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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1898.
Assosiated Prass News.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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Daily and Sunday.. .50c 2• < £ f-00
Sunday 15c .75 1.50
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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Pally only j. J 5c $1 . 50 $3.00
Daily and Sunday.. .35c 2.00 4-00
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j 7 5 1.00
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BRANCH OFFICES.
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Chicago Room Goi>, No. 87 Washington St
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKETS.
STATE.
Governor JOHN LIND, Brown county
Lieut. Gov J. M. BOWLER, Renville
J. J. HEINRICH. Hennepln
Treasurer ALEX. M'KINNON. Polk
Auditor GEORGE K. LAMPHERE, Clay
Attorney General. .JOHN F. KELLY, Ramsey
Clerk Sup. Court.... Z. H. AUSTIN, St. Louis
Judges THOMAS CANTY, Honnepin
Supr.me „ DANIEL BUCK, Blue Earth
Court W.M. MITCHELL, Wlnona
FOR tOXUUESS.
First District MILO WHITE
Second District D. H. EVANS
Third District CHARLES G. 11IXD3
Fourth District JOHN W. WILLIS
Fifth District T. J. CATON
Sixth District CHARLES A. TOWNE
th District P. M. RINGDAL
Ii \MSEY COUNTY.
Judge of District Court. .GEORGE L. BUNN
c of District Cour:. JAMES C. MICHAEL
Clerk of District Court. .. .JAMES A. MEADE
v Auditor WILLIAM PLATTE
County Treasurer ANTON vMIESEN
County Sheriff JOHN WAGENER
Register of Deeds VICTOR C. GILMAN
County Attorney HERMAN OPPENHEIM
Judge of Probate Court... JOHN CAVAXAGH
act Clerk FRANK J. ELLES
Coroner OREN S. PINE
County Surveyor J. B. IRVINE
County Supt. of Schools. .. .JOHN A. HOGAN
County Commissioners —
WILLIAM BROWN. CHARLES KARTAK,
D. J. SULLIVAN, CHARLES REIF,
CHAS. M'CARRON. OSCAR TANKENOFF,
RAMSEY COIXTY LEGISLATIVE.
Senators —
Thirty-third District. .EDWARD PETERSON
Thirty-fourth District R. S. M'NAMEE
Thirty-fifth District JOHN H. IVES
Thirty-sixth District. .. .JOHN E. STRYKER
Thirty-seventh District F. H. ELLERBE
Representatives—
First Ward WILLIAM JOHNSON
Second Ward CHARLES LEIDMAN
Third Ward HENRY W. CORY
F. urth Ward JOHN J. O'CONNOR
Fifth Ward J. Q. JUENEMANN
Sixth Ward A. L. GRAVES
Seventh Ward LOUIS I). WILKES
Eighth, West Part GEORGE F. UMLAND
Eighth-Ninth, S. Side W. B. HENNESSY
Eighth-.\i:;th. N. Side.. THOMAS F. MARTIN
:. Country.... A. KNOWLTON
THURSDAY'S WEATHER.
Fair; Warmer.
„p>' l , h * t' nittd States Weather Bureau.
MINNESOTA— Fair; warmer; variable winds
Iv; 1 ; 1 . 1 '. 1 ;-. rruth> uth - lOWA— Fair; variable winds]
iv?VnV;VV^ Fa ' r: warmer; southerly winds.
WISCONSIN— Fair; warmer in Northwest
r>°»™^;> light vp #iable winds. NORTH
DAKOTA- hair; warmer; variable wind 3
becoming south. SOUTH DAKOTA— Fair'
warmer; variable winds, becoming south '
ESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES — St
Io aU U-- 4 i'- ; 1)ululh . 4 - Huron; 44; Bismarck!
4l: Wi.hsm, 32; Havre, 22; Helena, 46; Ed
in .in, in, 40; P.attleford. 42; Prince Albert 40-
Medicine Hat. 42; Swift Current, 40- Qu'Ap
pehe, 30; Minnedosa. 34; Winnipeg 42
YESTERDAY'S MEANS— Barometer' 30 36
--mean temperature, 44; relative humidity 60 :
wind at 8 p. m., northwest; weather, partly
cloudy; maximum temperature, 50; minimum
temperature, 88; daily range, 12; amount of
precipitation in last 'twenty-four hours, 0.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
B . . Danger Gauge Change In
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
? l - P- Ul 14 2.8 0.0
La Crosse 10 i.c *o 2
Davenport 15 0.8 o'o
St. Louis 30 4.7 — o!3
•Rise. —Fall.
Note— Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
Who cut the cable to Bear island?
Matt Quay appears to have married
Pennsylvania for her money.
Now what is to be done to keep Sa
gasta and Corbett before the public?
At any rate Columbus didn't play
the part of "bones" in the old Santa
Mafia Minstrel company.
Th- railroad being- constructed in
Alaska look? more like one of Mr.
Rusie's "spirals" than an air line.
The Chicago Inter Ocea<n says "Illi
nois is afloat." Heaven save the old
craft with John R. Tanner in the pilot
house.
Pennsylvania appears to be edging
around to the point of trying one more
clean feet of state officers of The Pat
tison stripe.
Chauncey M. Depew has kissed a
girl of sixteen. Lieut. Hobson, drop
that ship-raising- business and come
home at once.
The Republican* elected about the : r
! number of state officers in
Georgia. They gr>t none two years ago
and nit this time.
It must bring tears to the eyes of
the builders of Spanish battleships.
The latter's destiny is always the same
place— lhe bottom of the sea.
Nearly 95 per cent of the Democrats
of Kentucky registered as plain Demo
cra*B. That's the kind of Democrats
which wins battles. Hurrah for the
Kentuckiacs!
The nephew of a peer has killed him
self in St. Louis. He had no sooner
seen the city than he regretted that he
Had over Leen born, went to a hotel
and committed suicide.
A Springfield, 111., girl eloped with an
other fellow early on the morning on
which she was to be married. The
young men will find out later which
of them was the lucky fellow.
The Kansas man who had cut in
stone a traveling bag ■with the inscrip
tion ' Here is where he stopped last,"
over a dead boy who was something
of a rover, made humor a grave issue.
President McKinley Is talking of re
viving the grade of vice admiral and
advancing De-wey to the position. This
won't do at all. Make a new title, boss
of all admirals, and give that to Devey.
Fitzhugh Lee is getting his head dis
tinctly above the presidential horizon.
He went to a New York theater on
Tuesday night and got so much ap
plause that he almost broke up the
show.
There is a fellow out in Kansas who
will bear watching by Mr. Mulhatton.
He telegraphs a Chicago paper that
the sun was obscured there by butter
flies on the 3d of October. It is pre
sumed that after he witnessed the phe
nomenon he went into his domicile and
had a piece of strawberry shortcake
with himself.
Nationalism In Its True Sense.
The British-American conference at
Quebec is attracting some attention to
itself on account of the persistency
with which Canadians are endeavoring
to protect their own industries against
those of the United States. It seems
remarkable that in this age, and in the
light of all past history, this idea of
protection, as applied to the economic
and industrial elements of national life,
should continue to have advocates in a
conference which has so much to do
with a neighborly interestV)f the kind
which exists between Canada and this
country. There is a geographical line
dividing the United States from the
British possessions on the north, but it
is an arbitrary line, after all. The in
terests of the population of the north
ern and southern sections of North
America are identical.
There have been frequent allusions
during the past few months to the con
dition of "isolation" of the United
States with respect to the commerce of
the world; and these comments have
been associated with the theory that
everything we gobbled in our war with
Spain was property that should be con
served for the benefit of the nation,
without regard to reason or conscience
or common honesty.
The United States of America occu
pies a profoundly interesting position
with respect to the interests of the
world at large. We are at the close
of the nineteenth century of the Chris
tian era. No other nation that ever
existed possessed the resources and the
facilities for transportation which this
nation possesses today. Students of
both ancient and modern history
must stand almost overawed when they
contemplate the enormous possibilities
of this section of the North American
continent. And what does it all mean?
Centuries have rolled themselves to
gether into cycles since human ingenui
ty began to beat a pathway for com
merce over the circumference of the
earth. The United States, as a nation,
has had an existence of a little more
than one century of all this period, and
still the spirit of isolation which domi
nated prosperous communities in the old
world and brought them finally to ab
solute destruction exists among our
people today.
Returning to the Canadian confer
ence we find that, after all, those who
control British interests on this side of
the Atlantic are about as selfish as we
ourselves are. A proposition was made
by our representatives for free trade
between Canada and the United States
for lumber. It was opposed, and big
interests came forward protesting
against It fiom Canadian lumbermen.
This really seems to be the depth of sil
liness. With all the forests of the United
States denuded of timber and with
magnificent growths existing within
the Canadian boundaries, why should
the Canadian dealer object to free trade
between these countries in that com
modity?
The thoughtful, practical people of
the United States, whose lives are de
voted to the upbuilding of its indus
trial worth, must realize the fact that
the time has come when this great
country must perform its part in the
distribution of its products throughout
the entire world. It is not necessary,
in this connection, to review the his
tory of the Republican party in its as
sociation with the spirit of protection
to home industries which has domi
nated the policy of the past. Located
In northern latitudes, between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans, and thor
oughly planted and imbedded with
everything which can contribute to ma
terial production, this country has not
its equal on earth. It seems, almost,
that it was a preserve instituted by the
Almighty for the rounding out of the
great work designed at the period of
creation.
We have had much in the way of
twaddle in the press, and in the pulpit
in regard to "manifest destiny." These
words have been used as a sort of ex
cuse for the policy of brigandage which
seems to have seized upon this people
and the government. May it not be
well to suggest that the "manifest
destiny" of the United States is to at
tend strictly to business; to conduct
that business after the most common
sense and honest fashion, and in a man
ner which shall afford the freest inter
course among the nations of the world,
with as few impediments as possible.
Snuff Out His Candle
The candidacy of Frederick C. Ste
ven?, on the Republican ticket for con
gressman is a piece of that same ma
chine politics which The Globe has
pointed out as existing in Ramsey
county in the Republican organization.
The people of this city are being made
to pay for his campaign to practically
the same extent as in th^ county cam
paign. The difference between the con
vention that nominated Mr. Stevens and
that which was held in Market hall two
weeks ago was only in so far as it af-
f i c-U d different territory. It was es
sentially a convention of officeholders.
The Ramsey county delegation included
practically all of the county employes
whose names were given as partici
pants in the county convention. The del
egations from other counties were made
up of postmasters and other federal ap
pointees. Mr. Stevens was renominated
as any other man would have been who
had control of the machinery. He
holds the place In trust for Ed. Rogers
and will give it up when Mr. Rogers
gets around to accepUthe nomination.
Mr. Stevens cannot be said to have
earned the nomination. He has a record
locally that would not bear inspection,
and which would prevent his reniomina
tion if the rank and file of the Republi
cans had been called upon to make a
choice of a candidate. The convention
called to nominate him was located at
a point so distant from St. Paul that
protests could not be heard, let alone
be made by the general public. They
did not dare to hold the convention in
St. Paul on account of the local feeling
for it has yet been forgotten by
the people that Stevens and Blckel
managed the affairs of the Minnesota
Savings bank. A couple of thousand
depositors with shortened purses and
long memories might have taken a
hand in the convention had It been held
in St. Paul — and that would have em
barassed Mr. Stevens' friends.
Mr. Stevens was not renominated for
his services in congress. He accom
plished practically nothing during his
term. He voted aye on party measures,
but was otherwise a cipher in the
house. He is being boomed locally be
cause the public is supposed to know
nothing about the methods of securing
appropriations for public works, and
he is credited by his party press with
having secured afi additional appro-
THE ST. PAUI, GLOBE— THURSDAY — OCTOBER 6, 1893.
priation for the new federal building.
It will occur to most people that what
he would have done if he had any in
fluence would hiave been to secure the
means for completing- the federal build
ing, and then providing for an enlarge
ment of the structure. This commu
nity is getting tired of having the Re
publican congressional platform point
with pride to the federal building.. It
begins to look as though the building
was originally started, and is now car
ried along for the sole purpose of be
ing used as a foundation for resolu
tions on which Republican conventions
can go before the public. Isn't it about
time to retire Mr. Stevens from the
public gaze?
For t»io Good* of St. Paul.
The Schubert club is a musical or
ganization which deserves the fullest
consideration at the hands of the people
of St. Paul. The public library is an
institution entitled to far more generous
attention than it has ever yet received
from the citizens of St. Paul. A propo
sition has been made whose immediate
purpose is to furnish a series of musi
cal entertainments, such as this city
has never been privileged to enjoy, ana
whose ultimate object is the promotion
of the fund for the welfare of the pub
lic library. It has gone so far — indeed,
the contracts, which involve no incon
siderable sums of money, have already
been signed — that it could not be aban
doned without positive harm to the
reputation of the city.
In a communication to The Globe,
which will be found in another column,
Mr. Richards Gordon gives expression
to the apprehension that the proposed
library concerts will to some degree
injuriously affect the programme of en
tertainments in process of construction
by the Schubert club. We apprehend
that nothing could be farther from the
thoughts of those who are Interested
in the library entertainments than the
idea of injuring the Schubert club.
Is this not a situation where the
greatest benefit can be conferred upon
St. Paul by a union of interests and
the adoption of that plan which prom
ises to bring hither some of the most
famous artists of the musical world?
Minneapolis ought no longer to be the
mecca of the musical public of St. Paul.
The opportunity certainly seems to be
presented for this city to establish its
own status as an artistic center, ana
so public spirited a citizen as Mr. Gor
don cannot, upon further reflection, fail
to realize that fact. That which prom
ises to promote the best interests of
St. Paul will, we are confident, receive
his most cordial support, and that,
meaming as it must the co-operation of
the Schubert club, assures the success
of this particular plan for helping the
public library fund.
The spirit of the enlargement of
commerce has recently taken hold of
the Philadelphia board of trade. This
body has adopted resolutions urging
congress to consider, at the approach
ing session, what action is needed to
restore to the United States the ocean
carrying trade In vessels sailing under
the American flag.
The Eustis Catechism.
Q. "Was William Henry a director of
the Guarantee Loan company in 1891?
A. He was.
Q. Was he a member of the commit
tee of the board of directors of that
Institution which, was appointed to in
vestigate the charges made by John H
Burke against Louis Menage, presi
dent?
A. He was.
Q. Did that committee whitewash
Menage?
A. It did.
Q. How much did Menage swindle
the people out of through the Guarantee
Loan?
A. About $9,000,000.
Q. How much of the total had
Menage got away with up to the ti?ne
of the alleged investigation, by the di
rectors?
A. About $3,000,000.
Q. Which had William Henry rather
talk about, the war or the Guarantee
Loan?
A. He cannot remember any farther
back than the Hispano -American war.
Epistles to St. Paul.
Trilby O'Shaughnessy is a goat In the
Shaughnesisy family in Stillwater, as tha Phil
istine has already told. That is to say, sl:e
has been owned by the Shaughnc«sy family.
There are other goats in Stillwater, and the
Shaughnessy family is not, perhaps, especial
ly partial to Trilby, who has admirtr3 out
side of pathological circ'.es.
They say that a well-knokn S.illwater citi
zen went down to view the Shaughnes-sy herd
the other day, and when he went home seize!
the scissors and amputated his chin adorn
ment.
Some of the family Inquired why ha was
dispossessing the hirsute adornment of ha'.f a
century.
"Well," he said, "they were pretty g:od
whiskers in their time. But when Shaugh
neisy's goats can have as good, I'm through
•with these, Eee7"
And the scissors took~Tinother mournful
swish through the venerable beard.
* * *
Thoy wore talking politics— being in the
court house they could not very well talk
anything else — and one of them made the re
mark:
"I believe that Billy Johnson will win out
by the way he'll run in the First ward."
"How do you figure it?" asked the other.
"Well, I understand that Oscar Sandell and
Harry Sundberg are sitting up nights with
Billy teaching him a few words of Swedish
and for the rest they are using his name.
Sam Anderson told me two years ago that he
almost dropped dead the night of election
when he heard from the First. "When he was
told that he was elected he said: 'I never
paid any attention to it before, but now I
know that my name is my most valuable
asset. And just to think that they were vot
ing for a blue-skinned Yankee and never sus
pected it.' From this time until the votes
are counted Billy Johnson won't admit that
there is a 'J' or a 'g' in the language."
• • •
Speaking of Johnson is a reminder of a
queer fact stated In the directory. There are
a lot of queer facts in that same volume. The
queerest relates to a young woman named
Johnson, whose vocation and address art
given: Patient, city hospital.
Dramatic and Musical.
METROPOLITAN.
The Wilbur Opera company presented
"Olivette" to a fair-sized audience at the
Metropolitan last night; a delightful per
formance of the popular old opera was given,
Miss Manola in the title role carrying off
the honors of the evening. Comedian Kohnle,
as Ccquellcot, was in his element, and
kept the audience In a good humor through
out the performance; Charles Huntingdon
was a bluff Captain de Merrimac, and MIS 3
Hattie Richardson, as the Countess, displayed
the versatility that has won her many friends
during the Wilburs' engagement in this -city.
The opera was well staged and handsomely
costumed, and was itt- every iesject thorough
ly enjoyable.
Tonight the Wilburs will present "The
Grand Duchxs^-"
THE MINNESOTA PRESS.
The wife of Sanator C. K. Davis was held
ap on a train the other day, and Mrs. Da
vis, reaching into a satchel, pulled out a re
volver, compelling the robber to Jump out
of the window of the swiftly moving train.
But why the wife of a United States peace
commissioner carries a gun in her satchel
has not yet b(*en satisfactorily explained.—
Wlnona Daily Herald.
* • • *
Le Sueur, as well as Henderson, ought to
f&el pro-.a of the fact that E. L. Welch has
been nominated for state senator on the Dem
ocratic ticket in Sibley county. He will prove
a winning candidate and a capable senator.—
Lo Sueur Sentinel.
The grain buyers complain of the severity
of the inspection and assert that wheat is
often dropped a grade for trifling reasons.
Much which would have gone number one,
two years ago, now barely goes number two
— Arnboy Herald.
Mr. White is in every way worthy of this
nomination (the congressional), and is en
tirely competent to fill the high office for
which he is named. He has served two
terms in congress, and whils there he secur
ed the passage of the oleomargarine law,
which has saved to the farmers of Minnesota
thousands upon thousands of dollars on th«-lr
butter product. Instead of working for the
pine land anl lumber rings and voting a tax
for their pockets of $2 a thousand upon all
the lumber people are compelled to purchase,
he put the bosu B butter rascals in a straight
Jacket and made them label their stuff at
Just what it is. Instead of upholding rings
and combines In robbing the masses he ex
posed them and their methods. He Is an hon
est, fearless opponent of every wrong wher
ever and whenever it appears.— Waseca Her
ald.
CHURCHES AND THEIR WORK.
The national convention of the Woman'!
Christian Temperance union, which will be
held In the People's church, St. Paul, Nov.
11 to 16. is a ra i Iy of onQ of the g 4 ndeg j
organizations the world has ever known. The
influence of the W. C. T. U. Is felt In all
parts of the world, uniting the women of
every nation. Their number in St. Paul is
comparatively small, and It is customary
for the city where the convention is held to
entertain delegates free of charge. It is ex
pected that about 500 will be in attendance,
besides many visitors, who will pay for their
entertainment.
A call has been made to the churches to
help in this work. The large churches have
been asked to entertain twenty, and the
smaller ones ten, delegates. It will repay any
one who can open his home to these women.
These women of national reputation will m
spire as they come with the message laid
upon their hearts by God, in the conflict with
the enemy of their home. Any persona in or
out of the church who have not been visited
by a sornmittea and would entertain one or
more delgates. will kindly send their names
and addresses tp the chairman of the enter
tainment committee, Mrs. C. L. Webber 1729
Minnehaha street, St. Paul.
The members of St. Peter Claver's Catholic
church, colored, gave a reception to Arch
bishop Ireland at the church, Aurora and
Farrington avenues, last evening. S. E.
Hardy presided, and introduced the arch
bishop, who spoke of the advance of the
colored race and of his interest in it. He
eulogized the colored race for its loyalty to
American institutions and government, He
spoke of the Twenty-fifth colored infantry and
the colored cavalry regiments in the late war
in Cuba, and said their courage was another
evidence of their bravery and devotion to
their country.
Addresses were delivered by F. L. Magee,
Father Lawler, Father Gleason, Father Car
roll apd Father Printon, pastor of the church.
There was also music by Charles Miller and
Mrs. Stanton. The church was crowded with
colored residents of the city irrespective of
FOR DEMOCRATS TO PONDER.
Editorial Extracts from Minneapolis Times.
There is something very pathetic in con
templating the progressive stages by which
the Democratic party has ceased to be Dem
ocratic in all but its name.
With its restoration to power, through the
accidental election of Cleveland in ISB4, its
career of usefulness and distinction came
practically to an end.
It could not bear success and power.
Twenty-five years of compulsory exile from
the seat of authority taught it nothing. The
spoils of victory made it drunk.
It lost reason, conscience, dignity and self
Is the Times entitled longer to your sup
UNIVERSITY PINE LANDS.
Handsome Perpetual Endowment if
Administered on Forestry Prin
ciples.
To The St. Paul Globe.
A golden opportunity is at hand for the
state university of Minnesota to raise its
rank in science quite a little. It is a chauca
which the regents of the univeraity have of
setting apart an important area of pine tim
ber land as a demonstration forest f:r use
of the school of forestry connected with the
agricultural college and experiment station.
In general the university lar.d3 must be sold
by the land commissioner (state auditor), a3
other lands which were granted to the stat3
by the United States for educational purposes
are sold; but there were certain ©lit spring
lands belonging to the university which were
left in the exclusive control of the regeUs of
the university. Some of the^e salt sprin?
lands a number of years ago were r elinqui*.i
ed to «cttle>s who had made improvement?
upon them, and in lieu thereof the Unit d
States secretary of the interior has lately
certified to the state upwards of three thou
sand acres of valuable lands, dca'gnat d as
university salt springs Indemnity land..^Thta
important acquisition was acozmp .shed
through the long continued indofatigab.e c -
forts of Mr. W. P. Jewett. public land ex
pert, as agent of the regents of the univer
sity \bout 2.5C0 acres of the lands are in
township 63, range 16, and lying mostly on
the north shore of Venailllon lake, and about
1000 are situated in township 61, range 14;
all being in SL Louis county, and distant
only from ten to fifteen miles from the city
° Going from Tower on a steamboat I vi-ited
the most of these lands ihat are situated in
township 63, range 16, In the latter part of
September; their surface Is undulating; much
of the soil is only a few lnche 3 deep, rest
ing on granite or trap rock, sometimes in
solid ledge, in some places In broken plece»
-a soil favorable for forest growth, but un
suited for agriculture. There are areas of
wholly white pine, of wholly Norway pine,
the two mixed f and again both sort* mixed
with hard wood. The pine trees vary from a
foot to two feet and upwards in diameter,
and the more mature pines are about 100
years old and some are over 100 feet in
height The pine will average all the way
from 100,000 feet to 400,000 feet on forty acres;
there is also much young pine and the sit
uation is favorable for protection against fire
and theft.
If the pine on thie tend should ba ho a to
the highest bidder and lumbered in the usual
way the proceeds would amount to several
thousand dollars; but the timber would be
cut clean, It would be liable be burned
over the chances for reproduction of forest
would be very poor, and, wcrss than a:l, the
thin coat of soil over much of the area would
be washed away and nothing left but a des-.rt
of naked rock. If. on the other hand, it
should be placed under the charge of the ex
periment station for the practice of the school
of forestry, it could in the end be made to
yield a hundred-fold more revenue t> tie
university. In such case the maia: m a: of
The prospects for a complete Democratic
victory this fall never looked better. It
therefore behooves every Democrat to lend
a helping hand in the successful move. Every
man on the ticket from governor to county
commissioner Is competent to fill the office
to which he aspires, and is In every way
worthy of your suppbrt. — Montgomery Mes
eencer.
The blind staggera seemed to have struck
the Republican party of Minnesota. Wake
up, central committee.— Anoka Union (Rep.).
Now that Col. Huidekoper's professional
card has been dug up by an enterprising
newspaper man, in which ho offers to give
"long-haired dogs" a bath for $1, "medicated
baths special," the charges that have been
made against him are being more generally
believed. Even some of the editors who
couldn't give up their postofflces to fight will
begin to bellevo that there is some founda
tion for the charges of incompetency, even
If the administration which gave them a
stamp llcker's license was responsible for
the staff appointments. — Princeton Union
(Rep.).
Hon. John Llnd Is 'the "Honest John" he
is reported to be, and that is why the peo
ple will vote tor him and make him gover
nor. You cannot vote for a man more hon
est, upright, able and better a statesman
than John Lind. Whait more do you want?
Does his opponent come up to this mark; we
hardly think so.— Fulda Free Press.
• • ♦
When Wm. Henry Eustis gets out and
circulates a little among the people of this
great state he will begin to fully realize
that his candidacy for governor has been
badly frost-bitten.— Mille Lacs County Times
(Ind.).
creed, who recognize In Archbishop Ireland
one of their warmest friends in the North
west
The annual reception at the Deaconess'
home was given yesterday, and was attended
by some 150 people from both cities. Pre
vious to the reception the annual meeting of
the Deaconess' Homo association was held
and the reports of officers read. There have
been $2,400 raised during the year. There
is an indebtedness remaining of $1,600 on a
mortgage and a floating debt of $800. The
following officers were re-elected:
President, Bishop Gilbert; vice president,
Mrs. M. E. Hall; warden, Rev. C. A. Haupt;
treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Stronge; secretary,
Mrs A. R. Oolvin. The rooms had been beau
tifully decorated with palms and roses for the
reception. The guests were received by Mr 3.
L. L. May, Mr 3. Davies, Mrs. C. J. Edwards,
Mrs, F. L. Chapman, Mrs. Joseph Stronge,
Mrs. A. R. Colvin, Mrs. M. C. Hale, Mrs. W.
C. Kent, Miss J. A. Pease.
There was a large delegation present from
St. Clement's church, and Mrs. Clark and
Miss"Folds were among the Minneapolis guests.
From St. Paul were Rev. Mr. Ten Broeck,
Rev. Mr. Dray, Rev. Mr. Haupt, Mrs. Bar
low, Mrs. Osborne, Mrs. Hale, Miss Olearman,
Miss Eleanor Chapman, Mrs. Oliver Crosby,
Mrs. M. P. Martin, Miss Kate Clearman, Mrs.
John Warne. This was the third annual re
ception. There are eight students in the
home.
At the meeting of the Sunday School insti
tute held last evening in Christ church.
Bishop Gilbert was re-elected president, to
gether with the following officers: First' vice
president, Rev. E. Dray; second vice presi
dent. Rev. Harvey Officer; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Yates.
Programme Committee— Rev. G. H. Ten
Broeck, W. S. Gillien, Rev. C. E. Haupt, Miss
Mary Sloen.
A paper was read on the "Teacher's Re
lation to the Scholar Apart From the Sunday
School Hour." It was decided by a vote of
14 to 7 to hold meetings every month instead
of four times a year, as has been tried during
the last year. A rally will be held Oot. 16 at
3 o'clock in Christ church.
respect in the possession of a little brief
authority, and in 1896 abandoned its ancient
principles and traditions.
The old Democratic party is dead It has
been dying for several years. It is long s nee
it appealed to any patriotic sentiment or
commanded popular confidence. It has not
in forty years represented any sentiment that
worked for progress. A small remnant of the
party remained true to the old faith two
years ago, but even they have now succumbed
to what they were wont to characterize as the
forces of repudiation and dishonor.
The Times has not undertaken, nor does
it intend to undertake, the defense of the
Democratic party or of its officials
ort?.
the land, briefly stated, would ba this- The
school of forestry, at the head of which is
Prof. Green, author of a valuable manual of
forestry and an instructor well grounded in
the theory and practice of forestry wou'd
survey and mnp the land, clear such lanes
as are necessary for fire breaks, estimate and
record the amount of timber on each subdi
vision, mark and count trees that ought to
be cut in the first decade, take steps to havo
them sold at the best market, keep ac -irate
accounts of sales and proceeds, make esti
mates of future yields, take care of th 9
young growth, plant young trees where th r*
is need of planting— in a word, to manage th>
forest on forestry principles, so as to secure
a sustained and perpetual fe.enue and in a
way that in all details could at any time
stand the teat of rigid toepectoD by any dis
interested forest expert. In this way fehe
students at the school of forestry which
forms a part of the university, would beoom*
proficient In the practice as well as thethe"
ory of forestry; and the State University of
Minnesota would out-rank all ether univer
sities except Cornell in this country in this
important science which is so rapidly comin
to the front The happy thing about this i 3
that the land can be set apart by the re
gents of the university without additional leg
islation. •
The state of New York organized a core™
of forestry the present year at Cornell unl
vrrsity and made provision for ee'tinjr anar
-80.000 acre, in the AdlrondacS as a den^n
stratlon forest for ita use and management.
ci „ '"£• c » Andrews.
St. Paul. Oct. 6, IS9B.
Why the Sky Is Bine.
Did it *ver strike you to inquire why the
oloudless depths of sky above us are so del
icately blue? It isn't that the gas we call
air is in itself blue, go far as wo know
it is quite transparent and absolutely oolcr
les«. No; the blue comos from reflected light
Air is never pure; you couldn't live in It
if it were. Countless millio D Bof tiny parti
cles, chiefly of water, are always suspended
in it, and these arrest the free -passage of
light. Each particle has a double reflection
—one internal, the other externa'— and to th»
reflected rays suffer the usual result of what
is called "interference," and bhow color
You will notice that the sky appear much
bluer if you look straight up than if you
look across toward the horizon. The reaon
is that, in the first instance, you are natur
ally looking through a much thinner layer of
air than in the second.
If there were no air, and consequently no
watery vapor, and nothing to interfere with
the free passage of light, even at midday the
sky above would look perfectly black, and all
the stars plainer than they do now at mid
night. — Boston Herald.
"Doss" and "Liars" in Pennsylva
nia.
Senator Quay called ex-Congressman Sow
den "a dog" and "a liar" for asserting j n
public debate that he (Quay) through his
heelers trafficked in public effl.-es. The argu
mentative power of an epithet is not very
tfrcnt. but it i 3 the, best Quay ha* in bis
s>.cp.— Pittsbure Post.
NO FAULT TO FIND
GENS. WHEELER AND BOYNTON
SAY THE CAMPS WERE
EL.YSIAN BOWERS
ARRANGEMENTS PERFECT
Water, According? to Gen. Doynton,
AY«« u» Pure as Crystal— Admits
Three Hundred Carloads of Beer
Were Sold at Chlcltainaaga-
Hundreds of Cases of Typhoid,
but That Did Not Alarm Him.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.— Gen. Wheel
er completed his testimony before the
was investigation committee today, and
wae followed by Gen. H. V. Boynton,
who was still on the stand when the
day's session closed. Gen. Wheeler in
today's statement dealt entirely with
the condition of Camp Wikoff, and Gen-
Boynton's with those at Camp Thomas,
where he is now in command. Gen.
Boynton described in detail the pro
visions for supplying the Georgia camp
with water, and told many interesting
facts abouf the locations of troops, and
about the precautions taken to care for
and provide for them where sickness
existed. The men wasted more food
than was consumed during the Civil
War during the siege of Chattanooga,
and he eulogized the services of the
war department throughout.
Gen. Wheeler said he had seen a
statement from Dr. E. R. Smith to the
effect that the drinking water was con
taminated. He had an examination
made, not only by the surgeons, but
by Col. Smart, an expert, and they had
informed him that the water was pure.
He considered the water supply ade
quate and pure, and that the water
was well distributed. He admitted that
at first there was a scarcity of clean
bed linen for typhoid and other pa
tients. He had courted the closest in
spection from visitors, and had invited
correspondents to inspect the hospitals
and interview the men with a view of
having their wants relieved, if they had
any.
GEN. BOYNTON TESTIFIES.
Gen. H. V. Boynton took the stand
in the afternoon. Gen. Boynton in his
capacity as chairman of the park com
mission, had 'been familiar with the
park for eight years, and said to Gen.
Beaver that it had always been con
sidered one of the most healthy spots
in the country. There had been few
deaths in the park force, and never a
case of typhoid fever, though 300 men
had been employed at one time on the
roads. Out of 2,300 men employed in
the park at various times there had only
been seven deaths and none from ty
phoid fever.
He had examined the statistics for
the census year 1890, and had found
that in the two counties in which the
park is situated there had been only
twelve cases of typhoid fever. There
were three sources for the water sup
ply. The first of these is a number of
springs, the second the river and the
third artisian wells. There are now
t ft rty-six of these, and there were nine
when the camp site was selected. Tne
springs, so far as he knew, were Inex
haustible and only one of them had
been exhausted during the occupancy
of the camp by the troops. The wells
were also apparently inexhaustible. In
addition to these 2,200,000 gallons were
pumped every twenty-four hours from
the river, and this water distributed
through the camp by means of pipes.
The river water supply was not desig
nated originally for drinking purposes,
but for cooking.
HIGH-GRADE WATEIR.
Gen. Boynton said that there was
plenty of water and of good quality
for the samples had been brought in
from the springs four or five miles out.
This was done because of suspicions
of surgeons in the camp. When the
men became sick the surgeons insisted
on going away from the camp for
water, and this was done, notwith
standing the analysis showed the
water to be pure. He said there were
no sinks nearer the wells than 200 feet.
The site of the camp was on clay, and
the wells were drilled through solid
rock. It was, therefore, impossible for
them to be polluted from the sinks.
In response to an inquiry from Capt.
Howell, he said the only typhoid fever
in the camp was brought in from the
outside.
Typhoid fever in the camp did not
excite serious attention until about the
middle of July, when the cases aver
aged about two per 1,000. It afterwards
increased until there were about 400
cases among the 50,000 men. He said
he had given especial attention to the
hospital of the second division of the
Third corps, as it had received the spp
cial attack of the able and influential
sensational press. He had found that
out of 2,426 cases in this hospital there
had been only 276 cases of typhoid. The
fever had, in all cases, been of a mild
character. At one time after measles
broke out in the camp, the hospitals
were crowded, though he did not think
such had been the case at any other
time. Practically all the sickness was
among volunteers. The regulars were
not sick. Asked if eagh regiment had
a sutler Gen. Boynton replied:
"They had something worse than a
sutler, each one had a cant&en."
CARLOADS OF BEER.
He said that 372 cars-loads of beer
had been sold in the camp.
Capt. Howell asked about whisky
sales, and Gen. Boynton replied that it
had been found difficult to entirely cut
out the very sharp moonshiners from
Capt. Howell's state. It was also a
fact thiat Chattanooga was a splendid
town, but the saloons were open day
and night, while on Sunday they were
"closed on the outside and open on the
inside."
Gen. Boynton spoke in especial com
mendation of the Young Mens' Chris
tian association tents, which, he said,
were the best things in the .service. On j
the other hand he condemned the out
side drinking houses where he said
much slop was sold that was worse
than whisky. He remarked in this
connection that Gov. Atkinson, and the
Georgia authorities had 00-operated
with the military authorities in the
most exemplary manner to suppress
these institutions. He also said there
wias n>o lack of transporation especially
in coming in. All arrived in Pullman
cars or in day coaches, It was not as
it was in the Civil war when the box
car was good enough. Most of the
complaints were, he said, from the
typhoid fever patients, who were of
course kept on low rations as a medi
cal precaution. There was never any
shortage of rations, the newspaper
statements to the contrary notwith
standing.
Gen. Boynton Will continue his testi
mony tomorrow.
MR. ALGER'S REPLY.
It Will Be Snbmltted to the Com
mission Promptly.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— Secretary Alger
and Adjt. Gen. Corbin had a long conference
with the president today, at which the secre
tary submitted his report on the que3t!ons
asked him by the war investigation coinoits
slon. The detailed answers were thoroughly
dscussed and will be promptly trarßinlttcd to
the commission.
HONORS FOR DEWEY.
Grade of Admiral May Be Con
ferred Upon Him.
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.— The administration
will recommend to congress the revival of the
grade of admiral, and tho promotion to that
rank of Rear Admiral George Dewey. now in
command of the Asiatic station. Secretary
Long made this positive announcement today
, at , he lntend ed to recommend that the grade
of admiral be revived, and that that rank be
conferred on Rear Admiral Dewey. The pres
ident indorses the secretary.
Minneapolis Banki,
WASHINGTON. Oct. s.— Controller Daweg
prnrtH. Bave out abstract of reports of tho
Xon Vf B o£ nation *< ba°ks in Minneap
?l» iQ7 X^ ept - 20 - Jt 6how * to t a l resources ot
liOMft i»i : * DS and d 'scounts amounting to
«W7ra> i« aUd ,S eserve t0 $4,875,252, of which
»ffij wfh The deposits aggregated
SIM per'ctnt aV6rage reserve beld wa *
Northwewt Pennlons.
Left .' * 6 - South Dakota- WldowT Minors o
Josiah Brown, Wessington, $20. Alinors oI
THESE ARE AFTER PARDONS
ANOTHER LARGE BATCH OF AP
PLICANTS FOR CLEMENCY
State Board Will Consider the
Ca*e», Two of Which Are of
Local Men.
The state board of pardons will meet
on Monday, when it will consider the
usual quarterly batch of applications
for executive clemensy. Twenty-one
are on the calendar for the October
meeting. None of the cases are of spe
cial interest, with perhaps one or two
exceptions. George Washington, a col
ored man convicted of the murder of
Officer O'Connell in 1883, seeks pardon.
iJr. J. F. Johnson, who was sent up
three years ago for performing a crim
inal operation on Clara B.rgh, also asks
ror executive clemency. Both are local
cases. The other cases are as follows:
T D^ er o I ? a^L mith ' of Ram£ ey county, convicted
♦ v ' ' ° Brand larceny and sentenced
to the state prison for ten years. Robbed a
man at a hotel on Seventh street in St Paul
of |20 and some clothing.
Mary Horrigan, of Hennepln county con
victed June 15, 1898, of grand larceny first
degree and sentenced to state prison for one
y ? a £ J^ hG waa accu3ed of the embezzlement
of $1,000 of the funds of the Woman's Aux
iliary, G. A. R., Department of Minnesota,
while treasurer thereof.
r Llly ,. Gree °- o£ Ramsey county, convicted
June 16, 1897, of assault, second degree and
sentenced to state prison for four years.'
a m ;. more> Henne Pin county, convicted
April 14, 1898, of grand larceny, second de
gree, sentenced to state prison on the re
formatory plan.
John Crett, of Steams county, sentenced
June 19, ISB7, to the state prison for thirty
years for the crime of rape.
Ellis Loomis, of Murray county, convicted
Dec. 19, 1897, of the crime of rape and sen
tenced to state prison for three and one
half years.
Jacob Sherman, of Steams county, sentenced
Dec. 12, 1895, for burglary, third degree, to
state prison for five years. This Is his sec
ond attempt to secure pardon. He has served
several terms in prison, and is regarded as
a professional criminal.
William Schultz, of Polk county, sentenced
June 8, 1897, for four years and ten months,
of the crime of grand larceny, first degree.
He stole two horses and a buggy from the
stable of Robert Dennis at Grand Forks.
John Harrison, of Ramsey county convicted
March 21, 1898, of assault, second degree; sen
tenced to state prison for one and one-half
years.
George Whiting, Jr., of Fillmore -county
convicted Nov. 15, 1597, of assault, second de
gree, and sentenced to state prison for two
years and five months. He assaulted an of
ficer who was about to arrest him and was
intoxicated at the time.
Jchn W. Standfeldt, of Hennepin county,
convicted of carnal knowledge of a female
child; sentenced to fifteen years. He claims
to be innocent of the crime.
Daniel Machen, of Crow Wing county, con
victed of forgery, first degree, and sentenced
to state prison for six years. He is In a
precarious condition of health, suffering from
consumption.
Frank Heidman, of Otter Tail county, con
victed in justice court at New York Mills,
May 29, 1898, of assault, third degree, and
sentenced 'to Otter Tail county jail for ninety
days.
Just Miller, of Wabasha county, convicted
Nov. 12, 1898, of graijd larceny, first degree,
sentenced to state prison for two and one
half years.
Orla Wales, of Hennepln county, convicted
of grand larceny, second degree, and sen
tenced to sta:e prison for five years. Claims
to be irresponsible fcr his acts on account
of an injury received in the head from a
kick of a horse.
James Fahey, of Sib'.ey county, convicted
Dec. 8, 1896, of manslaughter, second degree,
and sentenced to state prison for ten years.
He killed Lewis Basel at a oounty picnic In
Sibley county July 4, 1896, by striking him
on the head.
Roswell D. Rice, of Brown county, con
victed Jan. 10. 1898, of the crime of grand
larceny, first degree, and sentenced to stale
prison for five years and four months. He
stole two loads of wheat from a farmer near
Madella. A former epptficar.ion was consid
ered April 11, 1898, and denied, without preju
dice.
Mrs. Nellie Parker, convicted June 4, 1808.
of carnal knowledge, sentenced to state prison
on the reformatory plan.
James Welch, of Hennepin county, convict
ed April 22, 1898, of burglary, third degree,
and sentenced to the si'ate reformatory. He
assisted in breaking into a store at Minne
apolis in the night time.
Jchn St. Alban. of Ramsey county, con
victed March 22, 1897, of grand larceny, seo
ond degree, and sentenced to sate prison for
three years. A former application was con
sidered and denied.
Thomas Sydney, of St. Louis county, con»
vlcted Sept. 27, 1897, of assault, second de
gree, and sentenced to state prison for three
years.
MUSIC AND THE LIBRARY.
Mr. Richards Gordon Discvssea tho
Plan of Mr. Felrthanaer.
To The St. Paul Globe:
Referring to the scheme of Mr. Feldhaiiser,
outlined in your issue of today, the writer
believes the intention Is In the right direc
tion, but resp3ctfully suggests the propriety
of due consideration on the part of its author
and ind:rsers as to whether this scheme. If
carried out. may not materially Injure the
cause of music in this city without any
certain benefit to the cause which Mr. Feld
hauser has so enthusiastically t spoused.
The Schubert club, a most worthy and,
successful organization, has existed in this
city for ten years, and from small beginnings
has attained a recognized place among insti
tutions which make for progress i:i tlia
capital city. Its influence has at all times
been educational in a mast effective d?gr.e,
and the writer believes that it has been the
most potent factor in the advancement of tha
cause of music that has ever existed among
us.
It seems unnecessary to more than allude
to Its great value and importance, whi h have
been so long and favorably recognized by
this community, and taking this for granted
I respectfully request Mr. Feldhau*er to
pause and consider what the effect of tha
prosecution of his scheme would be upon tha
fortunes of the Schubert club. The writer
believes that it would be most disastrous,
and that Mr. Feldhauser, thinking only of
the librpry fund, has not give l it the con
sideration it deserves. The Schubert elul
is already In the field with increiasd energy
and resources. A chorus of 150 to MO vo!ce»-
has been organized, and three choral and
orchestral concerts, assisted by thre? of tb«
artists mentioned by Mr. Feldhauser, and two
recitals by Rosenthal and the KneUel quar
tette are projected in addition to the regular
recitals of the club (sixteen afternoon and
throe evening recitals).
The writer disclaims any Intention inimi
cal to the library scheme, but feels it a duty
to the cause of muslo and the musioal inter
ests of this community, to briefly \,r mat th«j
subject to all concerned as it a:p.ar3 to
him, in the hope that so worthy an organiza
tion as the Schubert club may net ba
strangled by inconsiderate, if well meaning,
competition. — Richards Gordon.
St. Paul. Oct. 5.
Minneapolis Jn»t Fnll of Thieves.
Scarcely a day passes that some vi.-itor in
town Is not held up and robbed and it la a
singular coincidence that all Umm victims
pave the way for their misfortunes by fre
quenting the lowest dives In the "tender
loin" district. For the man from the coun
try who keeps away from disreputable re
sorts and attends to his own business thera
is no safer or more ugrteible town In the
country to visit than Minneapolis.—Minne
apolis Tribune.
He Him, He la.
Wo feel authorized, to say that Jtt£g Van
Wyck has Paid hid Taxes and id unquestion
ably Eligible.— Brooklju Eagle.