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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1898.
Associated Press News.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Carrier - HT mo I 6 mos 11* mo*
Billy only j- 40 c $1 .25 | 4 . 0 0
Dally and Sunday..!. 60c -.J; 5• ° 2
Sunday j. 1S o .7o I.SO
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Mall It mo I 6 moa I ** mo *
Diily cnly j. 26c H-B0 * > • • 0
Daily and Sunday.. j. 85c I. 00 4.00
Eunday I J 5 1. SJ
Weekly 1 75 I 1.00
Entered at Postoffice at St. Paul. Minn., aa
Second-Class Matter. Address all communl
•a tions and make all Remittancea payable to
tt!E OLOBE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota.——
Anonymous communications not noticed. Re
jected manuEcripts will not be returned un
less accompanied by postage.
BRANCH OFFICES.
flew York 10 Spruce St
Chlcnoro Room 609. No. 87 Washington St
MONDAYS WEATHER.
Snow Flunks.
By the United States Weather Bureau—
MINNESOTA — Snow flurries; fresh east
winds. WISCONSIN — Snow; warmer; in
creasing southeast winds. IOWA — Warmer,
with rain or snow; southeast winds. NORTH
DAKOTA— Snow flurries; warmer; variable
Winds. SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA
— Snow flurries; variable winds. MONTANA
rally fair; west to southwest winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES — St.
Paul, 20; Duluth, 22; Huron, 32; Biunarek,
22; Willistcn. 8; Havre, 40; Helena, 28; Ed
monton, 24; Battleford, 20; Prince Albert. 12;
Ce/.gary. 32; Swift Current. 28; Qu'Appelle.
12; Miniudosa, 10; Winnipeg. 14.
Buffalo. 24-2«; Boston, 24-30; Cheyenne, 34
--4"; Chicago, 22-2H; Cincinnati, 30-36; Mon
treal, IMC; Nashville. 36-3 C; New Orleans.
4. 14; Ne* York, 28-28; Pittsburg, 28-32.
YESTERDAY'S MEANS— Barometer, :5"U.:
mean temperature, 12; relative humidity. 66;
wind at H p. in . southeast; weather, cloudy;
maximum temperature, 24: minimum temper
ature. — 1; daily range, 25; amount of pre
cipitation 'rain and melted snow) fn last
twenty-four hours, 0.
Noti -Barometer corrected fcr temperature
and elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.
World's Pathway of Commerce.
The ('• 1 0 1) c this morning begins the
[•oblicatlon of a series of five chapters
on the subject of the world's pathway
of commerce.
The world's trade is one of the most
interesting subjects that can attract
the attention of mankind. Out of this
great development of product and of
intercourse between different peoples
the wealth ;iix! the civilization of the
world has been piled up. It should
feot t>e taken for granted, however, that
the profits have all passed into the
pockets of .i f<-w. This suggestion is
made, by the way, because so many
people fall to understand how far the
progress of the world is due to Intel
lectual genius. This is the quality
T\hiih directs labor, nnd it is In a very
large degree tbat the profits of great
enterprises are directed immediately to
the man who works with his hands in
the transportation of articles of manu
facture and merchandise rather than
Into tin- pockets of the man or men, or
Combinations of men, who render such
employment possible.
The several chapters which will ap
pear in The Globe during the com
ing week ought to be carefully read
not only by the merchant, but by the
laborer, who has allotted to him so
great a part in the world's productive
ness, lt will be noticed by a careful
reading of this history, lv abstract,
tbat it has been by the turning of
money values and by the concentration
of individual industries that the great
fabric has been builded and by the
progressive spirit, or. it may be said,
the ever prevailing desire to accom
pMsh a little more than bas been ac
complished before, that the circuit of
the earth by the bond of commerce has
approached so nearly to completion.
Hut that which will, or ought to most
positively impress the people of this
latitude is the fact that during a pe
riod of, we will say, :.,000 years the
■piril of trade has been constantly
directed to the point where the sun
weni down in the twilight of the even
ing, .lust why the thoughts of men
for centuries past have always tended
to pursue this march „f daylight until
its termination. In search of newer
fields for enterprise, cannot be explain
ed. The fact remains tbat out of old
Asia, from its western side through
Tyro and Bldon, througtt Babylon and
Nineveh, onward through the Italian
republics and Egypt, and out through
the gates of Gibraltar, ever turning to
the westward, the progress Of the w.irld
ha- been carried on. In all this system
of Inspired researcti the broad ex
panse of fathomless waters has at no
moment deterred the splendid idea of
exploration. Out of this inspiration
came the discovery of America by Co
lumbus, and through this tremendous
development of the purposes of the Al
mlgtity our own nation came into ex
istence. Upon the eastern shores of
this continent, religious liberty
as applied to all sects found a
resting place when driven from old
world persecution. Within a little more
than two centuries of time, by this
same dominant sentiment of right to
think according to the riR-ht that is
given by the moral inst mot known as
conscience, a great scope of territory
has been traversed, until. On the shores
of the Pacific, the Qoddess of Liberty
and the angel of religious progress
stand together as guides of civilisa
tion, to penetrate the eastern shores of
Asia and extend to the immense imp
utations of that country the enlight
enment which has accumulated
through the work of the representa
tives of trade who began their labors
as a benighted race on the shores of
Phoenicia l*6M years ago.
The object of Christopher Columbus
in his v >yage westward was to discov
er the northwest paaaaci to India. As
we look ba<k upon all the exploits of
earlier endeavor we can detect a great
deal of delusion in the master of the
*r>. Hut it must be remembered that
the light of knowledge had not fallen
u_Mn those pioneers of the fifteenth
century so fully as it has been reveal
thoso of the nineteenth century,
under the influence of scientific dis
covery. The northwest passace was
undoubtedly a most fascinating illu
sion to the mariners of the time of Co
lumbus. It is remarkable, however,
bow truly they clung to that idea. The
discovery of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
led explorers up the river carrying
that name, to Lake Ontario, thence to
Lake Brie, to Lake Huron and to the
Junction of those maKiiiflcent ex
panses of water. Lake Michigan and
Superior, at the straits. Previously
certain explorers had been led to be
lli \v that Hudson's bay was really the
sea which led to an outlet to India, but
the men Who followed the courses of
the lakes came more nearly into the
line of Providential guidance.
The bead » f Lake Sui e;ior represents
a point nearly half way across the con
tinent. During the p:ist thirty years
the ,; world has been amazed
vi the progress displayed in the out
lining of the true northwestern pas
sage. Systems of tran p .rta*ion have
grown uo to monsters of power by
means of their development and as a
re.-ult of scientific discovery applying
during the past century' steam and
electricity to motive power to an ex
tent undreamed of by the visionaries
of the time of Columbus or of Sir Wal
ter Raleigh. Already the progressive
spirit of this young republic has linked
the Atlantic with the Pacific. From
the head waters of Lake Superior two
great transcontinental lines stretch
themselves to the Oregon and Colum
bia rivers, and to the shores which
look out upon the Orient. In this
very center of St. Paul these same two
lines of transportation have their ter
mini. The world's commercial enter
i piise has encompassed, through the in
genuity of man, the entire circuit of
the globe, and the northwest passage
has been located in its outlines as a
part of our own territory, but in a
wholly different manner from that in
which the determination was originally
i expected to have re.su l ted.
The articles referred to have a local
interest, therefore, to all people in Min
nesota, and beyond on the line of the
Lewis and Clarke explorations imme
diately after and in fact pending the
Louisiana purchase by Thomas Jeffer
son in 1803. They are offered to the
j people of the Northwest aa a subject
for careful study in connection with
i the development of this great terri
tory during the past fifty years.
Mr. Dearth's Views.
In the interview with Insurance Com
i missioner Dearth, printed elsewhere in
j these columns, is food for reflection,
j especially by the fraternal societies.
• Mr. Dearth's concern for this class of
associations, composed, as they are, en
tirely of Minnesota citizens, is natural
and proper. Whatever affects them af
fects the welfare of the state in more
r< spects than one. They must realize
tbat they have in the present commis
sioner a wise counselor and friend, who
will protect their interests to the ut
termost.
Upon the subject of insurance gen
eially Mr. Dearth can truly be said to
| have a strong grasp — and it is a sub
ject not easily mastered or even well
understood by many insurance coxn
i mlssioners of the Union, and he has
devoted his entire time and attention
!to those matters committed to his
j charge by the state. That he was re
cently honored by being selected pres
j ident of the national body of insurance
j commissioners is a high tribute to his
j intelligence and no small compliment,
j by the way, to the state of Minnesota.
! His is a case where the man fits the
j office, for he has discharged Its duties
, conscientiously and well. The con
j servative sentiment of the state has
| bet n fully reflected in his acts, and the
| state itself enjoys a higher standing
j abroad In consequence; and when to
| these facts are added those valuable
j elements of strength, a clean record
| and the respect and confidence of th^
I fraternal societies and the old line in>
! surance companies, the possessor, in
deed, occupies a position well nigh im
pregnable as a public servant.
Secretary Long's Report.
The report of Secretary of the Navy
Long very appropriately rehearses the
history of the Cuban war just closed.
It is valuable in that lt seems to make
I clear many points which were in dis-
I putation with respect to the operations
j of the fleet of the United States pre
liminary to the location of the Span
ish admiral, Cervetu, within the little
bay of Santiago.
The controversy between Admiral
i Sampson and Admiral Schley has l>een
J the most unpleasant feature of the
: naval op. rations in the Caribbean sea.
j The country was treated by Admiral
Sampson to his own report, which em
bodied the cold statements of facts as
presented to him by the officers in com
j mand of the several vessels under his
: direction. Admiral Schley made no
! contention for specific honors in con
: nectlon with the battle at Santiago.
! nor did Admiral Sampson accord to
' him any special distinction beyond that
nf the commander of the Brooklyn,
i which followed the Cristobal Colon and
eventually sank that Spanish man
. ot-WmX with the aid of the Oregon, un-
I der the command of Capt. Clark.
The report contributes little in the
, vray of historic information bearing
; upon the facts of the battle which has
i not already found Its way into print.
|lt appears to be evident. however,
: that Admiral Schley did not originally
i believe that the views of the govern
i ment. as telegraphed to him from
Washington to the effect that Cervera's
fleet had been located within the bay
of Santiago, were entirely correct. Ad
miral Sampson, perhaps, has suffered
a little of blame ln not being more
declaratory of facts at the time the
history of the whole affair was in pro-
I cess of creation. He chose rather to
i vaunt himself into the world's notice
as the commander of the fleet at the
time of the battle and to ignore the
service of Admiral Schley, doubtless
because of the existence of a feeling
of professional Jealousy at that time.
The report of Secretary Long makes
it appear perfectly clear that Admiral
Schley did not In the earlier days of
I the pursuit believe that Cervera had
j entered Santiago bay. There does not
appear to be anything blamable at
' Inching to the fact that Admiral Schley
I failed to locate the Spanish fleet ln
] that port; neither does there appear to
be anything especially creditable to
Admiral Sampson in this connection,
inasmuch as he was in Just about as
much ignorance of the location of the
Spmiish admiral as Admiral Schley,
until he was advised by tiie Washing
ton authorities through Cuban sources.
One thing is certain; the plain state
ment of facts ought to be enough te
satisfy the country that Admiral
Sampson and Admiral Schley alike per
formed their duty, and. however far
the former may have departed from
liberality of treatment and statement
in regard to Admiral Schley's part tn
the battle, the victory was won by the
alertness of Admiral Schley and the
commanders of the several vessels dis
posed ln the outing and altogether ln
the absence of Admiral Sampson.
The Minnesota Indians must be turn
ing Socialist. Hammond got seventeen
votes for governor In Cass county.
A trolley car was introduced In evi
dence in a New York court the other
day. It was off its trolley.
Since President McKinley has wntten
such a long message this year he ought
to be let off entirely next year.
Go on and get naturalized. You'll
feel better at your Christmas dinner If
you are a full American citizen.
Having sunk the Merrimac and the
Maria Teresa. Lieut. Hobson is ln
Washington ready for another Job.
The squaw men of the Chickasaw
IHE ST. PAUL GLOBE — MONDAY— NOVEMBER 28, 1893.
nation are in a cave of gloom. It has
been decided that hereafter they must
pay $600 for their wives.
The emperor of China can resolve to
stay alive or stay dead next year, and
thus keep himself out of the news
papers as a continued story.
President Hart te going to take the
Chicago base ball team to Xew Mexico
next spring. There are people in Chi
cago who hope he will never bring it
back.
Common dollar-a_thousand illuminat
ing gas is leading all suicide agencies
by several blocks, although the St.
Paul high bridge ls doing all its work
in that line well.
Some queer senatorial timber is bob
bing up out in Nebraska. Thompson,
a leading candidate, used to be a rail
road brakeman, but Is said now to have
a great fondness for corporations.
It is a good thing that Mr. Argetslng
er and Mr. Heimerdinger do not come
near together in the roll call of the
next house, as the c'.erk would get such
a doable twist on his tongue th^t lock
jaw might result.
New things in names are bobbing up
every day. In Xew York on Thanks
giving eve Miss Chesee Lee was mar
ried to Mr. Foon Poos. The girl ap
pears to have got a trifle the worst of
it in the change of names.
It is in order for somebody to go
around to the Pioneer Press office and
tell the messenger boy or somebody
else that Robert B. Roosevelt and Col.
Theodore Roosevelt aie two entirely
different persons. Robert B. Rooseve.t
is? an uncle of Theodore, and a Demo
crat.
Dramatic and. Musical.
METROPOLITAN.
The Woodward Stock company's conquest
of St. Paul's playgoers seems to have beeu
a complete and thorough one. It has won Us
way into the good graces of the theater pa
trons with astonishing rapidity, and the suc
cess is well merited. Yesterday afternoon
and last night splendid houses greeted tha
opening productions of "The Fair Rebel" and
the accompanying vaudeville. There were a
number of changes in the cast, and several
new faces that were not soen last week.
Whether this be the cause or not. the peopie
seemed to acquit themselves better, anfl
"The Fair Rebel" went somewhat smoother j
| tlian "Men and Women." As the name lm- '
plies, the piece is a war drama stretching
| over the several years of civil strife. With
j but one exception, the scenes are laid about
the home of a Southern family ln Virginia..
The one exception was Libby prison. There
are the usual love affairs, the Northern ofE- j
cers losing their hearts to the fair Southern i
women, and. of course, the troubles created I
in this connection owing to the war and its
horrois, which are brought to the surface
Just often enough to make the whole real
istic. The one thing above all others that is
good about the story is that there ls v e ry
little bloodshed and actual strife in view of
the audience. Most of this is left to the im
agination, and with good effect. The stage
settings were splendid, the Monteith home
being a fine representation of an old Southern
mansion and Its surroundings, and the cos
tumes were handsome aud in keeping with
the situation.
Beatrice Leib. as Clairette Monteith, the
fair rebel, made a splendid young Southern
girl. The part is a difficult one, since lt <s
necessary to love a Northern oflicer and still
show hate for the cause he represents, but
Miss Leib gave lt a flne Interpretation. Carl
Smith, as Col. Mason, and Charles Peckham.
as Maj. Stillman. Northern officers, were
good. The latter drew much applause In his !
efforts at love-making with Little Allen, as |
Aunt Margie, a Southern maiden somewhat j
advanced ln years. Miss Allen gave an ex- !
ceilcnt portrayal of that part. Inez McCau- !
ley. as Joan Fitzhugh, made a charming
little rebel. Wallet Green, as Capt. S*vari«»
de Perrln. of the French army; Charles
Warren, as Maj. Warren; Will Davis, as a
negro servant; Samuel Marsden, as "Bill"
Bronson. a typioal backwoods Southerner,
and Louise Rlplin, as Mrs. Wood, wers ]
among the other prominent parts, and all
were well taken. The rest of the cast wa*
all that could be desired.
The vaudeville that is given between the
acts cannot be given too much praise. It
alone is well worth going to see. Solaret
gives a series of five dances that are fine;
arc, in fact, as good as have over been seen
here.
Harry Watson, Alice Hutchings and Ed
Edwards give a sketch that is side-splitting.
They are three exceedingly clever vaude
ville people, and last night were compelled
to respond to a curtain call.
The Carpos brothers are two very clever
acrobats. They do some lofty tumbling,
head balancing and feais of strength that
won them much applause last night, and
cannot fail to do so through the week. With
such clever vaudeville and such splendid por
trayal of a pretty drama the Metropolitan
should be packed at every performance.
The same bill during the week, with the
usual matinees.
GRAND.
The biggest show and the fastest that has
been presented at the Grand this year was
that given last night under the title of "The
Female Drummer." It ls utterly and wholly
Inconsequential in Its lines, but that niak«
no difference, for there are all sorts of fun
going on every moment that :he curtain ls
up, and if there is any room fcr complaint
tt ls that the curtain stays up a bH too long.
The specialties, and they are all good, pro
tract the last act a little too much, for one
may easily bs surfeited even with good
specialties. Charles E. Blaney has written a
funny skit ln "The Female Drummer." Tiie
leading and title role ls not the whole show
by any means. The riot, what there Is of it,
deals with the irruption of & female drummer
into a large dry goods establishment. There
are misunderstandings and the usual mixing
up of the strange woman with the aged r,er
son at the head of the house. The hill of
the play itself ts very funny, and Blaney has
invented names for his characters that oat-
Hoyt Hoyt himself. Ha Z* Bargain is the
name of the drummer; Wood B. Smooth an«l
Flnas Silk are a couple of samples from a list
of thirty or mors.
Johnstone Bennett is ln the title role, and
does it. as she would do anything, very
cleverly. There ls a constant suspicion in the
mind of the spectator that Miss Bennett ls
doing her own specialty, and only la the
flrst act is there room for commendation for
the straight character work. Her costumes
were numerous and striking and she was very
satisfactory. But Mies Bennett has not always
the center of the stage by any means. There
are several other very clever alters la the
company, and perhaps the best comedy work
of the let is that done by Georgo Richards, as
Wood B. Smooth. He grasps the character and
sustains lt with a vigor end spirit that add
very largely to the hilarity of the piece. Oscar
L. Figman, as Corset Stave, the floor walker,
also makes the most, in make-up snd acting.
Ot the fat part he has drawn. Little Nei its
O'Neil has the brsezlnsss of the soubrette
that one likes to see. She Is chic. pretty,
dances weil and put plenty ot vln^lnto her
work. Willis P. Swaatnam ts as clever as
ever in his specialty work, and there is al
ways room in the heart of the theater twor
for Eugene CanfleM. who le prominently oast.
Some of the stage settings are elaborate.
There is a scene in a big dry goods store that
gives plenty of opportunity tor the numerous
pretty girls in the piece to do some clever
work. The detail in this sosns is com
mendably brought out. even to the passenger
elevator. The last scene, aa exterior, is hand
somely put en. There is some vary beautiful
costuming and the company ls as Large as a
c«_ic opera company need be— end the sing
ing much mors tuneful than that ot the ay.
erage opera company.
The piece went with snap, aad the house,
which was very large, exhibited its pleasure
frequently. There ls not a dead minute in
the two hours aad forty m lamas of the pleoe.
aad lt is sure te be a hM. The earns Ull aU
UU week.
Musings of &
Inn't ln the Ust.
Here's to John Lind: Minnesota always
did take good care of her orphans. Name
the state that has done better.— Bede's
Budget. g
Ask Mr. Sleepy Eye Hays.
"What did Land BUfV asks a metropolitan
exchange. We cin't give his exact words,
but suppose he remarked 1 : "Name your poison
gentlemen; it's on me."— St. James Journal.
Join the Procession.
Some people want Sam Fullerton retained
as state game warden. Fullerton is the man
who wrote a saucy tetter against Lind. Sam
my should make his; exit along with Kenyon
and Powers.— Little Balls Herald.
He's at the Old Stand.
And what hai? become of that prophet of
the Republican machine. "Jerry J.," of the
Journal? Did he not tell us of a big major
ity for one W. H. Eustls? What whoppers
we used to get:— Waseca County Herald.
Approves ot Rosing.
Gov. Lind's selections for the appointive
offices at his disposal, so far as announced,
show first-class discrimination and judgment
and with L. A. Rosing as his private secre
tary he is not likeiy to make many mistakes
on that score.— Mcintosh Times.
Mr. Llnd'n Whereabouts.
The Pioneer Press says it does not know
where it will find Lind in a month from now.
In six weeks more, if rt will counter up to the
capital it will most likely find him occudv- .
Ing a, chair which has been warmed by a Re
publican for the past forty years.— St. Peter !
Herald. ri
Bob Dunn's Eye on Europe.
Although John Lind has been known to
have been elected governor for over a week,
Si am has shown no signs that sbe cares par
ticularly and the crowned heads of Europe
havo failed to make public any 'of the sensa
tional remarks with which they were sup
posed to be leaded.— Princeton Union.
Powers' Figure Factory.
Although organized labor was the cause of
the establishment of tbe state labor bureau,
that office has been run with little regard to
organized labor, or anybedy else, for that
matter. It is to be hoped that Gov. Lind
will place aiT"able repres n-ative of organ- '
ized labor in _efcu_B_ of the office.— Little
Falls HeraM.
Gfr>.d t« *_:novv Them.
The la.?t Sunday's Globe published por- :
traits of Gov.-el6ct Jwihn Lind, Mrs. Lind
and their three children. The pictures are
wry good ones, and' at this time are Inter
esting, as the people are usually anxious
to see likenesses 'of the family of one who
is to be the executive of the state for the
next two years.— Morton Enterprise.
Hint for the Trib.
We would suggest for the benefit of the
Minneapolis Tribune, and with due respect !
and regard fcr Us high position in new&pa
perdom, that the campaign for governor of
this state is a closedi incident. From a po
litical standpoint it :Is really immaterial
whether or not Mr. Lind attributes his elec
tion to the growth of free silver or Bryanio
leadership. — Carver County Journal.
Walt Till the Pressure Comes.
The Enterprise is reliably informed that
Judge Brown does not intend to resign from
office before the end of his term to take the
place on the supreme bench. He argues thai ,
by so dning lt would mean a loss of 13,500
to him. If the gentleman adheres to his in
tention John Lind Will have the appointment
of a man to fill tbe vacancy.— Gracevllle En
terprise.
Echo With a Sting.
Editors have a most happy manner of com
municating with one another. The following
is an illustration:
"The diminutive- .Gilhorley who runs the
Reform Advocate ftjr what there ls in it has
a measley little fting tn this week's paper.
We have not beeu ffeading on his corn field !
and have not contemplated such an aotlon. ,
Better keep your linen on, Knappen. It is
chilly weather.— Echo Enterprise.
Poetry la Prison.
The following l» handed in by one of the
inmates. It is a gem that deserves to go
further than this little paper is able to send
lt:
Only a strip of sunshine;
Cleft by rusty bars.
Only a ratch of asure,
Only a wiuater of stars;
And you who judge so harshly.
Are you sure the stumbling atone
That tripped the feet of others.
Might not have bruised yourf own?
—Prison Mirror.
Minnesota Safe tor Two Years.
Some of the opposition papers are consider
ably exercised over a remark John Lind ls al
leged to have made in an address at Sleepy
Eye, shortly after election. Mr. Lind denies '■
having mada the remark and those who know l
him will believe him. Mr. Lind has been
elected and in any event the result cannot be
changed. He will occupy the governor's chair
for at least two years and it is conceded on
all sides that he will make a good governor,
and give the state a wise administration.
After having done this lt ls more than likely
that be will be indorsed at the polls two years
hence and what bitter partisan papers say now
will have very little . to do with the result
two years hence— St. Peter Herald.
How Could He Lose.
Lind's election Is no surprise at ali. Old
eoKMers voted for him because he was a sol
dier. Swedish Voters supported him because
he was born in Sweden, Americans voted for •
tttm because be was raised in America, good t
people voted for'hlm because he was "Hones* ■
John,'' bad people pui;po t d him because they
heard he was a Spaniard, cripples voted for
him because he had lost one arm, well peo- ;
pie voted for him because he was a military
hero, fusionlsts voted for him because he was '
a genuine fuslonlst. Republicans voted for .
him because he had always been a Repub
lican, and old-line Democrats clung to him i
became his name bas a liquid sound. In
short, he was all things tc all men and with
the dice loaded at that.— Brde's Budgst.
(Inutli Keeps Them Qnrislng.
Republtoan papers are evidently very much
afraid of Gov. dough's well known ability to
get what hs goes after and are heaping all
kinds of abuse upon him; trying to down
him; to knock him out of politios. They
even compare him to Benedict Arnold and
otbers of that class; though they don't men
tion Hon. Knute Nelson, who passed through
the same gauntlet when he went to the United
States senate. After th* newspapers telling
us how mean Got. Nelson was, not to bs gov
ernor to the end of his term, as hs aaid he
would, the legislature turned down tha great
man. Senator Washburn, aad cent Oot. Nel
son to the United States senate. Ws wouldn't
wonder, 1f the Republican newspapers whoop
lt up right lively until the legislature meets,
if they would *ucoeed ln landing Oov. Clough
In a K. Davis'.old shoes.— Buffalo Oasette.
Davis' Republican Enemies.
Leaking out from various sources, ociir.g
out from around the -edges, so to speak, ars
slight suggestions from different parts of
the state that after all our faithful senator,
Cusbmea K. Dstls, may not secure a re
turn to the United States senate. It is only
necessary to add that these rumors emanate
trom Republics* sources. It is ever thus.
Cushman K. Davla, a recognised leader in
statesmanship , a maa of great power and
force; a man ln whose sound judgment and
profound abtilty the greatest of Americans
believes a man ..who served bis stats better,
and obtained for it mors prestige than any
wbo hays preceded him from this stats to
the national balls ot legislation, may not
receive sufficient votes to return him where
hs justly and properly belongs.
Senator Darts Is tn Parts performing du
ties of greatest value to his country, aad It
is probably characteristic of these loyal Re
publicans (?) that tbey should seek to in
jure his Chances while ntft on ths field.
Should the schemes at these poiKloai man
ipulators mature and revolt ts the defeat
of Senator Davis, John Ltod wfil have sn
"orphan* legislature to keeo him company
ore jeara asacs.— Canrsr County !—__
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*tate Editors.
Time tor Disappear. ntt.
The Mid-Roaders have been pushed into
the side ditches, and will there sink into
the mud and be seen no more. It Is a sad
end for Donnelly ia his old age.— Moorhead
Dally News.
Jnst ns Kusti.s Said.
John Lind's election has. had such 8 "bad
moral effect" ln Europe that Spain don't
want to give up. It Eustls had been elect
ed of course the whole thing would now be
settled. See.— Sleepy Eye Herald.
Giving; the Others a Chance.
The St. Paul papers are not saying much
about their "summer resort" weather since
twenty-five persons were snow-bound for
twenty hours this week in a street car iv
the suburbs of that city.— Lamberton Star.
The Public Examiner.
It is rumored that John Lind will appoint
Gen. E. M. Pope to succeed M. D. Kenyon as
public examiner. Pope is a good man and
would fill the ofiice acceptably. He would
make a vastly more competent officer thau
Mr. Kenyon has been — St. Peter Herald.
Isn't Bnilt That "Way.
Editor Jam«s Gray has started in announc
ing Mayor James Gray's appointments, and
it looks so Mlnneapolis-Times-like in com
plexion that we doubt if. six weeks after the
new administration takes held. the. Great
Northern will be allowed to run trains into
Minneapolis.— Hutchinson Times.
Boom in Matrimony.
According to the Fairmount News, twenty
three young lady teachers in the Martin
county schools have found husbands during
the p*st year. Since the News published the
liat it Is said that thousands of applications
are daily pouring in upon the superintendent
of schools of that county.— St. James Ga
zette.
Where the Fnn Comr. In.
The cartoonists of the city dailies are doing
their best now. and nearly every cartoon
amounts to a review of the recent campaign,
and make* one think of the story, 'before
and after taking." The St. Paul Globe
hits 'em hard, and the opposition gets even
by painting the humorous side of the cam
paign resuß.— Fulda Free Press.
Good Pair to Draw to.
One M. D. Kenyon, an alleged bank exam
iner, should be the flrst man to walk tho
plank after Jan. 1, and one Rev. L. G.
Powers, who has been posing as labor com
missioner for several years past, should
march out with him. If the new governor
does nothing more than that he will earn
the thanks of the people.— Buffalo Journal.
>'o Clique Abont It.
An old-time Republican remarked this
week: ' Eastis wa* beaten for governor by a
clique of politicians who weie afraid of him."
—Winnebago City Press.
What nonsen :e! Eustls wa* beaten by ihe in
telligent voter of Minnesota to turn down
the same gang that have run things since W.
R. Merrtam was nominated ln ISSB. There
was no clique in it or about it.— Jackson Re
public.
Oh. Let Them Kick.
The First congressional district of Minne
sota, says the Hokah Chief, the district that
has been treated the most shabbily of any In
the state In the matter of federal appoint
ments, was the only district ln the state that
gave the Republican nominee for governor a
majority. And yet the Fourth and Fifth dis
tricts that get about all the political plums,
and gave Lind a majority, are kicking be
cause the Republicans down this way didn't
do better.— Owatonna Journal.
Gov. I, lnd and the Senate.
The Idee that, eimply because the Republic
an stats senate is. or will be, opposed to
Mr. Lind. therefore lt will oppo»e his
appointments is unworthy of particular no
tice. The senate will confirm all appoint
ments as a matter of courtesy. Mr. Lind ls
ambitious ln ono direction, lt is said, and
that ls to give the state a good administra
tion, and it is not at all likely that he will
name anybody for office who will not bo
worthy of confirmation. We do not antici
pate any oppositi-m to his nominations what
ever from the Republican senate— Janesville
Argus.
Will All He With Lind.
Possibly the voters of Minnesota have not
elected a Democratic governor, but they have
elected a governor who will hereafter affiliate
with the Democratic party— the metropolitan
press of the state to the contrary notwith
standing. Two yoarß hence. If Mr. Donnelly
wants to hold a mid-road convention to as
sist his Republican allies, he cen label lt
what he chooses. There will be no Silver Re
publican convention either, but those mtn
who went out of the Republican party ln
this state two years ago will be, with Mr.
Lind. members of the new Democracy. The
g. o. p. will meet a solid front next trip,
marching under the banner of Democracy.—
St. James Journal.
Sample cwf Wheat Grading.
Mr. Laugalin. of Birch Cooley, Renville
county, who was a caUer Monday morning,
says farmers are receiving four to five cents
per buahel less for their wheat than is paid
at New Ulm. Of counse this is nr.o of the
results of the wheat buying combination at
terminal points, where tihe price of wheat at
every elevator In the state ls fixed every
morning. This ls made possible under the
presep< system of state grading, which glres
the buyers at the terminal point* the power,
with the aid of the ptate grain inspectors, to
fix arbitrary grades, dockage and prices. In j
the case mentioned by Mr. LaugaJln it I
should also be said that his wheat has all i
been graded at Morten as No. 2, whereas a '
loed brought to New Ulm for Thomas Col- I
lins. whose farm Mr. L. cecuples, warn grad- j
ed No. 1 at one of the roller mills; and it ,
was below the average of crop in quality. —
New Ulm News.
Mid-Road Ticket Hnrt Kiikti-..
The Fusion Populists have always callsd
the Mid-Roaders assistant Republicans, and
claim that we could not hay* taken a. better I
way to elect Eustls than by putting up a
third ticket. While we have said nothing
about lt ln public, we have said to our friends
right along, and have WTltten letters tn which
we claimed that tbs Mid-Road ticket being
ln the field would do more for the elecUon
of Lind than anything that could have b**-n
devlasd. Our reasons for saying so ar* logi
cal, and the outcome ha* provnl the truth
of our prediction, that Lind would be elected
and the ticket would bs defeated. Judging
from the talk of Mld-Roaders. and from the
letters ws are receiving, we com* to the
conclusion that 75 per cent of those who
voted tb* Mid-Road ticket would have voted
for Eustls if no Mld-Roed ticket had been
p«t ln the field.
But a* things have turn«d out Che vote
of th* Mld-Roaders would not have helped
Mr. Eustls, even If h* had it ail. Ws have
had many Republicans, even bankers and
lawyers, aay to us within the past year tbat
if lt wer* not for the fact that Jdhn Lind
believed in free sllv«r and other Populist
heresies, they w<mld vote for blm ln pref
erscc* te any Republican in the stats. The
fact that old-time Populists, the men who
mad* tb* party, put up a ticket of their
own on the ground that Lind was not a
Populist, and th* further fact that Lind
said the silver question was not an issue in
the campaign, and that he was neither a
Populist nor a Democrat, convinced the In
dependent Republicans that they had nothing
to fear from Populism with John Lind at
the helm of state. These are the men who
elected John Lind governor, and we see ne
reason to be sorry for what they did.
Nearly all the Republicans claim that it
va* the Scandinavian vote which elected
Lind, end intimate that any man who could
prevail oa the legislature to put Ol* as a
prefix and "ion" as an affix to his name
would be sure of election.
But the assertion is not true, and will re
act upon the Republican perty in the future.
Th* Scandinavians ars an honest race of
poople, aad If they voted for John Lind it
was becaus* he has th* reputation of being
an bonsflt man. We say with Capt. Lowe.
editor of th* Faribault Jeffersonlan, a Mid-
Road paper, tbat John Llntd will make a
good goveraor, and be win have our loyal
support.— Tb* Initiates.
I
mm OF ST. PAUL
HOLIDAY AND STORM HAD AN EP.
FECT ON THE WEEK'S
TRADE
INTERRUPTION NOT SERIOUS
In the Dry- Goods Market the Whole
Tone Has Been Favorable and
Highly Enconraa-tngr Holiday
Goods in the Grocery Line ln De
mand Boot and Shoe Trade Im
proved by the Recent BlUsard.
The general Jobbing business at St. Paul
during the past week has been somewhat
interrupted by the visitation of the storm of
Monday and Tuesday, and aUo by the inter
vention of the Thanksgiving holiday, which
usually has a disturbing effect upon ail trade
j relations. The transportation lines ln the
| Northwest have not bean regularly open for
traffic <>n account of snow blockades, but
nothing serious ln this line has occurred.
• • •
DRY GOODS.
There has been practically no change in
the dry goods trade either from the w»tk
before Ust or last week. The snow block
| ade has caused in some quarters a retard
ment of others, and this condition was nat
urally to be expected. The whole tone ot
the market, however, has been favorable
and highly encouraging. There is no doubt
that the marketing of wbeat, even at pres
ent prices, in the up-oouatry districts, wiil
have an efiect upon the Jobbing interests
even before the Christmas holidays arrive,
and certainly before the spring season trade
fully opens. The reports from dry goods
houses generally are to the effect that col
lections are more liberal than could be ex
pected. The sorting orders are rather tree.
There is only a fair demand for heavy wiu
ter wear, and a somewhat holding up in
these ilnes Is attributed to the fact that with
the large yield and high prices during 1887 i
a good many people provided hemselvcs j
through the country stores with luxuries I
of this sort calculated to hold over. Taking '
it altogrther. itowever, no complaint exists i
in the dry goods district in the matter of j
the run of business and the general outlook, j
• • •
GROCER IRS.
The "bllzzsrd" of the past week is held !
responsible fcr a dearth of ordeis in the I
line of groceries. Although Thanksgiving !
Day is over, another festival intervenes dur- I
! ing the next thirty days, and Christmas and j
Xew Year supplies are coming Into demand.
j The advance in sugar, although very slight, !
has caused a similar advance all along tho !
j line of sweets. The wholesale grocers arc
unanimous in the expression of the opinion
i that the business ts up to ail they could ex
! peot under existing circumstances; that Is to
I say, looking back upon the recent storm and |
I the holiday of Thanksgiving as counter irri- '
tants. Collections are reported to be. ln the
main, very satisfactory.
• • •
HARDWARE.
Business in the hardware line has been
quite abbreviated In the way of orders. The
season is regarded as a little bit over for
general lines of light goods, but the drafts
j from the lumber region are still making ;
themselves apparent, particularly In tho !
heavier line* of merchandise. There are no j
changes in prices worthy of note. In fact, '
prices are esteemed low for everything. It '
is not Impossible that after the navigation
season closes an advance may appear in
some of the heavier lines, which are usually j
carried on vessels from Cleveland and Erie I
over the lakes for distribution by rail, aftei
the ice closes in the ports at Duluth and
Superior.
• • •
BOOTS ANO SHOES.
The cold weather has had the effect of im
proving the boot and shoe trade. While the
good Indian summer weather of November I
continued the Northwestern farmer didn't
take much account of what he ahould put
upon his own feet or those of his family.
But the bliszard touched him on bis tender
points, as well as on the tender points of
some othei-3 who could possibly command his
attention to their tender points. If he himself
was not disposed to otherwise recognise the
demand upon him. During the autumn sea
son eollect'ons are always a little slow ln this
line of trade. Many supplies are distributed
by local dealers pending the sales of wheat.
These sales have beon unusually sluggish thl3
year on account of the low prices of wheat;
and the fact that last year producers secured
by their marketing of the cereal a pretty fair
margin and were indisposed to be hurried in
the sale of the crop of 1898 has been mani
fest in the scarcity of orders in certain di
rections.
» • *
HATS. GLOVES AND PTTRS.
The trade in hats, gloves, furs. etc.. has
been materially improved by the coming down
of severe winter weather. This Ilne of trade,
however, ordinarily ls little affected by the
sudden changod conditions from moderate to
severe temperature, Tor the reason that the
country merchant secures his supply early In
the season and ls generally confident that con
ditions will favor sales later along. The prin
cipal point of interest under this head Is
the acceleration of collections, and these are >
| reported to have been very good during the i
| past week notwithstanding the fact that the '■
! severe temperature had hardly time enough to
produce its impression by the end of the seven
days closing Nov. 2«i.
• • •
DRUGS. PAINTS. OILS, ETC.
Business continues excellent in the above
j lines; and there Is no discrimination to bo j
made in the specific branches of this trade, j
Everything is up to expectations. One lead
ing drug house reports the entering of more
thaa three hundred orders from country dis- j
tricts, and these are entirely distinct from an
almost equal number of orders for local trade. '
And this record was confined to tho business '
of one day. The quant'tles ordered Indicate I
much larger further consumption than i
heretofore in all lines. It is pleasing to no- j
tlce that entire satisfaction exists aa to con
ditions of trade in this branch. The gradually
enlarging territory tiibutary to St. Paul at
tracts, through the multiplication ot dealers, I
a much more expansive trade in these lines. I
There have been no change* of importance in
prices, which are believed to still favor buy
ers. There ls a good business just now going
on in fancy goods and druggists' sundries.
• • •
SADDLERY AND HARNESS.
The business in connection with saddlery
and harness has been exceptionally prosper
ous. Tbe advent of tbe snow s:orm and ot
cold weather has served to contribute many
orders that would not otherwise have been re
ceived In this line of trade. Winter poods
that are naturally In demand under normal
conditions are called for to a very libera] ex
tent; and the oollections in wholesale lines
bave been better than at this season of the
year for many years in the past.
"The Enemy's Country."
Provided Col. Bryan is In the Chicago plat
form business two years bocca he will not
bays to travel so far from home to get Into
"the enemy's country."— Milwaukee Sentinel.
SHE NEVER WAS A BOY.
When I come home the other night.
With an ugly lookln' eye
Tbat I had got into a fight
Poor ma commenced to cry.
But when I told pa how it was
He clapped bis hands for joy
And told me I'd done bully, 'cause
Once be had been a hoy.
"Boys will be boys," I heard him say:
"They won't be otherwise.
And the one that learns to fight his wav
Is the one that wins the prize;
When I was his age flshtlc' *a-
My greatest earthly Joy "
But ma, she kept on cryln', 'cause
She never was a bay.
My golly, but I'd bate to be
A girl srlth fluffy hair.
And always prim as A. B. C.
With clothes too clean to wear!
When ma was small I s'pose sbe w»s
Red-cheeked and sweet aad csv
But, O. ths fun that missed her 'cause
She never was a b«y.
— Cleveland Leader.
Children's Smart Sayings
From the Chicago News.
"How many zones have we. Willie?" asked
the teacher of a pupil in the junior class.
Four, was the reply. "Weil, then, nam*
the four." said tbe teacher. "The frlgerated.
tne nornd, the temperance and the intemper
ance, answered the little fellow.
• » »
Freddie, aged 5, had been watching his
mocaer preparing the Thanksgiving turkey
™»h T T a " d fina!ly alid: '•Mamma. I'd
rather be a wild turkey than a tame one." *
Why so. dear?" she asked. "Because." was
tne reply, - a wild ore can run around on
rairle " U hU llfe and a taule one gets
Killed every year."
• • •
"Bessie." said n North side mother 'to he*
4-year-o.d daughter, "here's three cents; run
down to the drug store on the corner and get
me a s-amped envelope." A few minutes
later Bessie entered the store and the pro
prietor asked: "Well, little girl, what can
I do for you?" "if you please, sir." she re
plied, -my mamma wants free cents wort of
stamped antelope."
• • *
Small Johnny had on his best clothes one
Sunday and his mamma told him not to p'.ay
ln ;he dirt with them on. "Don't they havo
any dirt in heaven to play in?" he asked.
-No. of course not," replied his mother.
men what do little boys do up tiiere'"
queried Johnny. "Oh. they pby Harps and
sing and sit under the beautiful trees," was
the reply. "Watt," -aid the li.tle fellow. "I
don't see how they can have trees if tiiera
a:n't no dirt."
• • •
Harry, aged 4. while engag d in picking
the • -drumstick" of a Thanksgiving turkey,
partly swallowed one of the tendons which
are so numerous in the legs of a fowl ana
was nearly choked. The tendon was finally
extracted with great difficulty from the llt.'io
fellow's throat, when he exclaimed: -Welt.
I don't blame the old turkey; it's the cook's
fault for not taking eft* its garters."
One otf the Xew Ideas.
From the New York Times.
The new Ideas that now possess American
j minds are no moan compensation for the cost
: of the war.
They are many, but take one alone, the
j idea of the open dcor. Do the American peo
i pie realize its breadth and reach? The an
| nouncement by a Republican administration
with William McKinley at its head that the
porta of a part of our domain are to be open
to the ships and the gooda of all nations
j upon the terms enjoyed by our own ships aud "
I goods Is an event as momentous as a change
i of dynasty in a monarohioil country. Pro:ec-
I tion has been our king and master. These
j who set him up and constantly augmented
j his power now set bounds to his sway. It is
j the flrst step. Inevitably lt lea^ to his de
thronement and the emancipation of his op
pressed realm. Free trade in Luzon ls incom
patible with protection In Massachusetts. The
American sense of humor would tolerate r.o
: such ridiculous proposition. Besides, the
l American manufacturer, having glutted the
home market, begins to strain at the ham
pering bonds of Dlngleyism. The Spanish war
has knocked the life out of the doctrine and
practice of protection. It has freed us, or
will.
"Let independence be our boast.
Ever mindful what It cost."
Where It Will Look Best.
Mr. McKiniey's popular family edition of
j the vtory of the war. as told in his annual
! message, should make a handsome appear
! an<e placed on the shelves between uniform
: editions of those handy volumes, the city
directory and the unabridged dictionary.—Ch:
--■ .ago Record.
Algerian! a < ontly tatnry.
Already they are estimating that 22.000 pen
sion claime growing out of the Spanish war
will be filed in this country, 20.000 of which
will be due to disabilities and d.aths con
tracted In the camps. It will be a long time
before we shall get through paying for the
j luxury of Algerism.— Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
suhi'n Advance Agent.
Sam Jones says that the devil is ahead of
him in every city that he visits. Sam evi
dently bas an industrious advance agent.—
Wayeross (Ga.) Herald.
Spanish Sisters.
A Madrid paper says that of 700 Sisters of
Mercy sent by Spain to the war 100 perished
by bullets and illness, 300 remain in the hos
pital service and 300 returned with the sick
soldiers. Probably this means both the Cu
ban and American wars.
Thec<.u>p_iy Xo( ItellK'lon.
A-ccordlng to the unanimous decision of the
Massachusetts supreme court, theosophy Is
not a religion, neither is it a charitable or
educational institution, and consequently the
New England Theosophical corporation must
pay taxes on Its real estate.
Montreal Lotteries.
Police detectives In Montreal estimate that
the people of that city spend over |2,MQ.CQO a
ye>ar on lotteries. The number of policy
tickets bought annually ls estimated at K.0Q0.
--000.
Do Nu Hounework.
Girls employed in the crape industries are
under a curious contract not to engage in
any houstwork aftec their hours of labor.
Ths reason is lest thplr hands should become
ooer_S and unfitted for the delicate nature of
their employment.
Hebrews In SpHln.
In Spiln Hebrews are n^t permitted to
erect ar.d maintain houses of wor hip. Th< y
have no civil rights, and exi.t In the king
dom only as aliens.
• Texan Convict Farm.
T.xas recently bought 7,000 acres to ba
used as a convict garden, where cotton and
sugar cane will be grown.
Zulu Uravei,
In Zululand the graves of the dead are
decorated with the bottles of the attending
doctors.
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