gives an ex
ceedingly capable comedian, Mr. Lynn Wel
cher, an opportunity for the display of tal
ent of a high order.
■Mr. Welcher makes a capital "Stanley
Dodge," the man with a past that will not
down. His amours rise up against him in
many forms, but principally take the shape
of a nemesis in Dolly Bond, a creation that
in the hands of Miss Rose Melville is a thing
of delight. Miss Melville is good at all
times, graceful as to gesture and acting, and
melodious as to voice. Bright and pleasing
as her work in the part of Dolly Bond was,
her impersonation of "Sis Hopkins, the jay
girl from Slab Hollow," put it out of eight,
and she makes one of the hits of the piece—
and it takes something of more than ordinary
merit to get in that list with the lot Of high
class specialties in the bill.
"The Prodigal Father" redounds with good
music, a"nd among the best of its musical
features the remarkably clever work in syn
copated melody, or rag time, stands out.
The extremely catchy rag time melody has
come to be a fad that had better not be at
tempted unless it be well done. It is done in
its best manner by Bert Swor and George A.
Spink in their specialties.
Mr. Swor is a^ monologist who might rank
•above the best of them on the stage today.
His monologue is entirely original, and he
kept the house in roars of laughter. His
dancing, too, was remarkably good.
Charles Hooker does a tramp Turn that U
original and does a dance that was repeatedly
demanded again.
Alma and Mabelle Davles do a novel and
entertaining acrobatic dance, and Miss Davies
demonstrates the versatility of her terpsi
chorean talent by doing some tos dancing that
Is very fetching.
The other members of the company are
well up to the specialists in point of excel
lence.
Taken all together, "The Prodigal Father"
is a bright, breezy farce comedy, rendered by
a lot of people possessing more actual talent
than has been seen here in one. company
this season. The show goes with a vim that
is taking, and there is not a moment In the
two and a half hours of it that is not pro
ductive of a laugh. It is well mounted, and
the women are pretty and well costumed.
It will continue during the week, with the
usual matinees.
SPANIARDS IN A PANIC.
Fleeing From the Revolution In the
Philippine Islands.
LONDON, April 17.— A special dis
patch from Singapore says that the
steamship Leo XII. from Manilla has
arrived there crowded with Spanish
officials and well-to-do Spanish fami
lies, who are escaping from the rebel
lion, which is spreading rapidly in the
Philippines. They report that Manilla
is panic-stricken.
Millers and Yannigani,
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 17.— Tha Millers
had the best of it at all stages of today's
game, the Millers making hits and runs,
while the Yannigans made errors, although
there were several sensational catches made
on both sides. Sonier was hit by a batted
ball on the side of the head; blood flowed
freely and the drum of the ear is affected.
The score:
Yannigans 0 02000000—2
Millers.... 1 10 4 10 2 1 •— lO
Heavy Rain* in Nebraska.
OMAHA, Neb., April 17.— A heavy rain and
hall storm visited Western Nebraska thl3
afternoon doing much damage. In some
places as much as three inches of water fell
In an hour. At Louisville, Neb., SCO feet of
the Rock Island main line was washed out
derailing an east-bound passenger train. The
engine and baggage car were demolished, but
no one was seriously hurt.
Lieut. Coiolc at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 17.— Lieut. Si
mon W. Cook and Chief Engineer W. H.
Neuman, of the United States navy, arrived
ill Milwaukee today. Their mission in this
city is to enlist men for the navy, They
expect to open an office today, and will re
main here about a week.
RnlJs for the Siberian Road.
BALTIMORE, Md., April 17.— The Ameri
can Steel company announces that it has re
ceived a contract from the Russian govern
ment to make rails for the Trans-Siberia
railroad. The order will Involve an expen
diture of several million dollars. Work upon
the order will be begun at once.
Rubber Firm* Unite,
AKRON, 0., April 17.— Negotiations to con
solidate the Goodrlch, of Akron; Goodyear, of
Cincinnati, and the Butler, of New Jersey,
leading rubber companies of the country, have
been closed. The consolidation will take ef
fect on April 26, and the main office will be
in New York city.
Britain's War Ships Moving.
BERMUDA, Bermuda Islands, April 17.—
Tha British. crui»er Talbot has sailed froru.
this port. It is rumored that her destina
tion is Nassau, in the Bahamas.
Free Coffee,
Holland Is the only country In Europe
that admits coffee free of duty.
The testimony of State Engineer Adams,
before the canal investigating commission,
yesterday, waß decidedly Interesting. Ha tes
tified that it was well known in August, 1558,
that the work contemplated 1 6ri tho canals
could not possibly be completed for leß* than
$13,000,000, but that it was deemed expedient
to keep the fact from the knowledge of the
public. It was a very unfortunate .decision,—
Brooklyn Time*
GENERAL WADE GOES TODAY
HE AND HIS STAFF WILL DE"
PAET FOR FLORIDA
Uent. Col. McArthnr, Adjutant Geu
erul of the Department of Dakottt,
Left l.iiHt Evening and Will Await
in t lii.-iiK<> the Arrival o< the Oth
er Offloeri— Duiy Time* Yeatvr
ilny at Army Headquarters.
Lieut. Col. Arthur Mac Arthur, adju
tant general of the department of Da
kota, left for Tampa, Fla., last even
ing. He went on the 8:10 train over
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railroad, and will stop in Chicago un
til the arrival there of Gen. Wade and
the other members of the party.
Gen. Wade will start this evening
for the eeat of war. He will be ac
companied by First Lieutenants Wil
liam E. Almy and George W. Read,
o€ his personal staff, and by Maj.
Daniel D. Wheeler, chief quartermas
ter, and Capt. Richard E. Thompson,
chief signal officer.
Yesterday was the first Sunday in
many years that army . headquarters
remained open. Gen. Wade and every
officer of the staff were on hand early,
and orders were sent flying over tele
graph and telephone wires all the
morning.
Maj. Wheeler had requested the rep
resentatives of the several railroad
companies to hand In bids for the
transportation of troops by noon, and
promptly at that hour every agent in
the city was there with his bid. Be
sides the roads running through St.
Paul there were represented the Chi
cago & Alton, the Wabaah, the Mo
bile & Ohio, the Illinois Central, the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the
Louisville & Nashville railroads.
Maj. Wheeler was at luncheon when
the agents arrived at the army build
ing, and they waited for him to return,
thinking the awards of contracts would
be made immediately, But when Maj,
Wheeler saw them he told them they
would have to wait until the estimates
had been figured, and he would then
announce the awards to those who re
ceived the contracts.
The agents then returned to the
building several times during the after
noon, but received no answer, and
finally Maj. Wheeler went to his home,
saying he would notify the successful
bidders by post.
It is expected that the award will
be known this morning.
It is stipulated in the specifications
that the railroads securing the con
tracts for transportation shall have
trains ready for troops within twenty
four hours after the contracts are
awarded.
Each bid put in was based on the
assumption that the Western troops
brought East by the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railroads will be
transferred at this point.
All the clerks in the quartermaster's
department were busy all day figuring
on the railroad bids and on other mat
ters that came up for consideration
during the day. There was no rest
for any of them. Most of them were
up until 2 o'clock In the morning, and
they were at the building again at 8
o'clock, and last evening they were
very weary- An order was issued to
them early in the day to refrain from
talking to newspaper men, and it was
difficult for the latter to obtain much
Information regarding the movements
of troops. It is understood, however,
that the Western troops will arrive in
St. Paul Wednesday or Thursday. No
time will be lost in transferring them
to trains for Chicago.
There will be animated scenes at the
union depot when the troops arrive
here. The men are all eager to meet
the Spaniards and are filled with the
war spirit. The only thing that trou
bles them is the prospect of getting
malaria and yellow fever. If the
weather were cooler, they would be bet
ter pleased.
AS TO KECOGNITION
EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL MILL.ER
CITES DECISIONS
In All Cases He Points Out That It
Is a Function of the Executive
to Recognize Any New Govern
ment That May Arise Courts
Have Uniformly So Decided.
By Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 17.— Tha
Journal will publish the following card
from ex-Attorney General W. H. H.
Miller:
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
As the question whether the recognition of
a new government in Cuba is an executive
or legislative function has become a practi
cal one, it may be of Interest to know what
some of the courts have said about the mat
ter.
In -Williams vs. the Suffolk Insurance
company, (3d Sumner 272) the decision of
the oase turned upon the disputed sover
eignty over the Falkland islands. The gov
ernment of Buenos Ayres insisted that those
islands were a part of its dominions. This
the government of the United States denied.
Mr. Justice Storey being a6ked to decide
this question as an original judicial question
refused to do sfl, and said: "My judgment
is that this court possesses no such author
ity; that is bound by the doctrines and
claims insisted on by its own government
and that it must take them to be- rightful
until the contrary Is established by some
lormal and authorized action of that govern
ment. It is very clear that it belongs exclu
sively to the executive department of our
government to recognize from time to time
any new government which may arise."
To this proposition Justice Storey cite*
Gelston vs. Hoyt (3d Wheaton 34C) and a
number of English cases. The same case in
which this opinion was delivered by Mr.
Justice Storey having been brought before
the supreme court, Mr. Justice McLean
(13th Pet 415) speaking" for the court, said:
"Can there be any doubt that when the ex
ecutive branch of the government which is
charged with our foreign relations shall
in its correspondence with a foreign nation
assume a fact in regard to the sovereignty
of any island or country, it is conclusive on
the judicial department? And in this view
it is not material to inquire nor is it the
province of the court to determine
whether the executive be right or wrong.
It is enough to know that in the exercise of
his constitutional functions he has decided
the auestion.
In the case of Luther vs. Borden (7th
Howard 1) the question for decision was
which of the two alleged governments was
the true state government of Rhode Island.
It was there held that, und«r the constitu
tional requirement that the United States
guarantee to each state a republican gov
ernment, it was for congress to decide what
government Is established in the state be
fore it can determine whether it Is repub
lican or not, and that, therefore, the act
of congress which had been passed was in
that case controlling. But Mr. Chief Jus
tice Taney, speaking for the court in that
case, said: "In the case of foreign rela
tion* the government acknowledged by tha
president is always recognized in th» court*
of Justice."
Again, only a few years ago in Jones vs.
the United States (137 U. S., 202), in which
the question for decision was as to the sov
ereignty of the United States over Navassa,
a small island in the Carrlbbean sea, Mr.
Justice Gray, delivering: the opinion of the
court, cited and quoted with approval the
language of Mr. Justice McLean in the Suf
folk insurance case above set forth.
These opinions seem to Indicate pretty
clearly the trend of judicial opinion upon
this question.
(Signed) — W. 11. H. Miller.
Indianapolis April 17, '98,
Forced tot Accept Redaction.
CLEVELAND, 0., April 17.— The old em
ployes of the American wire works, who were
discharged when the new wire trust took pos«
gession of tha plant, have been notiaed of *
reduction of 3 1 /4 per cent in wages, to t»ko
effect when they resume work. The men
will accept the reduction rather thah take
the risk of not regaining employment at the
works.
Ule Furniture Combine.
GRAND RAJPIDS, Mioh., April 17.—Nego
tiations that Were begun last January in this
city, with a view ol forming a trust or com
bination by the manufacturers of chamber
suit* and case goods, promises success in
the near future. Meetings, attended by rep
resentatives of Cincinnati, Chicago, Holland
and other cities have been held here during
too past week, and arrangement* for Incor
porating the American Furniture company,
under the laws of New Jersey, are nearly
completed. It is stated that over 80 per
cent of the chamber suit manufacturers of
tne country, controlling nine-tenths of the
output of case goods, have agreed to put
their plants Into the combine on a plan sim
ilar to that of the late nail trust.
OLD MONITORS IN GOOD TEIM.
The IVahant Proven to Be In Per
fect Working Order After Her
Long Rent.
tV^ IORI ORK i Apr " 17 ~ ln nwny w «y B tne
trip of the old war monitor Nahant, which
arrived here today waa noteworthy. The
youog gunners of the reserves took occasion
to break the Nahant's firing record, and
completely eclipsed the flrlng record of the
Passalc, hor sister shlD.
Thousands of people visited the monitor
today to examine hor old-fashioned ordnanoe
The engines In the Nahant are old but
they still work without trouble. They are
the same engine* that propelled her during
the war, and, while somewhat crude In ap
pearance, are capable of effective service
for many years to come. When anchor wa»
cast, Lieut. Frey, who is in charge of the
engine room, had a minute examination made
of her entire machinery, and pronounced her
engines all right.
"The crew in the engine room," said Lieut
Frey, "worked admirably. I did not think
they would do half as well. For many yean
I have been connected with ve#sels of the
navy and steamships, but I have tiever seen
a crew in the engine room work better than
the boys on the Nahant."
The teftt of the crew waa shown In the
handling of the guna. In the past their train
ing has been with the modern rapid-fire ord
nance. Formerly the best record for quiok
loading and firing of guns oil the Nahant or
the Passalc, her sister ship, was two ehota In
thirteen minute*. But when the New York
naval reserve took charge of the braes 9$
bfg guns they fired four shots in sixteen liilri
u^es. The starboard gun fc&me near wriok
ing the turret after the first shot, 80 great
was the recoil that the gun nearly Jumped
the carriage. The charge consisted of sev
enty-five pounds' of powder.
When the Nahant dropped anchor. Comman
der. Rochman went aboard, the cruiser Ban
Francisco and paid his respects to Comrno-.
dore Howell. The Nahant will probably go
4o the navy yaM tomorrow^
COPPINGER ON THE WAY
WILL, BE AT MOBILK TO WELCOME
THE} THIRD
All Preparations Made, for Bfovlna-
Troops as Soon M Railway Con.
tracts Are Mode- — Tvoopn of the
Second to Pass Thronvh Bt, Paul
Friday Tli« Sixteenth to Start
Tuesiln y,
By Associated Pres*.
OMAHA, Neb., April 17.— Gen. Cop
pinger left Omaha this afternoon for
Mobile over the MisStftirl Pacific. Wiith
him are his personal aides, Lleuts.
Orat Hutchins and AIeJC Perry; MaJ.
Andrews, adjutant general department
of the Missouri, anid 'Maj, Enooh
Crowder, Judge advocate general.
There was a crowd at tho depot to
bid them Godspeed, Including many
representative men of Omaha. When a
friend said to Gen. Coppinger: "I wish
you a prompt and safe return," the
general smilingly replied: "You had
better wish us good luck and cool
weather."
All the party is in good spirits. They
will reach Mobile Tuesday morning.
At the headquarters tonight the bids
for moving the troops from this de
partment are being tabulated, and the
awards will be ma4e some time during
the night, but probably not until after
midnight. All the roads are ready to
move such of the business as is award
ed to them.
PORT SHERMAN, Idaho, April 18.—
Two companies of the Sixteenth infan
try at Fort Spokane are to Join the
five companies from Fort Sherman at
the city of Spokane not later than
Tuesday, and it is the opinion of Col.
Theaker that his command will leave
Ihere Tuesday. Lieut. Buck and a de
tachment in recruiting service at Se
attle have been ordered to report at
Fort Sherman immediately. Lieut
Buck and a detail of ten men are to
be left at Fort Sherman.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 18.— Company
G, Fifth infantry, Capt. Partello, left
Fort McPherson today for Fort Bar
.rancas. Gen. Graham and his staff and
8,000 cheering people witnessed the de
parture. Four companies leave tomor
row for Tampa.
TROOPS AT KEY WEST.
City Begins to Wear a Warlike As
pect.
KEY WEST, Fla., April 17.— The ar
rival of Companies A and G, of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, late last night,
roused Key West from tropical leth
argy, and this Sunday has been marked
by a stir unwonted here, even In these
exciting times. The fleet .in the harbor
and the military on land gives this
lazy little town a warlike aspect which
sits strangely on it. The colored troops,
125 in number, were obliged to remain
on board the City of Key West all
night, because of lack of aeommoda
tion at the barracks, already given
over to two batteries of artillery. It
was eventually decided to quarter them
in old Fort Taylor, and this morning
they formed in double file and marched
there — a stalwart body of men — many
of whom have seen war senJf c in In
dian campaigns, and most of whom
rank high aa sharpshooters.
Some of the local papers have been
protesting against having colored
troops sent here, and there has been a
slight fear of an unfavorable demon
stration.
So far from anything of the kind hap
pening, the colored troops were greeted
with only words of praise.
Throughout the day wagons have
been going between the wharf and the
forts, transferring the effects of the
newcomers.
There was no movement of the fleet
today. Chaplain Chldwick celebrated
mass on the Cincinnati this morning,
and tonight preached in the Catholic
church. The Nashville took the patrol
tonight.
TO CARRY TROOPS TO CIBA.
Steamer Lampasas Receives Orders
to Remain at Key West.
KEY WEST. Fla., April 17.— The Mal
lory line steamer Lampasas, which ar
rived here Thursday with coal for the
•fleet, has received instructions from
the main office to remain at Key West
until further orders, as the gov«rnment
Is negotiating for her purchase. But
whether purchased or not, she will be
used by the government to transport
troops to Cuba, should the necessity
arise.
THE SECOND IS COMING.
It Is Expected to Reach St. Paul
About Friday.
Special to The St. Paul Globe.
HELENA, Mont., April 17.— C01.
Bates, in command of the Second
United States Infantry will leave his
headquarters at Fort Keogh with his
troops for the South next Wednesday.
Marching orders were received by the
regiment today. Companies B and C,
stationed at Fort Harrison, thia city,
have been ready to leave for a week.
The battalion at Fort Yates, N. D.,
will Join the regiment and proceed with
the main command to St. Paul, where
the regiment will arrive about noon
Friday.
Powder JUtUs Bu«v.
PENN'S GROVE, N. J., April 17.— Every
available man, experienced in the manufac
ture of powder, Is being given employment
at the Dupont Powder mills, to rush the
heavy government orderg for munitions of
war. The company's pay roll aggregates
$6,000 per month, which is heavier than at
any lime In the history of the company. It
Is understood that the company have oon
traoted to furnish the government with
$1,600,000 worth of powder.
CAPT. BEAN HEADS THE LIST
USED NEAELY THIETY ENLIST
MENT BLANKS YESTERDAY
Over Seventy-Five Men Visit the
Armory Daring: the Day and Sig
nify a Desire to Do Battle Be
neath the Stars and Stripes—
Lawyer John D. O'Brien One <>t
the Company D RecraitH.
Seventy-five men signified a desire to
enlist in the First regiment, National
guard, yesterday. The response to the
call for recruits was astonishing to
members of the regiment, who did not
expect the regiment could be so quiak
ly filled to its full war footing.
It was an exciting day at the armory.
Ail day there were drills and exercises
In the manual of arms. Men who nevvr
were known to show up except wh-n
the regulations made it obligatory,
were early on hand stirring up enthusl-i
asm. All the company quarters were
converted into recruiting stations, and -
until evening company officers wars
there to take names of volunteers A
great many ex-members of the regi
ment called and said they wanted to
be with the regiment when the fun be*
The following men enlisted yesterday'
In Company C, of which Capt. Robin.'
son is commander:
H. R, JJokart, P. Jury
wi wTy?" 1611 ' & G. Moline,
W. S, Elvidge, R, W Hasenwinkle.
5\A V rnß » D " J - MoConvlll* *
Patrick Kn«a»ey, f. c, stout.
Patrick Kneaeey Is an old membe*
or the company, He said he was anx«
ioug to have a go at the Spaniards.
Capt, Ed B. Bean was quite elated
over hjs success. Applications poured
In upon him all the morning, and by 3
0 clock he had nearly thirty names on "
h|a list Most <tt them were formep
members o£ his command. The most
notable recruit Is John D. O'Brien, the
well Jcno'wn. lawyer, who calmly walked
Up to the desk and signed his name to
theroll, ■*»
"There," he said, "I want to go Wftfi
you to Cuba,"
& -ma emral minutes before Capt.
Beap .recovered hte self-possession, and
by that time Mr. O'Brien had disap,
peared Vlth a premise to turn up today
for drtll.
The following enlistments were ra*
corded by Cafct. Bean:
Frederick M. Schutte.J. D. O'Brten.
h- &. Sh*b«rt, joaeph Hawks.
t IF' T? c \ eTaoa - tt - E. Heller,
J. B. Henly, c. E. Schooley
George A. McCarthy, 6. A. Meyerding,
Is*ao Hull John £ Hancock,
John T. Becker. William H. Miss, *
Bd Chavaller. John E. Fowler,
J- G. Donnelly Jr., E. A. Hirzel,
R. R. Guthrle, Isaac Harzbenr.
Joseph M. Moore, A. H. Cramer.
O. H. Daggert, formerly U. S. A.
Jacob J. Weber, formerly U. S. A.
Fred Muller, formerly U. S. A.
CorporaJ Krembs will be at the ar
mory all day today to enlist recruits.
Capt. B»an expects to fill his commny
by tomorrow night.
Capt. Spear, of Company X, received
a number of applications, but he took
but a few names. The rest he told
to call again.
Those whose names he took yester
day were:
Y m T T -TT L * wlt " H - J - Van Keuren.
E P V?<fw rty# E- A ' Mitche "*
A. recruiting officer will be In at
tendance at the company room today.
He will accept every able-bodied man
■who presents himself.
Thirteen applicants called upon Capt.
J. C. Hardy, of Company H. One was a
former member of the Illinois state mi
litia, and three were of the Wisconsin
national guard.
Fifty men are wanted for Battery A.
Capt. O. L. Rooch has posted noticed *
all over the city calling for recruits
between the ages of eighteen ami f.,r
ty-five years. He will begin active
work filling his battery today. Tester
day he secured the following:
Jacob Pratt. Joseph Krietta
Joseph Weber, R. D. N'ewromb
Robert Johnson, Frank Dowlan,
John Duell, Al Sliter.
Charles McDonald,
At least thirty old members of the
battery have said they would enlist for
active service if the militia was called
out.
First Lieutenant Frank B. McCoy, cf*
Company X, Third infantry, who is on
duty with the Minnesota national
guard, was about the armory all day.
He has not received orders to join his
Pegiment. As his is a skeleton com
pany, he may be spared a short while
longer. He is credited with having
I suggested the order to raise th*
strength of the national guard to a
war footing.
K. P.'S AT THE FORT.
Ivy Loda-e Will Hold a Special Meet
ing This Evening.
Ivy lodge. Knights of Pythias, Fort Snell
ing, will have a special meeting tonight.
The members of the lodge expert that will
be the last chance they will have of seeing
their brother K. P.'s of St. Paul for some
j time to come. For that reason they are
j anxious, to have as many members of the
I order from the city attend as are able to
do so.
POPE SAYS LET CUBA GO.
Endeavoring to Perauade Spain to
Recognize the Inland's Indepen
dence.
LONDON. April 18.— The- Rome correspond
ent of the Times says: "In Vatican circles the
opinion is still hold that an outbreak of w.ir
may yet be prevented, and a rumor is afloat
to the efTect that the pope la endeavoring to
persuade Spain to recognize the independence
of Cuba."
HOBBIES THEY RIDE.
There are people, who, In picking out t
steed, would prefer even a camel or an ele
phant to an Elk, but that Is not the casa
with Joseph Schusler. To borrow an expres
sion and put It tn a way not originally in
tended, Up, Schusler has taken the Elk up
and down the line and generally, it is said,
at a fairly warm pace. The Elk has not been
unmindful of this kindly attention, and has to
a great extent repaid the favor with tho re
sult that Mr. Schusler has at one tlme""or
another been nearly everything in the w«<
of exalted that Is provided for by the or- ♦
der. Whatever other people may think, Mr.
Schusler has found his steed very docile and
comfortable, and probably ha 3no desire <o
swap hobbies with any one.