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T II E ST. PAUL GLOBE
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1891
We Aim to Bs Aoourata.
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BRANCH OFFICES:
Now York 10 Spruce St.
Waablnston Corcoran BuiHin?
Cli ion go. ..Room 609. Xo. 87 W nghington ijt
The Democratic State Ticket.
Governor JOHN LIND. Brown county
[Lieut. Gov J. M. BOWLER. Renvllle
Bee. State J. J. HEINRICH. Hennoplo
Trrasurer ALEX. M'KINXON, Polk
Auditor GEOROH V. LAMPHERE. Clay
Attorney General.. JOHN F. KELLY. Ramaer
Ork Supreme Ccurt.Z. H. AI'STIX, St. Lou ! »
Juries ITHOMAS CANTY. Hecr^pln
Supreme IDANIEL BUCK. Blue Earth
Court iWM. MITCHELL. Winona
HCNDAY'S WEATHEE.
Threatening; Coolor.
By th<^ United States Weather Bureau.
VTXNRSO3W— Threatenirg -weather end light
Bhowi rs: cooler; variable winds.
TH DAKOTA— Showers; cooler; varlabls
■w'nds.
BOUTH DAKOTA— Showers; cooler; var'.able
v!nd=.
lOWA— Fair In the morning, followed by
threatening weather and possibly severe
thunder p'orms, and cooler at night; sou b.- j
erly winds.
MONTANA— Threatening weather and show- j
<rs: cooler In eastern portion; northwest
erly winds.
WISCONSIN — Threatening weather, with j
pro.=p?rts of thunder ?qualls and rain Mon
di.v '!j>:hr; c ;o'er Tues.lay; light to fresh
couth to southwest winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
The Northwest.
8t P.iul c 4|K<3montcwi CO'
Puluth 74!Prlnco Albert 66
Huron ?• |Oalgary 64
Bismarck 81 Me-dlclne Hat 71
Wtlliston 71 Swirt Current 82 I
Havre S6 Ou'Appelle 70
Helena. 61 Winnipeg 72
I
Buffalo 74-7 i Montreal TO-76
Boston 76-?4 New Orleans W-90
Choveime «0-:-o|Xew York 76- s 2
en 76-82 Pittsburg SO-84
Cincinnati S4-SSI
YESTERDAY'S MKAiNS.
Barometer 29.96
Mean temperature 7S I
Relative humidity 76!
Wind at 8 p. m North j
Weather Cloudy
■Maximum temperature SS ]
Mirlmum temperature 67 |
r-aily range 21!
Amount of precipitation In last twenty
four hours 0 ]
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauge Change In
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 2.8 *0.1
La CroKse 10 2.0 0.0
•Rise. '
Xofe Paromcter corrected for temperature
and elevation. — P. F. Lyons, Observer.
ATLANTIC LINERS;
PHILADELPHIA— Arrived: Beigenland, Am
sterdam.
HAVRE— Arrived: La Bretagne. New York.
QUrcr.-NSTOW.N- Sailed: Lucanla, from Liv
erpool, New York.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
GRAND— Henderson Stock company In "Mag
da." 3:15 PM.
LOPOUTAN— Dark.
Yacht races. White Boar lake, 10 AM.
Barbers' union meets, labor headqnartei*,
evening.
Furrirs' union meets, labor headquarters,
even ins?.
Eotlermakers' union meets, labor headquar
ters, evening.
Travelers annhle to bnjr The St.
Paul Glob.- on any trnln entering
St. Fnul *vlll confer a favor on The
Globe company by promptly notify.
Ins them of ench instance.
Spain will enter the next Interna
tional race as a half rate.
Corporal Harris, of Duiuth, must
have been hunting round robins out of
■eason.
Nobody will dispute tr-at the greatest
pacificator of the Paciflo Is Admiral
George Dewey.
I'nolc Sam will now advance his vol
onteers to the position of private citl
rens for bravery in the field.
Tt may poem paradoxical, but the
men wbo are organizing 1 the new steel
combine ere not hard citizens.
Tt is in order now for Spain to send
Uncle Sam an engrossed resolution of
thanks for his humanity and gener-
CPity.
A Madrid r^per heads its war la
mert "Peace Without Fruits." What
did you expect? Spain didn't win any
fruits.
If we could cut the Philippines loose
from their present moorings and bring
them over within sight of San Fran
cisco, it would be mighty handy at this
Juncture.
Aug.,l2 Is likely to be quite a day
In American history. It was not only
the date of the ending nf the Hispano-
American war, but the date of the rais
ing of 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
ager gives it out that two or three of
his men have malaria. This malaria
is usually acquired over a bar.
If Sagaßta expects Indemnity for all
Spanish property, buildings, barracks
aiV. fortifications destroyed by Ameri
cans in Cuba, Porto Rico and elsewhere,
ha must be a silly old man who should
be in the hands of a guardian, Instead
of at the head of a cabinet.
The boys who stood before Mauser
bullets on San Juan hill, who sank the
Merrimac in Sawti-Jgo harbor, and who
stormed Manila are net the only he
roes of the war. The mother of a pri
vate in a Missouri regiment died, leav
ing three destitute children. This sol
dier boy cut 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 Bave the lit
tle fellows.
A Common Sense Plea.
The men "who volunteered to serve
their country, on the call of the presi
dent, last April, represented, in their
personality, some of the beat ele
ments of citizenship. None more than
themselves, and the constituencies from
which they were drawn, can fully ap
preciate the sacrifice Involved in every
individual case. The war Is practically
ended. There Is no more fighting to
be done. The volunteers went out to
fi.^Jit. They are, in their respective
line^ of occupation, business men. They
er.listecl for a service, defined, of course,
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 in not large, the volunteer
eiement ha.s a right to be heard In any
request they may make as to their dls
bandment when the dangers of war are
at an end. It is not only seneelesis, but
brutaJ on the part of the war depart
ment, to regard every expression made
by the citizen soldiery of the republio
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 caJl, recog
nize-s 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. Merrltt
to our war department, printed in yes
terday's Globe. The phrase, meas
ures the extent of the territory in tho
Philippines of which we have posses
sion. It is sufficient for a coaling sta
tion, dry docks, and an American col
ony, such as Senator Davis has de
scribed, and let us hope that it will ul
timately be conceded to cover all that
properly belongs to us to protect. "We
shall undoubtedly be compelled to lis
ten to much discussion over tha sig
nificance of the word "suburbs," if, In
deed, tbat Is the proper word, and not
Subig, which is the name of the bay
in that part of the Philippines.
• • •
Your land-grabbing expansionist who
conceals his real motives behind the
flag may be expected to declare that
| the entire Philippine group is compre
i hended in this simple Latin compound.
■ No matter if the lexicographer does
i declare that "a suburb ia an outlying
part of a city or, town; a part without
the city boundaries, but In the neigh
borhood of a city," he will not desist
I from his contention. Nor will he quit
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
I of the Philippines. He might, perhaps,
admit that even the most exaggerated
American humor would not stand for
any such statement as that Chicago,
St. Louis and Omaha are sirburba of
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 tha 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
nila. The demands of diplomacy were
unquestionably considered by both
these officers. They crossed no line
which will need to be abandoned, took
j 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 "been estimated that the mili
tary force required to hold and control
the Philippines wijl be not less than
30,000 men. Tha 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
to co-operatae with the land force,
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 AFTER 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,
30-million per year period. This is estl
n-.sted by Harper's Weekly as not le?<t
than $^0,000,000 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
e?. per.se will be proportional.
• » •
Look at the other side of the ledger
arfd see wllat would be gained by our
occupying the islands. Spain's net an
nual revenue has been $300,000, out of
a total 'taxation of $13,500,000. The ap
plication of honest methods to the col
lection of revenues. It Is estimated by
this same high authority, ought to re
sult in the United States netting an
nually about ?10,000,000 over the cost of
governmental administration, in peace
ful times. Deducting this from the
cost cf military pervice already refer
red to, there would etill be an an
nual expense of $20,000,000 to te pro
vided for by 'the American taxpayers,
for the trade figures give no hops for
relief fro-m 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 same year, for
these amounted to only $10,937,500.
• • •
One more step makes the reasoning
complete that from the trade point of
view the Philippines are likey to prcve
of little value to the United States.
THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE MONDAY AUGUST 22, IS9&
The statistics of our own Washington
bureau eiioW thifct for the flfical year
ended June 30, 1898, the value Of Amer
ican exptfrts to th* tbtlipplnes amouftt
•d to $127,804, and of OUT Imports
thence to $8,436,416. Bupftoea thaJt Un
der the beneficent Influence Off thf
American flag these Import* fehould
grow to ?5,000,000 annually, on which
the profit should b« a. mtllioh ah 4ft
quarter of dollam Would $20,000,000 &
year expense far a trade of onG-Quartar
that Bum be held to be a erood Yankee
dicker?
Th 6 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
fa urines sll Ike venture.
Will some of our Imperialist friends
alt still long enough to consider thesa
figures?
That Anglo-American Alliance.
Sir Charles W. Dllke, member of par
liament, discusses pointedly In the
September Pall Mall Magazine "An
Anglo-American Alliance." He eeea
little possibility of such an alliance,
either in the progress of events in Eu
rope or in the disposition of the lead
era of thought in the United States.
Mr. dike is recognized as one of the
far-seeing pulbWo men of Ms courutry.
Some of the reaisonis for his belief are
outlined In these words:
It Is atlil 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 feelinsr between
Ireland and Qreat Britain would be fatal to
the permanence even of the present haxmy
state of feeling between the two chief sec
tions of our race. It is certain that th«re
are many in this country, and some in tha
United States, who deny this and who rely
upon an anti-Irish feeling in the United
States; but those who well know Ihe United
States In all parts of their territory, and in
all classes of the community, are aware that
no permanent reliance could be placed upon
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 nrah
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 these various islands
might lead to the imposition of a protective
tarirf, 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. Tha
Americans becoming interested in the Paciflo
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 fleM of the future for the trade of the
United States, as for our own.
It may be assumed that the objections t»
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, euoh as the defense of India
— do not apply with enual force to the con.
elusion of a standing alliance with the United
States. Is there, however, much chance of
such a permanent alliance with the United I
I States being obtained? I confess that, as
matters stand, I should answer No! I have
seen no inclination expressed across the At
lantic by the responsible leaders of political
opinion pointing towards the conclusion 01
any instrument consecrating so start
ling a departure from the American policy
of the past.
There are two modes by which it is lust
possible that such an alliance might come
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 conclucion of the present war, and with
their annexations. But then no European
power is likely to be foolish enough to in
terfrro.
The other possibility is that some day there
Ehouid occur that of which there was some
slight sign last year— namely, the uprising
of moral feeling in the United States in some
question concerning the position of the weak,
and profoundly moving to the religious part
of the community. The Armenian messanres
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 ume 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.
Epistles to St. Paul.
"Speaking about ac'resses with children." |
remarked Matt Berry, who is to put on "Cuba" j
during fair week, "reminds me of the oddest j
j play that I ever saw. I think It was Leslie
J. Carter's play, but I've forgotten the name !
of it. In the first act the heroine was blown
up in a cyclone. In the second act she Is in
a shipwreck and the curtain comes in just a3
she is about to fall eff a raft In the third
act she falls onto the Chicago river and |
breaks a leg, and in the last act she is dls- I
covered in a blooming garden with no less
than two lovely children. What bothered me
was how she ever had Ume to relse 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 resu'.t of casting bread upon the waters.
A young man went to him a couple of weeks
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. Tha
preacher made a good fe'.low 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 ths house of the preacher wi'.h 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 the future had
panned out in promises he would liquidate.
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 tha
groom goes to the extent of being shy of tho
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 seme edd fingers were split in a bass 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'e "Magda." which
was given at the Grand last night, 1b at
"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 la
seldom that a stage story takes the hold
on a listener that this plain tale of German
Ufo dees. It is 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 ciulte
captivate the imagination if there wore no
actors to be considered. It tells the story
of a girl taken out of the e-r.vironment of a
provincial German town; hor 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 intensa
development of her nature that makes the
story of the play.
Miss Truax plays the title role. Alone and
almost unaided she makea a great perform
ance of tha play. As the many faces of her j
genius are unfolded Miss Truax become* the
more admirable. Aa Magda she gltes a peif
formancs totally unlike anything la which
she has teen seem. She oannot follow »t*go
traditions, for tha part has not bealt plaW
by &Peat Actresses. She makes mttofa of It
There ia ft eubtletr in her acting that ha»
not been developed before. Bht U the grand
dam* and the gentU and loving daUghte*
almost in the aarn* instant llir -work fU
artistic to an extent that could not fctfa been
expected, and the feu tha very spirit Of the
e&rt
The pUy was put on In auab ft manner
th»t It held tha flavor of petty gentility oi
the Gorman middle alas* All the w*y through.
It U full of that absorbing Interest that ftot
seaseq one in the reading ot a Gorman. «*v*l
of the beat type. The support to Mlsa Truax
waa good enough to carry the play. Mr.
Weston baa not the least oonoeptioa ot the
part of the father, and does not at all play
it The strength ot the worlt of Mlaa Truax
overshadowed the necessity for an imperson
ation of the part of the colonel, but it would
undoubtedly be a 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 ia full of possibilities and might
be made the character of the piece. Mr.
Fleming is utterly Inadequate to even a con
ception of what its possibilities are. The
rest of the company round out the story-
It Is a case where the play anß the one
oharacter make the whole. "Magda" is the
beat stage story that has been told on tha
boards in this town recently, and Mlae 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 1b tho only St. Paul paper pos
sessed of sufficient courage to tell the people
of Minnesota that the marble used In the new
capltol is disfigured by blue streaks and even
The Globe is trying to whitewash the
streaks. Minnesota atone, probably, wouldn't
feel at home, anyhow, in St Paul.—St Cloud
Journal-Press.
• • •
Editor of Winon* Dal'.y Herald: Enclosed
please find a little Eustls puff, samples of
which are being sent to certain Interior news
papers of the state, intended to counteract
tha growing eentiment, among old soldiers,
against the eleotlon of Mr. Eustls.
The "puffy puff" of Jerry J.'S in e> recent
issue of the "Minneapolis Journal, to the effect
tha* as many old soldiers were found wear
ing Eustis 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 Sarft.
The Eustis hired "strikers and b'.owers"
are endeavoring to stem the tide of oppose
tion against their candidate, which Is spread
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. Eustls
assumed toward the old veterans in Minne
apolis while mayor of this city, and tt will
not be soon forgotten.
No matter how many lieutenants Mr. Eustls
may send out to placate the soldier's voto,
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 tho
present one is presented. His enmity against
old soldiers has been so pronounced that they
would be moral cowards did they not aid In
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. b* he
Republican or Democrat, Is entitled to our
suffrage when that man has deliberately and
openly insultod old soldiers, both Individual
ly and collectively. — Anti-EusxUr Soldier.
• c c
Eustls is running the state campaign to suit
himself, but so far very little Interest is |
manifested. Somehow the party workers are
not crowding into th« 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 Eustls, but bis county
newspaper political fellows, are on the de
fensive. Even Editor Dare, of Elk River,
a member of the stat9 cantral committee, j
feels called upon to deny tfcat he said that
the nomination cost Mr. Eustls $20,000. He
claims the nearest he came to saying so
waa before the state convention and was as
follows: "It is estimated that the legiti
mate expenses of the two leading candidates
for governor up to the conve-nt:on were $20,
--000 apiece." This he claims was printed as
a "news item 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 the o!ty tho other evening, "Eddy
will never be eteoted to congreat again from
this district. His record of the past two
years h>as been one of inactivity and broken
promises. Two years ago I spent over $100
of my own good money and much valuable
time to help elect Mr. Eddy, and got it where
the ehlsken got the ax, while the- bars to the
pastures green, fresh and fair were let down
from th« other side, and the carpet baggers
these hungry pests that scour the country like
wandering Jews, were let In to feed on tha
fat offices, whil« the active workers were left
In the hl^hwayo to regale themselves with
thistles. I am a lfe-long Republican, and
shall always vote for the principles of ths
party, but Eddy will never get my vote, and
there are hundreds .iust like m« in this Sev
enth dls'trlct. Mr. Eddy will find after elec
tion that his own hand lifted th* cover a>nd
lie, In his coffin will lie— dead, pol tically.—
Crookston People's Press.
• • •
William Watts resigned as attorney for the
Northern Pacific Railroad company in order
that he might not be accused of betng a
corporation lawyer ra his fight for Judgo. It
!s 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 defeat In the mean
t'me his political manager, R. J. Montague,
acts as the attorney for the road. The" ques
tion that presents tteeif is, w h«re will Mr
Wetbs be, wMh reference to this corporation
In «vent of his election ?— Crookston Press.
Her Rlvnl.
He says I am his sunshine —
But— such hypocrites men ar»—
Whenever I am with him
He lights an old cigar.
— Detroit Free Press.
A Meatr Suggestion.
"We have esten salt pork lon* enough,'*
shouts Editor Randall, of the Cushlng (Okla
homa) Herald: "give us a butcher shop in
this town." Why not run one in connection
with the Herald sanctum?— Chicago Tlmea
-1 Herald.
Sasacloni Spaniard*.
| The Spaniards are disposed to make Chris-
I topher Columbu3 the scapegoat of the war.
Well, as Chris won't mind It. and suoh an
arrangement v.ill let some present-day states
men out of unpleasant holes, It seems the
easiest way out.— Washington Post
PHYSICAL, RECORD.
One Will Be Made for Eirery Man In
the Army.
WASHINGTON, Aug. a.— The war
department to to inaugurate a policy
of physical examination of soldiers,
both In the volunteer and regular army
service whep the/tro-opa are disbanded.
A record of ths> physical condition of
every man In th» army will be kept
upon file in the department for future
reference. This idea will be of great
value in the determination of pension
ctjffes, whlcfc may arise in the future
It will not only preclude the perpetra
tion of fraud upon the pension bureau
but will greatly facilitate the work of
the bureau In the future, and the hunt
ing up of old records and other re
quisites to tiecurl-ng a pension will be
obviated. In future years when a man
applies for a. pension for injuries re
ceived In battle or from debilitation aa
the result of disease contracted in Cu
ba .or in camp, it will be a compara
tively easy task to hunt up his record
and a. t K v ertaln not only the condition
In which he entered the sorvioe, but
the state of physique in which he quit
ted the army. President McKlnley 1b
impressed with the idea and has given
it his sanction.
Winter En Route.
ST. JOHN'S M. P., Aug. a.-Mr Jame«
Winter, premier of Newfoundland left to
night for North Sjidney, en rout* to Quebeo
Ito "'t^nrt the international conference there
[aaxt fwk,
PAT IT, SAYS GEN. BEND
ST. PAUL SHOTTLD EAISE THE
AEMORY DEBT
TU» city should Do m aiueix tor
tfc« Thirteenth Regiment mm CM
oa«fo U Doln* t otr Her Soldier*—
A N«*T Bulldln*, AbU to Jle»i«t
▲ttaolc, Should Be Erected for the
Mm.
Tb« letter from "A Red Cro«i Mem
ber," calling 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 la 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.
it" 1 h . eartll y approve of the 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 82 cents, and debts to the
amount of ?1,200. All the money that
can be collected before Jan. 1 will be
ceedied to pay the semi-annual Interest
on the mortgage, which amount* to
$240, and will fall due In October. In
November or December I must pay
$280 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.
Th _en 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 its day, but that wag 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 Ramsay lent next to the pres
ent building and erect a new armory
there, la excellent The cost would be
within the means of the people of
this city, and It would be a good in
vestment. An armory should be so de
eigned that a force of a very few men
ecu!d r.old it against 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,
I and then, if possible, build a new
armory for the four St Paul com*
panics."
SALARIES OP RECEIVERS.
AorrespoHtlsnt Think? C Some of Them
Get a Deal Too Much.
To Tht St. Paul CHobet
On the 25th of October last Th« Olcbe
published a communication of tho writer on
I the subject of "Salaries of Receivers," and
editorially commented on It as "Th« Right
Idea," and one "now generally accepted and
upon which the courts will act hereafter al
most universally." With fine discrimination,
The Globe drew the distinction between
the building up and successfully carrying on
I a busines-3 and merely winding up the affairs
of an insolvent one. It a^so said:
"We think that the courts everywhere are
now Inclined to do strict Justice and be
worthy of their name In limiting the com
pensation of receivers to a fair amount • •
• W« do not beMeve that there exists any
cause for such apprehension for the future
as our correspondent expresses, • • • and
we believe that the reform which he advo
j cates is a.read/ practically accomplished."
I But later events proved that The Globe
I and Its correspondent were mistaken In be.
| llevlng that tha courts would limit "receiv
j ore* salaries to a fair amount," for only a
j few weeks ago one of our courts allowed
William, H. Lightner, one of the two receiv
ers of the late Bank of Minnesota, J9.0C0 for
, services for ISD7, and to Receiver Frank A.
| Seymour $7,5P0 for the same year's service.
j The published announcement of this proceed
j ing also stated that Mr. Lightner had served
: as attorney for the- receivers (he himself be
| ing one) in the adjustment of complicated
matters, and was therefore a:iow«d $1,500
more than his fellow receiver. There Is a
vein of deMeious artlessness in this last an
| nouncement that would be highly amusing
if the whole business bad not a very serious
side. The public supposed an( i had been as
sured that Mr. Dightner was chosen a oo
reeeiver because one of the two ought to be
"skilled in the law," and that this combina
| tion of law and business would round out
| the Judicial management of this broken bank
so that there would be no necessity to creata
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 ttls sensible
way, Che at'orneyshlp 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 salary should be provided for. Does
not a simple statement of this matter show
It to be a shameless raid upon the asse:s?
And what of the court that ordered It!
Worse still. If possible: Why are two re
ceivers at these very high salaries continued
indefinitely? There ia not a bxnker or trood !
business man in St. Paul who dots not know !
that one is enough; that the c jnt'nuapce of ;
two year after year is a "private snap" pen- I
sioned upon the unsquandered remnant of de
positors' money. Tha writer of th\s has htard '
several of our most respectable and eminent
barm officers and others say that there was
no need for two, and that the salaries a lowed
them were so high as to challenge pubiio
indignation. Not a judge In Minnesota, in
cluding the United States judge 3. geis a
salary much, if at all in ex.-erg of half the
sum allowed to each of these reo'-ivers Gov
ernors, state officers, federal judges, sena
tors, congressmen, and cabinet officers ore
salaried at leas than these two receivers
The late comptroller of the currency, James
H. Eckels, replying to a recent letter asklrir
what salaries were paid to receivers of failed
national banks, ta:d:
"The salary of a recalver Is fixed by the
comptroller of the currency, and depends" alto
gether UDon th 9 size of the failed bank and
the nature of the trust to b9 v.-ound up7*Th*
average salary paid receivers Is about $2 GOO
for the first year's service."
Would it not have been wiser and leas sug
gestive of scandal, to have allowed the old
bank management to -absorb" all of its
unfortunate creOitons' money in their own
way, than to have this sad lesson of Judicial
warrant for absorbing it in the form of
salaries and feea to fortunatas, not to say
favorites? It is notorious that the little work
dally spared from cycling and other business
and professional duties of tho two reoeivera
is mainly clerical, and hence not In dis
tressing need of such high-priced clerks. It
is also notorious tbat hundreds of the vic
timized depositors of that looted bank are
men aDd women of email means a numb r cf
whom had their little all niched from them,
la it any wonder that poor Burke committed
suicide becauso "Daweon had robbed him "
when he saw the meager remnant of tho bark
assets being swallowed up in receivership
salaries at the sum of |1G,500 a year? l!e
--celvers are not blamable for taking siu-h
salaries as the courts allow but la It certl
nent, to ask, In the word* of Tha Globe
whether the ,-ourt in this casa was "inclind
to do strict justice and be worthy of Us
name In .imiting the compensation of re
ceiver* to a fair amount.?' I a it pertinent to
ask how locg the puW'o £ B j;se shall be
mocked not to say scandalized by auoh as
saults upon public virtue as this business ate
closas? It is sane to say Out thero to not
a Ju«t mind in St. Paul that would not
fa*l a sense of relief, and of hope for th«
future administration of <nw. If one of th<-.j«
receivers was discharged, and the other's
"compensation limited to a fiir amount," as
The Globe puts It. It la now going on two
years (twenty months) since this double
headed and double-salaried receivership mi
i
pensioned upon what's left of that raylshe*
bank. How long? — M. 0. Woudrutf.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. IT.
MATTBJJ OP 05.000,000 BUSHELS.
Corresponded Who Thinks Wheat Esti
mates Much Too Hlffb.
To The Bt Paul Globe |
The dally j*p6r« of St. Paul and Minne
apolis no dotttrt Injure the farmers and the
business interest* of the Btate In giving pub
licity to the claims of interested parties of
an unusual and Immense large crop of wheat,
which Is claimed 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 pacers claim from
80,000,000 to 100,000,000 bushels of wheat for
Minnesota alone; from 85,000,000 to 45.000,000
for South Dakota, and from 65,0C0,000 to
78,000,000 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 cents
per buahel at points In the wostern part of
this state. It would be well It you would
give the proof and produce figures, say tor
the past three years, bow many acres were
sown to wheat In 1886, "97 and '98, and the
yield per acre In '96 and '9T. Wo should have
the simple facts for this year as to Hie
acreage, If known, from which farmers can
draw their own conclusions, and not take
opinions ready made.
The crops are, in th» eastern part of the
state, very good, but it would take a reck
less man to make the yield of wheat vio r e
than eighteen bushels on the average — prob- |
a*bly fifteen t» sixteen bushels will be the
result. The western part of the state, from
Information received, will not average above
twelve bushels. The acreage cannot show
four million acres for IS9B. Thd eastern
coimlitfc In South Dakota are certainly cot
better than In "Western Minnesota, and it has
been reported by responsible men that ihe
James river valley In that state will only
yield six bushels ol wheat per acre, and
the acreage rrobably does not exceed three
million aces.
North Dakota claims a large crop, but prob
ably does not excel Minnesota, as no doubt
hail has ruined many fields.
I have gathered the following figures from
United States and other reports: The second*
largest wheat crop in the United States, from
IS7B to 1886, was raised in the year 1892, be
ing 515,949,000 bushels, an average of 13.4 per
acre. Ths largest (In 1S91) was 6H.75.0.000
bushels, an average of 15.8 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 ot wheat in Minnesota was leas than
9 bushels,, as against 11.4 bushele of the
United States.
Minnesota In 1892 reports 3,552,626 acreage
In wheat and a yield of 71,210,000 bushels.
South Dakota in 1802 reports 2,^41 348 acre
age in wheat and a yield of 31,767,000 bushels.
North Dakota in 1892 reports 2,3C5,729 acre
age in wheat and a yield of 34,998,000 busheis.
'.Minnesota in 1893 only raised 30,586,040 bush
els of wheat.
Making due allowance for changes from
barley to wheat in the eastern part of the
state and increasing new tillage and more
pasture and corn !n tfhs western part, 1 be
lieve thait 'Minnesota may yield this year 65,
--000,000 bushels of wheat; South Dakota not
to excel 25,000,000, and North Dakota, If as
good as claimed, 45,000,000, or a total of 125 -
000,000 bushels m these three states for IS9B—
only a trifling 96,000,000 less than claimed toy
the elevator men. — O. B.
DEFEAT FOR ENGLAND.
Blr. Cambon'i Choice a Victory for
French Diplomacy.
PARIS, Aug. 21.— The Marid cor
respondent of the Paris Matin tele
graphs that Sir H. Drummond-Wolff,
the British ambassador at Madrid, did
hig best to perform the duty which
M. Carribon 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 Carnbon
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 MeKinley, 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.
But 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 the 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 la not unanimity, however, In
the hue and cry against Great Britain.
One of the editorials in Happel advises
M. Delcasse to cultivate the friendship
of England. But the tone of the
French press unquestionably la still
that the Spanish-American 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
Xcw Ambassador.
LONDON, Aug. 21. — The question of
Ambassador Kay'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 fean-B, 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 ambassadorship Is
peculiarly unfortunate at the present
moment. It te, perhaps, not presump
tuous to point out ona solution of the
dilemma which would meet the ap
proval of diplomatists who are friend
ly to the United 'States. This lg, 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 aible to ex
ecute Mr. Hay's policy, still under Mr.
Hay's direction as secretary of state,
than a new man.
It should be said plainly that the two
candidates most freely mentioned In
the cable dispatches fall to corr-mancl
the respeot and coruftdence of London
diplomatic circles which the American
ambassador should enjoy.
SIHERIAN HORRORS.
Thirty-One of 110 Prisoners Die
From Suffocation While en Route.
BERLIN, Aug. 21.— The Berliner as
serts today that, during a recent voy
age of the Siberian convict ship An
gara, from Tien, Siberian, to Tomsk,
capital of the government of the same
name on the Tom, Siberian, western
side, thirty-one out of 110 prisoners
died from suffocation and overcrowd
ing.
Women Clerks Increasing;.
The number of female clerks In the United
Stales has quadrupled within the last twen-
I ty-flve years.
MINNE'S FAIR A LEADER
ITS POSITION 18 EECOGNIZED
THE NATION OVEE
Live Stoclc AMoclaHcn, Offer Prize,
for the Exhibit, at Hamllne, and
There I. a Lively Interest Abroad
In Other Department* of ihe
Northwest. Leadin, Exposition
Thin Year.
The preparations tor the Minnesota
state fair, which la to come off Sept.
5 to 10, are going on rapidly, and Sec
retary Randall and his whole force of
assistants are the busiest men on earth
at , VVr J^sent time. The reputation
established Dy recent Minnesota state
fairs has secured the confidence of ex
hibitors all over the country, and the
National live stock association
supplementing the society's premiums
by others of the* 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 $100
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
P i. a &reat exhibition, well worthy
of their careful study. Other depart
ments are In an equally thrifty condi
tion. It is certain that the exnosltion
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
interest. The building is lerga, but not
large enough for present demands, and
the superintednent is in a quandary
to tell what shall b« done with th«
overflow.
The horticultural exhibit also prom
ise* to be large. The grand sweep
stakes prize of $100, offered by the J. W.
Thomas company, of 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 l>e full of interest also. Thli
is especially true of the county ex- •
hibits. A number of counties have al
ready engaged space, end other appli
cations are coming in. The society of
fers $1,200 in cash for the couroty ex
hibits, to be pro-a?ated 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 Increase*
the interest and will add much to th»
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 grain*
and vegetables. The growth indicated
in the live stock, 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 1 machine manu
facturers will b« well represented.
Manufacturers in other lines are alßo
engaging space, and It is certain that
the machinery exhibit will be far be
yond any similar exhibit before seen
on the grounds. In fact, there la Im
provement and advancement in all de
partments, and this year's state fair
visitors will find a rich treat in store
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,
the finest and best ever offered at any
fair in the state. The daily exhibition
and mlie pacing races of the five first
"Guidelese "Wonders" will be worth a
long Journey to see, and this race Is
extra, having nothing to do with the
regular race programme of the after
noons, except to fill In the Interval*
between heats. Then there are the
Japanese day fire works, a novelty
about which little la known yet, but
which are said to t* very curious and
entertaining. These will t>e sent up ev
ery afternoon.
The prospect of attendance Is fine.
As lowa has no state fair this year.
excursion trains have already been ar
ranged from Dcs Moines 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 ABE PLOTTING.
Prospects of Bloodshed in the South
ern Section of Yncnlan.
MERIDIA, Tucatan, Aug. 21.— Newt
from the southern part of the Island,
Is to the effect that the rebel Indiana
are taking extraordinary measures to
prevent Information regarding their
conditions and state of military prep
aration reaching the whites. Any In
dian suspected of betraying tribal se
crets is promptly condemned. Several
engineers, who have tried to penetrate
the wilderness where the Indians are
most numerous, have never returned.
With them were a number of Chinese
traders and Turkish merchants. Tha
Indiana trade actively with British col
onists of the Island, but will give them
no information regarding their num
ber and military strength. Felip Acke,
who was their chief, has recently had
to flee for his life with his family, the
Indiana becoming suspicious of his
wishing to maka peace. It is probable
the government will undertake a vig
orous campaign to bring them under
control.
QUEEN'S QIEER GIFT.
Her Majesty Will Part With a Dia
mond .liiM'.i'.- Offering
LONDON, Aug. 21. — The approaching
coronation of Holland's young queen
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
p.uite, will represent the queen. It was
announced several weeks p.go that
Queen Victoria's gift to the young
queen would be a magnificent Indian
bracelet, set with diamonds and rubles
of the first water. The public was
somewhat surprised when the fact
leaked out that the bracelet Is one ot ■
the diamond jubilee gifts presented to
Victoria by ona of the Indian prince*
CATHOLIC CELEBRATION.
American Finns the Featnre of the
Great Parade.
MILWAUKEE, Wls.. Aug. 21— The
convention of German Ronu.n Catlhoiio
Central societies w.is formally opened
In this city today.
A monster parade waa he!d this aft
ernoon. In which every German Cath
olic society in Milwaukee and all of the
delegates lo the CemtraJ Union and
Catholic Germain Young People's eod9
ties took part. The parade wai mr.d»
up of eleven divisions, each society
carrying its banner. The mo?t rfistino
tive feature of the procession was the
large number of American flags whioa
were carried by the different societies.
It is estimated 10,000 persons nmrdMd
in the parade.
The day closed with a concert at the .
Alharribra theater tonight.
Gloves.
Among the Anglo-Saxons In the geveatk
century men wore gloves, while women cot
ered their hand* with their sleevea.