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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1898.
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We Aim to Bs Ascuraia.
The Globe Prints the Associated
Press News.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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By Carrier mo mos mos
DRllv only .... .40c 12.25 $*• 0 0
Paily ar.d Sunday .Eoc 2.75 f-«J
Sunday 15c .76 1.50
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
I 6 W
Tsy Mall mo mos mos
ii:..!v c.r.ly .... .25c $1.50 $3.00
Daily and Sunday .35c 2.00 4.00
'.-.y .75 1.50
Weekly .75 1.00
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Remiitances payable to
THE GLOBE CO.. St. Pnul, Minnesota.
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BRANCH OFFICES:
Jfow 1 opU 10 Spruce St.
Vnslilnctnn Corcoran Buildint;
' fl'tfng"...Rootn fiO9. No. S7 Washington St
Tl;e Democratic State Ticket.
G-vev:-.or JOHN LIND, Brown county
■Lieut. Gov J. M. BOWLER. RenvMe
Bee. State J. J. HEINRICH. Hennepln
Trrnsurer ALEX. M'KINNON'. Tolk
: Auditor GEORGE N. LAUFHEUE, Clay
Attorney General. .JOHN F. KELLY. Ramsey
Clerk Supreme Court.Z. H. AUSTIN, St. Lou!a
Jud£€B ITHOMAS CAXTY. Hetreptn
Supreme (DANIEL BUCK. Blue Earth
Court IWM. MITCHELL. Wiuona
MONDAY'S WEATHER.
Threatening; Cooler.
By the United States "Weather Bureau.
MlNNESOTA— Threatening weather and light
■sowers; cooler! varlab'o w'nds.
NORTH DAKOTA— Showers; cooler; variable
wind?.
SOl'Tii DAKOTA— Showers; cooler; variable
lOWA— Fair In the morning, followed by
threatening weather and possibly severe
thunder stcrms, and fooler at night; sou h
erly winds.
MONTANA— Threatening weather and show
ers: cooler In eastern porti-cn; northwest
erly winds.
■WISCONSIN — Threatening weather, with
prospects of thunder squalls and rain Mon
day :■.-. lei Tuesday; li^ht to fresh
south to southwest winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
The Northwest.
St. P.uil P4|Edmonton CO
Duluth 74 Prince Albert 66
Huron 91 Calgary 61
Bismarck SI Medicine Hat 71
Wtiliston ~(i ?<virt Current 82
Havre S6 Ou'A-ppt-lle 70
Helena 61 Winnipeg 72
Buffalo 74-7< Montreal 70-76
Boston 78-84 New Orleans &2-9O
Cheyenne =0-S0 Now York ls-<2
Chicago 7C-S2 Pittsburg SC-84
Cincinnati S4-BSI
YESTERDAY'S MEANS.
Barometer 29.9f>
Mean temperature 7*
Relative humidity 76
Vind at S n. m North
Weather Cloudy
Maximum temperature. S.S
Minimum temperature 67
li^ily ransre 21
Amount of precipitation in last twenty
four hours 0
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gaugo Change In
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hcurs.
St. Paul 14 2.8 '0.1
La Crosse 10 2.0 0.0
•Rise.
Note Earometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
ATLANTIC LINERS.
PHILADELPHIA— Arrived: Belger.land, Am
rterOsm.
HAVRE — Arrived: La Brptagne. New York.
QUEI xstqwx— Sailed: Lucanta, from Liv
erpool, New York.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
GRAND— Henderson Stock company in "Mag
dp.. 11 t:IT, PIT.
METROPOLITAN— Dark.
Yacht races. White Bear lake, 10 AM.
Barbers' union meets, labor headqnarteiw,
even in it.
Furri. rs' union meets, labor headquarters,
evening.
roi'erniakers' union meets, labor headquar
ters, evening.
Travelers unable to liny The St.
I'm!! Glob^ on any train entering
St. Pinil *rill confer a fnvor on Tlie
I. lube company by promptly notify.
ing thcii-i of each iuxtnuce.
Spain will enter the next Interna
tional race as a half rate.
Corporal Harris, of Duluth, must
have been hunting round robins out of
ceason.
Nobody will dispute that the greatest
■pr-iCifioator of the Pacific is Admiral
G forge Df.wey.
T'ncle Sam will now advance his vol
unteers to the position of private citi
zens fur bravery In the field.
It may peem paradoxical, but the
men who are organizing the new steel
combine are not herd citizens.
It is in order now for Spain to send
t'rclf Sam an engrossed resolution of
thanks for his humanity and gener
osity.
A Madrid paper heads its war !p.
meot "Pc-:op Without Fruits." What
did you expect? Spain didn't win any
fruits.
If v.r could cut the Philippines loose
from their present moorings and bring
the:n ever within sight of San Fran
cisco, it would toe mighty handy at this
Juncture.
Av.tr. 12 is likely to r>e quite a day
fn American history. It was not only
the date of the ending of the Hispano"-
American war, but the date of the rais
ing cf the Stars and Stripes at Hono
lulu.
A new excuse has entered the base
ball world. When a team loses three
or four games in succession, the man
ner:- gives it out that two or three of
h!.s men have malaria. This malaria
i.- ueually acquired over a bar.
It Sagaeta expects indemnity for all
• perty, buildings, barracks
and f rtiflcatione destroyed by Ameri
can.-; in Cuba, Porto Rico and elsewhere,
fa must be a silly old man who should
be in the hands of a guardian, instead
of at the htad of a cabinet.
The boys who stood before Mauser
bullets on San Juan hill, who sank the
Merrimac in Santiago harbor, and who
stormed Manila are not the only he
roes of the war. The mother of a prl
vatr- in a Missouri regiment died, leav
ing three destitute children. This sol
dier boy out himself right in the front
rank of heroes by buying a tub, soap
and irons and starting a laundry right
in camp to get money to save the lit
tle fellows.
A Common Sense Plea.
The men who volunteered to serve
tbelr country, on the call of the presi
dent, last April, represented, in their
personality, some of the best ele
ments of citizenship. None moi'« than
themselves, and the constituencies from
which they were drawn, can fully ap
preciate the sacrifice Involved in evnry
Individual case. The war la practically
ended. There 1s no x more fighting to
be done. The volunteers went out to
fight. They are, in thedr respective
lines of occupation, business men. They
enlisted fora service, defined, cf course,
j by a maximum term of years; but they
expected, as they had a right to do,
when the necessity for active duty in
the field no longer existed that they
would be mustered out and permitted
to return as promptly as possible to
their several lines of occupation.
While the regular army of the Unit
ed States i>3 not large, the volunteer
element has a right to be heard in any
request they may make as to their dis
bandrnent when the dangers of war are
at an end. It is not only senseless, but
brutal on the part of the war depart
ment, to regard every expression mlaide
by the citizen soldiery cf the republic
as mutinous.
The Globe prints this morning a
sensible letter, written by a private of
the Fourteenth regiment. The views
are those of a patriotic citizen, Who,
responding to his country's call, recog
nizes the patent fact that, the time hav
ing arrived when the volunteer soldier
has no service to perform, except that
of police duty, which can be appro
priately assumed by the men of the
regular army, it is time for
himself and his associates to return to
peaceful pursuits.
Philippine Facts and Figures.
"The city and defenses of Manila and
its suburbs" have capitulated, accord
ing to the dispatch from Gen. Merritt
to our war department, printed in yes
terday's Glo b c. The phrase meas
ures the extent of the territory in the
I Philippines of which we have posses
j sion. It is sufficient for a coaling sta-
I tion, dry docks, and an American col
j ony, such as Senator Davis has de
i scribed, and let us hope that it will ul
! timately be conceded to cover all that
i properly belongs to us to protect. We
; shall undoubtedly be compelled to lis
i ten to much discussion over the. sig
j nificance of the word "suburbs," if, in
| deed, that is the proper word, and not
j Subig, which is the name of the bay
in that part of the Philippines.
* * *
Your land-graVoing expansionist who
I conceals his real motives behind the
flag may be expected to declare that
I the entire Philippine group is compre
hended in this simple Latin compound.
j No matter If the lexjcojrrapher does
! declare that "a suburb is an outlying
part of a city or. town; a part without
the city boundaries, but in the neigh-
I borhood of a city," he will not desist
: from his contention. Nor will he Quit
j even though he may be staggered to
! learn that the states of New York, New
! Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland
; combined just about represent the area
. of the Philippines. He might, perhaps,
I admit that even the most exaggerated
I American humor would not stand for
I any such statement as that Chicago.
i St. Louis and Omaha are suburbs of
j St. Paul, or that Pittsburg, Baltimore,
| Philadelphia and Buffalo are suburbs
of New York city. But, in his con
suming zeal for .Philippine soil, he will
certainly insist that the entire group
constitutes the suburbs of "the city
and defenses of Manila."
* • •
The concern of the administration as
to what actually occurred in the Phil
ippines may well be understood. It un
doubtedly feels relieved that neither
Dewey nor Merritt has acted sentimen
tally, and therefore foolishly, at Ma
[ nlia. The demands of diplomacy were
unquestionably considered by both
these officers. They crossed no line
which will need to be abandoned, took
no step which will require a retreat
and hoisted no flag that must be low
ered. All in all, they have anticipated
the requirements of our government
from a diplomatic point of view, and
have satisfied that conservative senti
ment of this country which they were
brought up to respect. The hungry
Joes of Imperialism may not be alto
gether happy, but the people who
would be taxed to maintain the Phil
ippine elephant will give a sigh of re
lief.
• * *
It has fteen estimated that the mili
tary force required to hold and control
the Philippines will be not less than
30,000 men. The annual expense of such
a body of troops would be $17,000,000
for pay and $3,000,000 more for the
commissary, quartermaster, medical
and ordnance departments. Figure as
an additional item of expense the cost
of the naval establishment necessary
Ito co-operatae with the land force,
i which will be about $10,000,000, and we
have a total expenditure of $30,000,000
per year for which the people of the
United States must be taxed. These
figures apply to conditions which will
exist AFTF.-R the Philippines have been
conquered and their savage inhabitants
have been reduced to subjection; when,
in a word, security to life and trade*
has once been established.
* • ♦
Meanwhile, an enormous expense will
have been Incurred in subduing the na
tives and in reaching that peaceful,
"0-millk-n par year period. This is estl
ir.sted by Harp-r's Weekly as not le^s
than ?f0,000.000 per year, if, as Gen.
Merritt insists, 50,000 soldiers are need
ed. If a larger military force should
prove necessary, then the increase In
expense will be proportional.
• • •
Look at the other side of the ledger
and see what would be gained by our
occupying the islands. Spain's net an
rual revenue hais been $300,000, out of
a total .tax-atlon of $13,500,000. The ap
plication of honest me>thod3 to the col
lection of revenues, It Is estimated by
this same high authority, ought to re
sult in the United States netting an
nrally about $10,000,000 over the cost of
governmental administrat'on, in pjace
ful times. Deducting this from the
cost of military service already refer
red to, there would etill be an an
nual expense of $20,000,000 to be pro
vided for by the American taxpayers,
for the trade figures give no hope for
relief from that quarter.
The total value of all the exports of
■the Philippines for 1596 was only $20,
--756,250, a sum nearly twice as large
as the imports for the came year, for
these amounted to only $10,937,500.
• • •
One more step makes the reasoning
complete that fram the trade point of
view the Philippines are likely to przve
of little value to the United States.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBS MONDAY AUGUST 22, 1593.
The statistics of our awn Washington
bureau show thlat for the fiscal year
ended June 30, i§9B, the Value of Amer
ican £xp6*rts to the Philippines amount
ed to Jl^O-i, and at our iiriporta
thence to $3,630,416. fiupposa that Un
der the beneficent influence Of the
American flag these ltnportfl should
grow to f5,000,000 annually", on which
the profit should be a million and a
quarter of dollars. Would $20,000,000 a
year expense for a trade of one-qu&rtar
that bum be held to be a good Yankee
dicker?
The argument of cold facts is prefer
able to the flapdoodle about the. flag.
It would be a disgrace to the flag: to
ever require It to protect euoh an un
businesslike venture.
Will some of our Imperialist friends
sit still long: enough to consider thesa
figures?
That Anglo-American Alliance.
Sir Charles W. Dilke, member of par
liament, discusses pointedly in the
September Pall Mall Magazine "An
Anglo-American Alliance." He sees
little possibility of such an alliance,
either in the progress of events In Eu
rope or in the disposition of the lead
ers of thought in the United States.
Mr. Dilke is recognized as one of the
far-seeing pulMic mem of his country.
Some of the reasons for his belief are
outlined in these words:
It Is still necessary to point out that fair
relations with Ireland are essential to any
present or future alliance between the Brit
ish empire and the United States, and that,
any fresh outbreak of ill feeling between
Ireland and Great Britain would be fatal to
the permanence even of the present haocy
state of feeling between the two chief sec
tions of our race. It Is certain that there
are many in this country, and some in the
United States, who deny this and who rely
upon an anti-Iriah feeling in the United
States; but those who well know t}ie United
States in all parts of their territory, and in
all classes of the community, are aware that
no permanent reliance could be placed udoti
the steadiness of anti-Irish feeling under
political temptation, and that what has been
said above is true.
The outcome of the present war will Droh
ably be the rossession by the United States
of colonies, or, what would for some pur
poses be better, United States protectorates
over local autonomous governments, in the
Philippines and in Cuba. United States pos
session in freehold of thsse various islands
might lead to the Imposition of a protective
tariff, which would check British trade and
produce irritation here. Protected local au
tonomous governments would be more likely
to afford a means of carrying on existing
trade relations without much change. The
Americans becoming interested in the Pacific
would have the more reason to join with
us in any steps which we might have to take
to promote by peaceful means the retention
of low duties in China, -which is an Increas
ing fie'd of the future for the trade of the
United States, as for our own.
It may be assumed that the objections to
hampering our policy in Europe by the con
clusion of alliances with military powers,
and that other main objection to alliances—
that, while imposing upon us heavy obli
gations, they will not be likely to meet our
greatest needs, such as the defense of India
— do not apply with ecual force to the con
clusion of a standing alliance with the United
States. Is there, however, much chance of
such a permanent alliance with the United
States being obtained? I confess that, as
matters stand, I should a.nswer No! I have
seen no inclination expressed across the At
lantic by the responsible leaders of political
•opinion pointing towards the conclusion of
any instrument consecrating so start
ling a departure from the American policy
of the past.
There are two modes by which it is l»st
possible that such an alliance might enme
into existence. The one would be our taking
the first step by assisting the United States
| in the event of an attack upon them by some
European power, In connection with
the conclusion of the present war, and with
their annexations. But then no European
power is likely to be foolish enough to in
• terfprs.
The other possibility is that some day there
I should occur that of which there was some
slight sign last year— namely, the uprising
of moral feeling in the United States la some
question concerning the position of the weak,
and profoundly moving to the religious part
of the community. The Armenian massacres
are an example of the kind of question which
might at some moment produce a common
feeling among the religious people of the
British empire and of the United States,
! which might lead to common action, even of
| a military kind. But here again there seems
little prospect of a general or standing war
alliance arising out of such action. The main
tie between the two peoples, or the two
sections of one people, in whichever light
we prefer to consider them, has hitherto been
literary and religious; and the tie of liter
ature, producing the existence upon both
sides of the Atlantic of the same Ideas, is
perhaps on the whole increasing rather than
diminishing in strength. Common action
will therefore be Increasingly probable; but
of permanent alliance there is as yet no sign.
Epist/es io St. Paul.
"Speaking about ae'resses with children."
remarked Matt Berry, who i 3 to put on "Cuba"
j during fair week, "reniimte me of the odd<ect
! play that I ever saw. I think it was Leslie
I J. Carter's play, but I've forgotten the name
|of it. In the first act the heroine was blown
j up in a cyclone, in the second act she is in
a shipwreck and the curtain comes in just S3
she is about to fa:i off a raft. In the third
act she falls onto the Chicago river and
breaks a leg, and in the last act she Is dis
covered in a blooming garden wi'h -no '.ess
than two lovely children. What bothered me
was how she ever had time to raise a family,
while she was engaged in ducking the catas
trophes that followed her in the first three
acts."
• • *
There is a preacher in this- town who doubts
'the result of casting bread upon the waters.
A young man went to him a couple of weeka
ago and told him that he was in love with a
charming young woman, and that they wanted
to get married, but he was afraid that in his
impoverished condition it would not do. The
preacher mafle a good fe'.'.ow of himself and
told the young man that if he loved the girl
and she loved him he ought not to consider
poverty, but go and get married; that the
future would take care of itself.
Two days later the young fellow presented
| himself at the house of the preacher wih a
| marriage license and a girl and asked to be
married. The clergyman gave them a g"ad
hand and took them in and married them.
The groom bade the preacher gocd-bye at the
door and told him that when tha future had
panned out in promises ho would liquids to.
| And now the parson Inclines to the idea that
it is not the real thing to help along the
marriage idea when the impecuniosity of the
groom goes to the extent of being shy of the
marriage fee.
* • •
For a "panic-stricken" camp, that at Ham
line was pretty lively yesterday. One man
had an ear cut off in a runaway accident,
and some edd fiagers were split in a base ball
game, 1,040 young men ate cake and pies
baked by Sunday "best girls," and yet the
hospital stewards found time to doctor a stray
dog with a broken leg. —The Philistine.
Dramatic and Musical.
GRAND.
Herman Sudermann's "-Magda," which
was given at the Grand last night, is as
"talky" as a Marlitt novel, but It has all
the intensity of a Nordau study. It Is an odd
play. It is most intensely interesting. It is
seldom that a stage story takes the hold
on a listener that this plain tale of German
life does. It la no exaggeration to say that
the interest of the spectator Is breathless.
The story of the play is so strong and is
so well told in the book that It would aulte
captivate the imagination if there were no
actors to be considered. It tells the story
of a girl taken out of the environment of a
provincial German town; her grand soul is
given a chance to develop away from the
purely artificial surroundings of her early
life; she returns with a life story concealed
to face the reproaches of a father who sees
nothing beyond his small circle. Her filial
love forces her to tell her story, and her
father proposes to revenge himself on the
man who dishonored her. It is the intense
development of her nature that makes the
story of the play.
Miss Truas plays the title role. Alone an*
almost unaided she makes a great perform
ance of the play. As the. many faces of hsr
genius are unfolded Miss tfhiax becomes the
more adrnlrable. As Magda she gUtis a per
formance totally unlike anything in -which
she haa been &een. She cannot follow Staffs
truaitlons, f O f the j>art liaS not been playld
hf gPeftt actresses. She makes much of it.
Thr.ro is a subtlety in her Acting that has
not been developed before. She is the grand
datoe and the gentle and loWn* daughter
alftio&t in th« same instant tin work wa*
artistic to an extent that could not haVe been
expected, and she has the very spirit of the
cart.
The play was put on in sunh * manner
that It held tho flAvor of petty gentility ot
the German middle class all the way through.
It is full of that Absorbing Interest that, pos
sesses one In the reading of a German navel
of the best type. The support to Miss Trua*
was good enough to carry the play. Mr.
Weeton has not the least conception of tha
part 6f the father, and does not at ail play
it. The strength of the work of Miss Truax
overshadowed the necessity for an Imperson
ation of the part of the oolonel, but it would
undoubtedly be & great part in the hands of
a capable actor. It Is also unfortunate that
there la not an actor in the stock company
who can assume with effect the part of the
pastor. It is full of possibilities and might
be made the character of the piece. Mr.
Fleming la utterly Inadequate to even a con
ception of what its possibilities are. The
rest of the company round out the storr.
It is a case where the play and the one
character make the whole. "Magda" is the
best stage story that has been told on the
boards in this town recently, and Miss Truax
plays the title role with a degree of in
telligence that Is gratifying.
The play will run up to and Including
Wednesday night.
The Minnesota Press.
The Globe is the only St. Paul paper pos
sessed of sufficient courage to tell the people
1 of 'Minnesota that the marble used in the new
capltol is disfigured by blue streaks and even
The Globe is trying to whitewash the
streaka. Minnesota atone, probably, wouldn't
feel at home, anyhow, in St. Paul.— St. Cloud
Journal-Press.
• * •
Editor of Winona Daily Herald: Enclosed
please find a little Eustls puff, sample® of
which are being sent to certain interior news
papers of the state, intended to counteract
the growing sentiment, among old soldiers,
I against the election of Mr. Eustis.
The "puffy puff" of Jerry J.s in a recent
issue of the Minneapolis Journal, to the effect
thait as many old soldiers were found wear
ing Euatis buttons as there were wearing
Van Sant's buttons, in the state convention,
is not true. For, in fact, the percentage was
as high as 20 to 1 in favor of Van Sarit.
The Eustis- hired "strikers and blowers"
are endeavoring to stem the tide of opposi
! tion against their candidate, which is spread
j ing among the old soldiers throughout the
state. They are trying -to suppress the old
soldiers in this city and elsewhere. But we
cannot forget the attitude which Mr. Eustis
assumed toward the old veterans in Minne
apolis while mayor of this city, and it will
not be soon forgotten.
No matter how many lieutenants Mr. Eustis
may send out to placate the soldier's vote,
It will be of little avail.
The manner in which they were turned
down while he was mayor of this city will not
go unrebuked when an opportunity like the
present one is presented. His enmity against
I old soldiers has boen so pronounced that they
| would be maral cowards did they not aid in
i his defeat to a gubernatorial position.
We owe it to ourselves to assert our man
hood and resent the Insults which we have
received from his hands. No man, be he
Republican or Democrat, is entitled to our
suffrage when that man has deliberately and
openly insulted old soldiers, both individual
ly and collectively. — Anti-Euatis Soldier.
• • •
Eustis is running the state campaign to suit
himself, but so far very little interest la
| manifested. Somehow the party workers are
j not crowding into the band wagon, but later
on they may take more interest. Eustis is a
good man, but the old machine officeholders
fear that he will give the state too much of
a reform administration— Winnebago City
Press-News.
• * •
Not Candidate Eustis, but his county
| newspaper political fellows, are on the de
| fensive. Even Editor Dare, of Elk River,
a member of the state central committee,
feels called upon to deny t'rat he said that
the nomination cost Mr. Eustia $20,000. He
claims the nearest he came to saying so
was before the state convention and was as
follows: "It is estimated that the legiti
mate expenses of the two lea/ling candidates
for governor up to the convention were $2*),
--000 apiece." This he claims was printed as
a "news itsm and was not Intended to ex
press the opinion of the editor. "—Buffalo
Gazette.
• • •
"I'll tell you what." said a prominent Re
publican of tha c'.ty the other evening, "Eddy
will never be eleoted to congress again from
I this district. His record of the past two
years has been one of inactivity and broken
proin'ses. Two years ago I spent over ?ICO
of my own good money and much valuable
time to help elect CVTr. Eddy, and got It where
the chisken got the ax, while the bars to the
pastures green, fresh and fair were let down
from the ether side, and the carpet baggers,
those hungry pests that scour the country like
wandT-rng Jews, were let In to feed on the
j fat offices, while the active workers were left
j !n the highways to regale themselves with
thirties. I am a lfe-long Republican and
I Shall always vote for the principles of the
i psirty, but Eddy will never get my vote and
! there are hundreds just like m-e In this Sev-
I enth dis-trict. Mr. Eddy will find after elec
| tion that his own hand lifted the cover and
i he, in his coffin will lie— dead, pol tically —
! Crcokston People's Press.
• • •
William Watte resigned as attorney for the
Northern Pacific Railrosd company !n ord«r
that he might not be accused of being a
corporation lawyer m his fight for judge It
fs said that his resignation had a string- fed
to it, and that the job was to be returned to
him in the event of his defea.t. In the mcan
t'.me his political manager, R. J. Montague
acts a-s the attorney for the road. The" ques
tion that pres-e^ts itec-lf is, where will Mr
I Watts be, wK.h reference to this corrvorafen
in -event of his election?— Crookston Press.
Her Rival.
He says I am his sunshine —
But— such hypocrites men are—
Whenever I am with him
; He lights an old cigar.
—Detroit Free Press.
A Meaty Snsrg'estlon.
"We have eaten salt pork long enough,"
shouts Editor Randall, of the Cushing (Okla
homa) Herald; "give us a butcher shop in
this town." Why not run one in connecLion
i with the Herald sanctum?— Chicago Times
: Herald.
Sagaclons Spautards.
The Spaniards are disposed to make Chris
topher Columbus the scapegoat of the war.
Well, as Chris won't mind it, and such an
arrangement will let some present-day states
men out of unpleasant holes, it seems the
easiest way out.— Washington Pest.
PHYSICAL, RECORD.
One Will Be Made for Every Man In
the Army.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-The war
department Is to Inaugurate a policy
of physical €xa,mination of soldiers,
both in th| volunteer and regular army
service wh*o the troops are disbanded.
A record tft tse physical condition of
every man' in" the army will be kept
upon file fcfi the department for future
reference. J' This idea will be of great
value in £he determination of pension
cuees, which may arise in tihe future.
It will no^ only; preclude the perpetra
tion of fr&ud upon the pension bureau
but will greatly facilitate the work of
the bureau' In Che future, and the hunt
inp up of. ,"old ; ' records and other re-
Quisite-s to_ secjtfrlng a pension will be
obviated. In future years when a man
applies for a pension for Injuries re
ceived in battle or from debilitation as
the result of disease contracted In Cu
ba or in fiamp, it will be a compara
tively easy task to hunt up his record
and ascertain not only the condition
in which he entered the service, but
the state of physique in which he quit
ted the army. President McKinley is
impressed with the idea and has given
It his sanction.
Winter En Route.
ST. JOHN ; S. W, P.. Aug. 21.-Sir Jamea
Winter, premier or Newfoundland left to
night for North Sydney, en route to Quebec
to nttp-mJ the international conference there
Mxt wwk.
PAY IT, SAYS GESL BEND
ST. PAUL SHOULD EAISE THE
ARMORY DEBT
Ttilm City Should Do iv Much for
ill* Thirteenth Regiment iin (hi
oagro la Doing fotr Her Soldiers—
A New nulldinsr, Able to Resist
Attack, Should Be Erected for the
Men.
The letter from "A Red Crosß Mem
ber," calling 1 for subscriptions to pay
the mortgage on the St. Paul armory,
which was published yesterday In the
Globe, has attracted considerable at
tention and much favorable comment.
The suggestion 1b regarded as an ex
cellent one, and only the Initiative is
needed to make the idea a reality.
A reporter for the Globe interview
ed Gen. Bend on the subject yesterday,
and Gen. Bend gave it his unqualified
endorsement.
"I heartily approve of ths sugges
tion that the people of St. Paul should
pay the mortgage on the armory," he
said. "No movement more popular at
this time could be started. When I
assumed charge of the armory affairs
I found a bank book with a balance to
the credit of the association amounting
to exactly S2 cents, and debts to the
amount of $1,200. All the money that
can be collected before Jan. 1 will be
needed to pay the semi-annual interest
on the mortgage, which amounts to
$240, and will fall due in October. In
November or December I must pay
1280 for insurance on the armory build
ing. It will be necessary to keep the
■building heated next winter, and that
will entail an expense of $150 for coal.
Then there will be other small items,
which all count up in the end.
"It would be a splendid thing if the
citizens of this city paid off that mort
gage. It would be the most practical
and useful way I can imagine for the
city to manifest its appreciation of the
bravery of the St. Paul soldiers. It
would give them a home of their own
and they would feel that the city of
their birth was grateful for their serv
ices.
"Chicago will raise the mortgage on
the armory of the First regiment in
that city, and St. Paul can well afford |
to do as graceful an act for her men.
I believe the Thirteenth will be in
Manila a long while, and it would
please them all to find upon their re
turn that the city had given them a
home.
"St. Paul ought to have a better
armory than the present one. It was
a good one in lbs day, but that was past
several years ago. The armory should
be built of stone and should be so con
structed that no force without artil
lery could storm it. The suggestion to
buy the Ramsey lot next to the pres
ent building and erect a new armory
there, is excellent. The cost would be
within the means of the people of
thiis city, and it would be a good in
vestmentr An armory should be so de
signed that a force of a very few men
ectT.d hold it agalrst an attack by thou
sands. The present armory could be
broken into at any time, and every
thing inside could be carried out be
fore any one could interfere.
"By all means raise the mortgage,
and then, if possible, build a new
armory for the four SL Paul com
panies."
SALARIES OF RECEIVERS.
Aor respondent Thinks C Some of Them
Get a Deal Too Much.
To The St. Paul Globe:
On the 25th of October last The Globe
published a communication of the writer on
the subject of "Salaries of Receivers," and
editorially commented on it aa "The Right
Idea," and one "now generally accepted and
upon which the courts wiU act hereafter al
most universally." With fine discrimination.
The Globe drew the distinction between
I the building up and successfully carrying on
I a business and merely winding up the affairs
of an insolvent one. It a!so said:
"We think that the courts everywhere are
j now Inclined to do strict justice and be
worthy of their name in limiting the com
pensation of receivers to a fair amount. * •
• We do not believe that there exists any
cause for such apprehension for the future
as our correspondent expresses, * • * and
we believe that th« reform which ho advo
cates is already practically accomplished."
But later events proved that The Globe
i and its correspondent were mistaken in be.
j lievlng that the courts would limit "receiv
ers' salaries to a fair amount," for only a
few weeks ago one of our courts allowed
William. H. Lightner. one of the two receiv
j ers of the late Bank of Minnesota, $9,000 for
, services for 1897, and to Receiver Frank A.
I Seymour $7,500 for the same year's service.
The published announcement of 'this proceed
ing also stated that Mr. Lightner had served
I as attorney for the receivers (he himself be
j ing one) in the adjustment of complicated
matters, and was therefore allowed $1,500
more than his fellow receiver. There is a
vein of deMcious artlessness in this last an
nouncement that would be highly amusing
j if the who'.e business had not a very serious
I side. The public supposed and had been as- '
sured that Mr. Lightner was chosen a co
receiver because one of the two ought to be
"skilled in the law," and that this comblna
| tion of law and business would round out
I the judicial management of this broken bank
I so that there would be no necessity to create
an attorney-ship also to feed and fatten upon
the bank's assets. But it appears that this
was a mistake; that in lieu of this sensible
way, the attorneyship should be recognized
but should be "half concealed, half disclos
ed" by merging it in the person of one of the
receivers, and that however it was manipu
lated a sa'.ary should be provided for. Does
not a eimple statement of this matter show
it to be a shameless raid upon the asse's?
And what of the court that ordered it!
Wofse still, if possible: Why are two re
?nH V £ r V' 7 he^, very hlsh sa!arie « continued
indefinitely? There !s not a banker or pood
business man in St. Paul who dots not know
that one is enough; that the continuance of
two year alter year is a -'private snap" pen
sioned upon the unsquandered remnant or de
positors' money. Ths writer or th's lws heard '
several of our most respectable and eTiinent I
bank officers and others say that there wa^ I
no need for two, and that the salaries a 'owed !
them were so high as to challenge pubfio
indignation. Not a judge in Minnesota in
cluding the United States judges g°ts a
salary much, if at all in excess of' half tl-«
sum allowed to each of these recivers Guv
ernors, state officers, federal judges ' sena
tors, congressmen, and cabinet officers ara !
salaried at less than these two receivers
The late comptroller of the currency, James
H Eckels, replying to a recent letter askine
what salaries were paid to receivers of failed I
nationaJ banks, said:
"The salary of a receiver Is fixed by the
comptroller of the currency, and depends alto
gether UDon the size of the failed baak and
the nature of the trust to be wound up The
average salary paid receivers is about $2 GOO
for the first year's service. " '
Would it not have been wiser and less sug
gestive of scandal, to have allowed the o'd
bank management to "absorb" all of its
unfortunate creditors' money in their own
way, than to have this sad lesson of judicial
warrant for absorbing It in the form of
salaries and fees to fortunatos, not to say
favorites? It is notorious that the little woik
dally spared from cycling and other business
and professional duties of the two receivers
is mainly clerical, and hence not In dis
tressing need of such high-priced clerks. It
Is also notorious that hundreds of the vic
timized depositors of that looted bank are
men and women of small means, a numb r cf
whom had thoir little all filched from t! em
Is it any wonder that poor Burke omml'tted
suicide because "Oawson had robbed him "
when he saw the meager remnant of the birk
assets being swallowed up in receivership
salaries at the sum of $10,500 a year? Re
ceivers are not blaro-jhle for taking such
salaries as the courts allow' but is it i erti
nent to ask, in the words of The Globe
whether the court in this caso was "in.-.ined
to do strict justice and be worthy of its
name In limiting the compensation of re
ceivers to a fair amount?" Is it p.rtlnent to
ask how long the pubVc tense shall be
mocked net to say scandalised by such as
saults upon public virtue as this business ais
closss? It is sane to say that thero is not
a Just mind in St. Paul that would not
feel a sense of relief, Rnd of hope for the
future administration of Hw, if one of these
receivers was discharged, and the other'i
"compensation limited to a fair amour.t " aa
The Glo b c puts it. It is now going on two
years (twenty months) since this double
headed and double-salaried r«c«!v«rship wm
pensioned upon what's left of that ravlshe*
bafak. How long? -to. c. Wocdrutt.
Bt. Paul, Minn., Aug. IT.
MATTER OP 05.000.000 BUSHELS.
Correspondent Who Thinks Wheat Esti
mates Much Too High.
To The fit Paul Globe:
The dally papers of St. Paul and Mlnne
apollß no doubt Injure the farmers and the
business interests of the state in giving pub
licity to the claims of Interested parties of
an unusu&l and Immense large crop of wheat,
whloh Is olaimed to be in Minnesota and the
Dakota* from 200,000,000 to 220,000,000 bush
els of wheat. To arrive at this aggre
gate amount, these papers claim from
60,000,000 to 100,000,000 bushels of wheat for
Minnesota alone; from 85,000,000 to 45.000.0C0
for South Dakota, and from 65,000.000 to
75,0C0,000 for North Dakota.
You in yesterday (Friday's) Issue, endorse
the 200,000,000 claim, and same may be true,
but in Justice to those who produced the
crop and the power of those who must sell
the same next month for less than 50 cent.a
per bushel at points in the western part of
this state. It would be well if you would
give the proof and produce figures, say for
the past three years, how many acres were
sown to whejat In 1896, '97 and '98. and the
yield per acre In '96 and '97. Wo should have
the simple facts for this year as to the
acreage. If known, from which farmers can
draw their own conclusions, and not take
opinions ready made.
The crops are. In the eastern part of the
state, very good, but It would take a reck
less man to make the yield of wheat iBO'-e
than eighteen bushels on the average — prob
ably fifteen to sixteen bushels will bo the
result. The western part of the state, from
information received, will not average above
twelve bushels. The acreage cannot ahow
four million acres for 1898. Tht> eastern
countitfc in South Dakota are certainly uot
better than In Western Minnesota, and It has
been reported by responsible men thai Ins
James river valley In that state will only
yield six bushels of wheat per acre, and
the acreage rrobatily does not exceed thmw
million ac - es.
North Dakota claims a large crop, but prob
ably does not excel Minnesota, as no doubt
hall has ruined many fields.
I have gathered the following figures from
United States and other reports: Tha second
largest wheat crop in the United States, from
1878 to 1896, was raised in the year 1892, be
ing 515,949,000 bushels, an average of 13.4 per
acre. Tha largest (in 1891) waa 611,780.050
bushels, an average of 15.3 per acre. Against
the average of 1892 of 18.4 per acre Minnesota
had only an average yield of about 11% bush
els, and both North and South Dakota a
little over 12 bushels. The average yield
in 1893 of wheat in Minnesota was less than
9 bushels, as against 11.4 bushels of the
United States.
Minnesota in 1892 reports 3,532,626 acreage
in wheat and a yield of 71,210,000 bushels
SouUi Dakota in 1892 reports 2,541 348 acre
age in wheat and a yield of 31,767,000 bushels.
North Dakota, in 1892 reports 2,868,729 acre
age in wheat and a yield of 34,998,000 bushela.
•'Minnesota in 1893 only raised 20,586,040 bush
els of wheat.
Making due allowanoe for changes from
barley to wheat in the eastern part of the
state and increasing new tillage and more
pasture and corn in the western part, I be
lieve that Minnesota may yield this year X -
000,000 bushels of wheat; South Dakota not
to excel 25,000,000, and North Dakota if a3
good as claimed, 45,000,000, or a total of 123 -
000,000 bushels hi these three states for IS9B—
ortiy a trifling 95,000,000 less tihan claimed by
the elevator men. C. B.
DEFEAT FOR ENGLAND.
Sir. Cnmbon's Choice a I'ictory for
French Diplomacy.
PARIS, Aug. 21.— Tiie Marid cor
respondent of the Paris Matin tele
graphs that Sir H. Drummond-Wolff,
the British ambassador at Madrid, did
his best to perform the duty Which
M. Cam/bon was destined to perform,
but that Premier Sagasta energetical
ly declined and directed the Spanish
ambassador at Paris to urge M. Del
casse to charge Ambassador Cambon
with the task. But even then, accord
ing to the Matin, English diplomacy
did not lose heart. The British am
bassador at Washington approached
President McKlnley, who at first wish
ed the peace commission to meet in
Washington. Spain then insisted on a
neutral capital and Sir Julian Paunce
fote proposed London, and insisted so
hard that he nearly succeeded In get
ting his wish, but the president final
ly decided on Paris, wishing thus to
give the French republic striking proof
of his recognition of the tact with
which the negotiations had been con
ducted by M. Cambon.
Eut all Frenchmen do not take this
view of the matter. Thus the leading
article in the Echo de Paris regrets
that (M. Camibon's name is at the end
of the protocol which debases a na
tion friendly to France. The writer
of t4ie article then becomes anxious
for the future, and declares this is but
the prologue of a drama to be acted a
few years hence between Europe and
the United States, now developed into
a warlike country.
There Is not unanimity, however, in
the hue and cry against Great Britain.
One cf the editorials In Rappel advises
M. Delcasse to cultivate the friendship
cf England. But the tone of the
French press unquestionably Is still
that the Spanish-iAmerican protocol is
not only a triumph of French diplo
macy, but a success gained at the ex
pense of England. Secretary Day and
Mr. Hay doubtless are aware of this,
and will be on their guard when the
peace commission meets here.
ENGLAND AUTOCRATIC.
Inclined to Dictate the Choice of a
Nctt Ambngnnclor.
LONDON, Aug. 21.— The question of
Ambassador Hay's successor is one of
the greatest concern to the British
foreign office and the whole European
diplomatic world. The danger which
the British government fears, and
which those opposed to American in
terests secretly hope will befall, Is the
appointment of a man who Is not ac
quainted with the intricate problems
which are now in their most acute
phase.
The change in the nxn'basFadorship is
peculiarly unfortunate at the present
moment. It is, perhaps, not presump
tuous to point out one solution of the
dilemma which would meet the ap
proval of diplomatists who are friend
ly to the United States. This is, in
stead of sending a new man, no mat
ter how distinguished he may be, to
intrust American interests for the re
mainder of 'Mr. Hay's term to Mr.
Henry White, who is now secretary of
the embassy.
Mr. White has been as familiar with
the situation and as active in dealing
with It as Mr. Hay himself. More
over, he would be better a<ble to ex
ecute Mr. Hay's policy, still under Mr.
Hay's direction a3 secretary of state,
than a new man.
It should be said plainly that the two
candidates most freely mentioned in
the cable dispatches fail to command
the respect and eonJldence of London
diplomatic circles which the American
ambassador should enjoy.
SIBERIAN HORRORS.
Thirty-One o? 110 PriHunerH Die
From Snffocntloti 'While en Route.
BERLIN, Aug. 21.— The Berliner as
serts" loQay that, during a recent voy
age of the SiScriah convict ship An
gara, from Tien, Siberian, "to T\>ms'c,
capital of the government of the same
name on the Tom, Siberian, western
side, thirty-one out of 110 prisoner
died from suffocaition and overcrowd
ing.
Women Clerks IncrenninK.
The number of female clerks in the United
States has quadrupled within the last twen
ty-flye yean.
MINNE'S FAIR A LEADER
ITS POSITION IS RECOGNIZED
THE NATION OVEE
Live Stock AHxociatiotnn Offer l'rlxea
for the Exhibit, at Hamllne, and
There Is « Lively Interest Abroad
In Other Departments of (he
NorthTveHt'H Leading Exposition
This Year.
The preparations for the Minnesota
state fair. which is to come off Sept.
5 to 10, are going on rapidly. an d Sec
retary Randall and his whole force of
assistants are the busiest men on earth
ggusv £s SLsrss
fetes has secured the confidence of ex
hibitors all over the country, and the
National live stock kWociatin*
supplementing the society's premium*
by others of rhelr own. which double
the interest and rewards of exhibitors'
For instance, in the cattle department
the American Hereford Breeders' as
sociation offers special premiums to all
winners, and the American Aberdeen-.
Angus Breeders' association offers $103
each for the winners of the aged and
young grand sweepstakes in that class
In other classes the same state of
things exists. The fair has won a na
tional reputation.
The exhibits of horses will recall old
times, and in cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry farmers and stock men will 1
find, a great exhibition, well worthy
of t'helr careful study. Other depart
ments are in an equally thrifty condi
tion. It is certain that the exposition
building will be insufficient to accom
modate all who desire making displays
in it. Every foot of space is taken, and
room will have to be found somewhere
else for many exhibits of merit and
j interest. The building is large, but not
large enough for present demands, and
the supenntednent Is in a quandary
to tell what shall be done with the
overflow.
The horticultural exhibit also prom
ises to be large. The grand sweep
stakes prize of ?100, offered by the J W
Thomas company, cf Minneapolis, la •
adding much to the general interest,
and causing a considerable interest in
the number and quality of exhibits.
The agricultural department prom
ises to be full of Interest also. This
is especially true of the county ex
hibits. A number of counties have al
ready engaged space, and other appli
cations are coming in. The society of
fers $1,200 in cash for the county ex
hibits, to be pro-irated according to
merit among all counties competing.
Some of the business men of St. Paul,
acting through the Commercial club, •
have offered a special premium of $200
for the county scoring the highest in ,
the competition, and $100 for the coun
ty scoring next highest. This increases
the interest and will add much to the
attractions of the exhibits. The mar
ket gardeners are also taking hold, '
and the farmers, who have had a good !
season for growing big things, will be ,
there with samples of their best grains >
and vegetables. The growth indicated >
in the live etock. exposition, horticul- •
tural and agricultural departments is ■
also being shown in the machinery de- :
partment. For the first time in a num
ber of years threshing iraachine manu
facturers will be well represented.
Manufacturers in other lines are also '
engaging space, and it is certain that
the machinery exhibit will be far be
yond any similar exhibit before eeen r
on the grounds. In fact, there is lm- r
provement and advancement in all de- f
partments, and this year's state fair, c
visitors will find a rich treat In store t
for them.
A strong race programme has been '
prepared, and some rare special attrac
tions have been engaged which will '
round out an amusement programme. J
the finest and best ever offered at any ,
fair in the state. The daily exhibition i
and mile pacing races of the five first i
"Guideless Wonders" will be worth a '
long journey to see. and this -race la J
extra, having nothing to do with tha j
regular race programme of the after- ,
noons, except to fill in, the intervals •
between heats. Then there are the l
Japanese day fire works, a ribvelty
about which little is known yet, but ,
which are said to foe very curious and ,
entertaining. These will t>e sent up cv- i
cry afternoon^
The prospect of attendance is fine. !
As lowa has no state fair this year,
excursion trains have already been ar
ranged from Dcs Moir.es and other
lowa cities. From Minnesota reports
indicate a general turn-out. The crops
are good and the harvest early, so that ]
farmers will have the money to spend
and the time to attend.
INDIANS ASE PLOTTING.
Prospects of Bloodshed In the Sonth
cru Section of Ynentnn.
MERIDIA, Tucatan, Aug. 21. — Xews
from the southern part of the Island,
is to the effect that the rebel India ns
are taking extraordinary measures to
prevent information regarding their
conditions and state of military prep
aration reaching the whites. Any In--,
dlan suspected of betraying tribal se
crets is promptly condemned. Several t .
engineers, who have tried to ponetrats
the wilderness where the Indiana are
most numerous, have never returned.
With them were a number of Chinese
traders and Turkish merchants. The
Indians trade active:y with British col
onists of the island, but will give them
no information regarding their num
ber and military strength. Folip Acke,
who was their chief, has recently had
to flee for his life with his family, tlie
Indians becoming suspicious of his
wishing to make peace. It is probable
the government will undertake a vig
orous campaign to bring them under
control.
ftIEEX'S QI'EER GIFT.
Her Majesty Will Part With a Ola-*
mmid Jnijilee Offering-
LONDON, Aug. 21.— The approaching
coronation of Holland's ycur.g queen 1
has been much discussed in England]
lately, and large parties are organizing
in London and elsewhere to witness
the ceremonies-. The Prince and Prin
cess of Wales, attended by a large'
suite, -will represent the queen. It wa- 1'
announced several weeks ago that"
Queen Victoria's gift to the young
queen would be a magnificent Indian
bracelet, set with diamonds and rubies
of the first water. The public was
somewhat surprised when the fact
leaked out that the bracelet is one ut
the diamond Jubilee gifts presented to
Victoria by one of the Indian princes.
CATHOLIC CELEBKATION.
American i-'luus the Fcnlnre of the
GrC-nt Paradr.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Aug. 21.— Tha
convention of German Rom&n CatboUa
Central societies w.is formally opened
in this city today.
A monster parade was he.d this aftV
ernoon, in which every German Cata-I
olic society in Milwaukee and all of thj,
delegates to the Central Union anS
Catholic German Your.g Peop'.e's EO;?:e-.
tits took part. The paia ie v.-.s mads
up of eleven div'jsionis, each society
carrying its banner. The most distinc
tive feature of the procession was the
large number of American flagr^ whioh^
Wti'e carried by the different societies.
It is estimated 10,000 persors marched!
in the parade. J"
The day c!ose;l with a concert at the"
Alham'bra theater tonight.
Gloves.
Among the Anglo-Saxons In the seventli*
century men wore gloves, while women cov-ia
ered their hands with their sleeves.