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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1599.
Associated Press News.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Bj Carrler~ I 1 mo I 8 mo» 118 mo»
Dally only 40c J'.JJ **•*•
Daily *n_ S*_nd_y. ..600 "" •_ 5 ?• J •
Sunday 15 e .75 1. » .
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Mall |1 mo I 6 mo* 1 12 mo*
Dally onlyT '. »6o | . 1. 6 0 jj 11 .0 9
Daily and Sunday..!. 85 c | 8.00 4.0.
Sunday •** 5 }• $ •
Weekly •_••_•••' ' *7S l * 9 -
Kuter.d at Po-tofflc. at St. Paul. Minn.. M
Second-Class Matter. Address all communl
atlona ar.d make all Remittances payable te
I"HE GLOBE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota.— —
Anonynionn communications not noticed. Re
jected manuscript* will not be returned «n
--jess s< i-uinpanled by postage.
BRANCH OFFICES.
Sew York 10 Spruce Bt
ChleiKu. ..Room 609. No. 87 Washington St j
About tha Weather.
One swallow dues not make a summer, nor ,
a weather above zero a banana belt,
but both help a lift!". The cold wave has
>;. Paul and is playing havoc along
oast. At 2 o'clock this morn
teinperature was 17 degrees above
zero, and seemingly enjoying its novel posi
tion. There was very little change In the
tempi rature during the night. At 10 o'clock
meter marked IS degrees
i id at midnight there was no np- ;
The temperature at i
this morning was a trifie above the ;
minimum for the night, indicating a slowly
th rmomi ter at that time.
ST. PAUL.
- rvations, taken by thi
9 weather bur au, St. Paul. P.
F. Lyons i bs t\ t, for the twenty-four hours
tt 7 o'clock last night.- Barometer
'. tor temperature and elevation. I
Minus i indicates below zero.
rature 1-t i
ature — -'■'• ■
rature '2
27 I
30.11 :
84
Tra
i 17
weather cloudy.
THE NOR") tIWEST.
taken by the
treau, Washington,
Temperature.
Wind. '. . ather. High. *Bpm.
. .. 7,V ',';. Cloudy. '7,2 28
. ..NW Cloudy. 38 32
E rt. < loudy. Hi 30
SW Cloudy. It 12
:'N W l't. Cloudy. 4*i 47'
SE I 3G 30
SW 17 udy. 40 36
- : mdy. ::•; 30
' mdy. 38 36
Mian dosa E Snow 14 10
. ..NW Cloudy. 2_ US
Swift Current ...W PL Cloudy. 32 _S
n W Cloudy. 30 30
I* Clear. 10 4
c i';ii:i; 7;t;k3.
Temperature.
High. High. *3pm.
17 " | 6 6
■; - New Orleans" . .26 24
16 11 \". v; York 10 10
ati .. .. 8 i Philadelphia ..10 8
Cleveland .. .. i i St Louis 40 30
44 34 Salt Lako 4|_ 30
... ..10 6 iVashington ...10 t*
.. ..22 32
(7 p. m. St. Paul time).
FORECAST FOR TODAY.
St. Paul— Probably snow; warmer.
■ i Cloudy; probably snow; warmer in
d portion; fresh southerly windy.
General y fair; vpriable wonds.
South Dakota— Generally '.air; variable winds.
sin Cloudy; probably f.ir.w; rising
iture; light to fresh southerly winds.
k w; warmer; soaO
fair: w< ste rly wind-.
IIXGTON. 17";. 13. — Since Sunday
storm has moved
busetts coast with a
nd increasi I ssity such as has
■ qua led in the history of the
weathi r bureau. The barometer at Woodshole
t inijrnl i : Is 28.86 la :hes, a fall of one Inch
• Monday. Remarkably
. anied -his storm and
- - a. .a., from Virginia north-
U-eompanylng the snow there were
winds of hurricane velocities ar.d
'.vare.it, gs were issued at neon on
th« Vtlantic coast from Delaware breakwater
tt ort.
;. has been this storm that there has
iosl a ct oiplete paralysis of street car
service in the middle AUantic states. In the
vicinity of Washington this storm has greai
d< (1 all previous records. About
twei ■ inches of snow has fallen since Satur
nioon, and thirty-four during the past
d ays
. al interest with this storm has been
the record-breaking low temperatures of the
S-'outh. At New Orleans this morning the
ture was C degrees above zero, 9
. r than any previous record,
Jacksonville it was 10 degrees above
zero, or 4 degrees lower than any previous
cord. The observer at Jacksonville reports
• nd sleet during Sunday night,
and that great damage has been done to the
j
T'u< line of freezing temperature in Flor-* |
ida extended through the upper two-thirds
with a minimum of 2 degrees
at Tampa. At Key Wes tonight the temper
ature is only IS degrees. 23 below the nor
mal. The "line of zero temperatures this
morning extended through Southern Lcuis-
Southern Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia, but during the day there
a steady rise in the Southwest, and
tonight ti;p temperatures range from 20 _a>
-50 degrees. Throughout the cen
tral valleys, the lake regions and the West
tneri hires have risen from 10 de
srrees to 38 degrees, and above the freezing
point i'.t the slope regions.
Clearing weather Is indicated during Tues
day morning in the Middle Atlantic states
end New England, except on the New Eng
hmd coast, where the snow will likely con
tinue during the day. Fair weather is in
dicated for the remaining districts, except the
I i i - r Mississippi valley, where light snows
are likely.
Piping temperatures are indicated gener
al the Mississippi to the Alleghenies,
and ■ Iso in the gulf and South Atlantic
states. in the Middle Atlantic and New
Englai a states cold weather will continue
for another day.
ly high northwesterly wine's will I
prevail during Tuesday in New England
end the -.tpper portion of the Middle Atlantic
high northwesterly winds on the i
>7orth Carolina and Virginia coast, slowly
dlmlni thing during the day. and brisk west
to south winds on the South coast.
The crest of the wave having
f'tirago. let'r, have a thaw.
With a woman love means a man,
nnd v ith a man it does, too— himself.
li may he true that the rolling
Rtone gathers no mors, It raises the
dust.
The average man would rather he
told that he has a hard beard than
that he has hard sense.
Those six-year vacations with full
pay will become mighty popular if
ever introduced outside of tha army.
Financial reform is neither dead nor
asleep.— Lyman J. Cage. How would
the- word hypnotized fit the case, Mr.
Cage?
Th iso impetuous souls who, last fall,
failed to cross the Styx because the tee
formed so fast can wait until May
and get drowned going swimming-.
Suppose, Aguinaldo, we square
things by arranging tha.t you give
TJnole .Sam 520,000,000 as an earnest.
that you will In future keep the peace?
A New York woman has just buried
her <!<itr In a splendid coffin bedecked
with green ribbons. From this <l!s
--' looks as If she should have be
decked herself with the green ribbons.
Al ther place has boon found where
Rip Van Winkle's famous remark,
"How noon are we forgotten!" can be
work.d in nicely. Napoleon's house at
'
St. Helena Is now a barn; the room
in which he died in a stable, and on
the site of his grave Is a corn-grinding
machine.
Vncle Sam will always regret that he
didn't make a lower bid for Gomez.
A man who can cut his price from
$60,000,000 to $3,000,000 at one jump has
unknown commercial possibilities In
him.
Trusts.
Elsewhere will be found the declara
tions, as far as they go, of the two
great political parties concerning
Trusts. When It is remembered that,
tlnring the year 1898, the capitalization
of these monsters amounted to $1,250,
--000,000, a faint idea may be obtained
of their enormous influence in the in
dustrial world.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Pio
neer Press, has discovered that there
be Trusts and Trusts — that some are
constituted on the beneficent princi
ple, and others on the monopolistic.
The Globe prefers to believe that
little good may come out of the Trust
for the common people. The Trust Is a
natural monopoly. It presses hardest
upon the masses of the people — those
who are least able to endure its exac
tions. The wealthy and the powerful
do not bear the burdens of the Trust —
it is the poor and the weak always.
The farmer, the mechanic, the laboring
man are the Trust's victims, because
the Trust imposes unnatural and un
necessary prices upon the needs of life,
whether these are sugar, oil, coal or
other articles that enter into daily con
sumption.
A high authority upon Trusts has
truthfully declared: "A monopoly in
those things which the plain people
consume, day by day, those things
which they eat and wear and use in
their daily life, is a menace to the fu
ture of the nation itself, inasmuch as
It affects tiie character of the next
genei ation."
Ar.d again: "The moment an in
dividual, partnership, corporation or
combination' seeks a monopoly, that
moment his or its business methods be
ci me iniquitous.
"Especially is this the case where the
scle object of a combination is to es
t Lblish a monopoly.
"It is not surprising, therefore, that
the Trust has demoralized business
ethics. Its chief object is to put up
! rices and put down competition.
"These objects are pursued by fair
means and foul.
"Resort is had to threats, fear, dis
honesty, bribery, discriminations and
even crime. Business morals are cor
rupted. Dishonesty ceases to be odious.
Chicanery, trickery and fraud are ex
cused, provided the desired results are
attained
"The great wealth and splendid tal
ents of the Trust are coupled with un
scrupulous methods and a greed for
sain. Th. end is made to justify the
means. Unscrupulous devices and
sinuous ways are overlooked or ap
plauded, if they are successful.
"The history of the Trust ha 3 demon
strated that when a body of men seek
a monopoly they begin to abandon
honorable business methods."
Could characterization and denuncia
tion be more complete. The duty of
Democracy is clear. It has declared
against the Trusts at three successive
national conventions. Its leaders will
be untrue to themselves and to their
party if they do not join in the fight
<*gainst Trusts.
That distinguished leader of Democ
racy, Col. William J. Bryan, will spend
tonight and tomorrow night with the
Minnesota Democracy. May he illumi
nate this subject and electrify the
Minnesota Democracy with an utter
ance concerning the Trusts that shall
traverse our country from end to end.
Democracy's pathway is clear and
well defined.
Down with the Trusts!
Refunding Farm Loans.
The low rates now prevailing for
money, owing to its acknowledged
abundance throughout the country,
would seem to afford an excellent op
portunity to Western farmers and those
cf influenca in loaning centers among
them, for refunding loans on farms at
rates of interest which could be more
easily born :. It has been predicted by
seme well known financiers in the
Eastern states that by May 1 money
can be borrowed on call, as in _\ T ew
York, for instance, on the basis of 1
per cent per annum. Investment se
curities of all kinds have advanced so
rapidly in price during the past twelve
months that many now hesitate to buy
stocks and bonds at the soaring figures,
for the reason that, when the premium
is computed and due allowance Is
made for commissions to brokers, the
actual return on the investment is so
trifling as to become uninviting. If
dividends on stocks were always an
assured quantity, this would be differ
ent. But when a railway or an indus
trial corporation may see fit to reduce
or suspend dividends the investor has
no recourse but to sell the security at
its reduced market value or hold fast
to it and await the return of a surplus
to the concern, above operating ex
penses, which may be applied to divi
dends.
* • a
Many of the farmers of the North
west today represent the pioneer ele
ment in the settling of this new terri
tory. They came into a wilderness
with little or nothing, and a large pro
portion of their earnings has been ap
plied to the payment of excessive rates
on the money they were compelled to
borrow in order that they might pursue
and make more perfect their work.
This condition of things has often de
veloped a spirit of unrest, and even
served to breed disordered opinions as
to the true uses and value of money.
In a certain sense these brave and
courageous men have not been to blame
for the belief that has often prevailed
among them that they were really the
victims of oppression. But oftentimes
unscrupulous loan agents in their own
communities were the actual offenders
rather than he whose money passed
through those agents' hands.
• _ •
The capitalist, or it may be the man
in the East with small savings which
he desires to invest, prefers a mort
gage on land rather than stocks and
bonds of corporations. He suggests to
some agent who applies to him that
he will loan a certain amount on good
improved farm lands in the West or
Northwest provided h e can realize 7 per
cent or S per cent on the investment.
This leaves the agent free to add a3
much more to his victim's burden as
he pleases, and this stands in the na
ture of a commission. A farmer needs
money, and he pays the price demand
ed therefor, just as many a merchant
in New York or elsewhere in the East
is compelled to do in an emergency,
and he makes the mortgage. If fore
closure results from the excessive bur
den to which the farmer has submitted
himself, he holds the actual owner of
tha money in the East responsible for
THE ST. PAUL. GLOBE— --TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1899.
all his misery, although that loaner
has asked and receives nothing but a
reasonable and moderate return on the
Investment.
• • •
This has been the history of all new
sections of the country; and the con
dition is due to the fact that men -will
not part with their money unless they
have In sight a fair prospect of prompt
payment of Interest and an assurance
that the property loaned on will be
worth at least the face value of the
mortgage in tho event of foreclosure.
It is unreasonable to expect otherwise.
Furthermore, It Is always difficult to
attract money to undeveloped agricul
tural sections. The risk of loss is too
great, and it has only been by the
enactment of laws rendering a flxed
rate of interest legal, and that often
times excessive and more than the In
dustries in tln-ir earlier stages of de
velopment could really bear, that
money could be obtained at all.
• * *
But this stage has been passed In
this section of the Northwest, and the
general rates for money are much low
er than they were a score of years
ago. But there are many owners of
improved farms in Minnesota who are
still paying higher rates of interest
than the monetary conditions of the
country justify. The present is a most
opportune period, therefore, for an ef
fort to be made In the way of refund
ing mortgages at lower rates, and, if
such a movement were earnestly un
dertaken by men whose names would
command the respect of Eastern in
vestors, there is no doubt 'that thou
sands of dollars might be saved an
nually to the farmers of Minnesota in
the shape of excessive interest now be
ing paid, and at the same time much
money now lying idle in Eastern cities
would find safe and .profitable Invest
ment. There is no doubt that the
period of lower rates of Interest has
arrived for this locality as well as
other industrious and prosperous sec
tions of the country, and that it can be
made permanent. Xo state in the
Union is possessed of a higher average
record of credit than Minnesota. Some
of the leading farmers of this state,
for instance, would make no mistake
in organizing a movement with the end
above noted In view.
Report of "the Alger Relief Board!"
Tt was made evident when President
McKinlcy mitigated the sentence of
tlie court-martial convicting Commis
sary General Eagan that, so far as ex
ecutive power extended. It would be
exerted to save the representatives of
Algerism in the war department.
The court-martial made quick work
of Eagan and promptly decided upon
his dismissal from the army. But
executive clemency ameliorated the fall
of Alger's representative, and permit
ted him to toddle out of the depart
ment to his ranch in California, in the
enjoyment of an annual inccme of
$5,500 for six years, when he will be
regularly retired at his rank, as if
nothing had ever happened to him.
And now comes the report of the
army investigating commission, which
distributes the whitewash thickly over
Alger and spits venom at Gen. Miles,
Any one who kept pace with the prog
ress of the investigation and noted the
open hostility displayed by some mem
bers of the commission towards every
ono who showed a disposition to off>r
evidence against the department could
foresee just the outcome that is pre
sented In the report.
But the commission made one valua
ble discovery, which it relates as fol
lows:
Tho sudden ernarg?r.cy which called our
people to arms after an interval of half a
century of peace with all foreign powers
was met by the war department with carno;t
nrss and energy. The situation found the
country unprepared with any large stock ot
firms, ammuinitlon, clothing, supplies aud
equipments. That they were duly provided
and that the numerous demands on the in
dustries of our people were met so. promptly
will remain one of the marvels of history. .
This discovery of "one of the mar
vels of history" has cost the com
missirners four and a half months of
labor and official junketing, and the
country upwards of $100,000— but these
are trifling incidents in consideration
of the big "find." To some it will ap
pear strange that the war depart inent
was so deficient in everything that
goes to make up the material for war's
uses. "When the War of the Rebellion
opened in IS6I, the conditions were far
more desperate, in that everything- that
could be transported had b?en seized
in advance by the South, through her
official representatives in sympathy
with the secession movement. But
throughout the generation of time since
ment has had nothing else to do but
prepare for just such an emergency as
that which occurred last spring. The
shallowness of the above quoted utter
ance of the commission is a fair reflec
the close of the Civil war the depart-
THE TRUST AS A POLITICAL ISSUE.
The evil of the Trust was not so apparent prior to the national conven
tions of 1338 as to require political treatment. The platforms of the two great
parties, adopted in 1888, and at succeeding conventions, tell this simple story:
Both parties felt obltged to rebuke the Trusts in 1888. The Democratic par
ty talked a little more plainly on the subject in 1892. while the Republican
party "reaffirmed" its position four years earlier. In 1896 the Chicago Demo
cratic convention took a shy at the T rusts again. As for the Republicans
they fled the subject entirely.
THE DEADL V PARALLEU
Democratic Platform, IS.SS.
Judged by Democratic principles, the
interests of the people are betrayed
when, by unnecessary taxation, trusts
and combinations are fostered, which,
while unduly enriching the few that
coin bine, rob the body of our citizens
by depriving them of natural competi
tion.
Democratic fiatfoi-m, isj>:».
"We recognize in the trusts and com
binations which are designed to ena
ble capital to secure more than Its just
share of the joint product of capital
and labor a natural consecjuence of
the prohibitive taxes which prevent
the free competition which is the life
of honest trade; but we believe their
worst evils can be abated by law, and
we demand the rigid enforcement of
the laws made to control and prevent
them, together with sucn further legis
lation in restraint of their abuses as
experience may show to be necessary.
Clticacro Democratic Platform, 1806.
We denounce as disturbing to busi
ness the Republican threat to restore
the McKinley law, which has twice
been condemned by the people in na
tional elections and which, enacted un
der the false plea of protection to
home industry, proved a prolific breed
er of trusts and monopolies, in which
the few, at the expense of the many,
restricted trade and deprived the pro
ducers of the great American staples
of access to their natural market*.
tion of the well understood apologetic
work it was called on to perform.
Tho official abstract is from begin
ning to end biased in favor of the de
partment and hostile to everything that
stands for criticism thereof. Even so
stanch a Republican newspaper as the
Baltimore American condemns tho
whole transaction as "A Solemn Farce"
and contemptuously styleß the com
mission "The Alger Relief Board."
And the New York Tribune, with the
administration collar on its neck, Is
moved to say, regarding the president's
initial action In the court-martial pro
ceedings:
It is to bo hoprd that the dealings of the war
department hereafter with all the questions
Involved In the beef controversy will give the
people no reason, or ex-uae to put upon Gen.
Eagan's light sentence the sinister interpre
tation that is sure to be urged upon them.
By what process shall the fundamen
tal truths of the unwholesome scandal
be explored'? Possibly through the
court of Inquiry in connection with the
"embalmed beef" charges advanced by
Gen. Miles. If this fails to develop the
facts and locate the responsibility, there
is no recourse except by an investiga
tion by a congressional committee. In
the nature of which no detail would
likely escape presentation.
The loss by fire on Sunday of the
book and publishing house of A.'C. Mc-
Clurg & Co., of Chicago, is a calamity
beyond the ordinary destruction by
that element of great mercantile es
tablishments, where the loss of life is
not involved. Gen. McClurg, the head
of the house, has always taken an
honest pride in the great institution
his energy has reared in the West; and
his collection of rare books was one
of the most complete outside of any
library in the country. These, it is
said, were destroyed, and, of course,
cannot be replaced by any amount of
insurance money.
Ep/st/es to St. Paul.
Along in January, two months after Eustis'
defeat, a state Republican official received a
letter from John Goodnow, from far-away
China, which ran like this:
"By the time you get this Eustis will be in,
and will be ripping everybody up the back.
Tell me how the boys take it."
A few days ago John wrote:
"Say, when I heard John Lind had beaten
my old friend Eustis I was struck dumb."
• * _ •
One morning during the advance sale for
the recent engagement of "The Sign ot the
Cross" at the Metropolitan the hands of the
ycung man on the inside of the ticket window
went on a strike. It was bitter cold, and
when he called to "Billy" Egan to come and
relieve him Mr. Egan shivered. He looked
out Into the lobby and saw a line seemingly
without any end. Turning to his playmate,
Charles B< ach, he said:
"Chat le, i ..;■'! you would go out there
and break that line."
"No Willie," t , lied Mr. Beach, "you go
Into the box office and break it there."
Tlie Army and Navy.
Congress, in lt3 usual manner, has been
displaying its Incapacity to deal with the
military and naval establishments of the gov
ernment.
Whether we retain or drop the Philippine
islands, we have need of Increased army and
navy establishments, while we have seen dem
onstrated the defective character of the staff
of the army, and the admirable character of
the instructed officers of the line of the army
and the navy.
So far as the army is concerned, a bill has
passed the house of representatives which,
it is true, increases the army, but which also
exaggerates all the evils upon which the
recent war threw so strong a light.
To state the defect of the bill briefly, it Is
I full of opportunity for "pulls." It is made for
the appointment and promotion of civilians,
and not for the establishment of an efficient
military force. There is hardly a man among
Its intelligent advocates who will not admit
that it is the worst of the three leading bills,
the other two being Gen. Miles' and Repre
sentative McClellan's bills.
It opens the door for vast abuses through
the appointment of civilian sons and grand
sons to offices, and it contains the grave fault
of permitting the president to add 60,000 men
to the army in his own discretion. It is a
bill made to catch votes, and to permit con
gress to evade its responsibility. — Harper's
Weekly.
President Hears a ftneetr Noise.
The leading question of public policy
raised by the peace treaty is yet to be set
tled. Notwithstanding the strong and bitter
denunciations of the opponents of imperial
ism in which the advocates of the new de
parture have Indulged, there is a good deal
of trouble in the minds of theso voluble
Washington politicians. The president is not
so sure as he was a few weeks ago that his
policy is popular. He has been coming to
the conclusion that popular sentiment is not
always accurately represented or mirrored at
1 the national capital. There 13 much heat
in the air there, and a -good deal of noiae,
but occasionally tho voice of reason has its
sway for a moment, and the noise has bsen
sufficiently stilled to permit the people who
pay the taxes to be heard.
There is no doubt that a very large number
of Republicans, among them the most re
spected men of their party, are willing to
abandon their old party if it persists In its
expansion course.— Harper's Weekly.
Republican Platform, 1888.
We declare our opposition tc all com
bination**?, of capital, organized in trusts
or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the
condition of trade among our citizens,
and we recommend to congress and the
state legislatures, in their respective
jurisdictions, such legislation as will
prevent the execution of all schemes to
oppress the people by undue charges
on their supplies or by unjust rates
for the transportation of their prod
ucts to market. We approve the legis
lation by congress to prevent alike un
just burdens and unfair discrimination
between the states.
Republican Platform, 1892.
We reaffirm our opposition, declared
in the Republican, piatform of 1888, to
all combinations of capital organized
in trusts or otherwise to control arbi
trarily the condition of trade among
our citizens. ; We heartily indorse the
action already taken upon this sub
ject, and ask for further legislation as
may be required to remedy any de
fects in existing laws and to render
their enforcement more complete and
effective.
Republican Platform, i S!»(S.
Dead silence.
I IN WOMAN'S REALM. j
A lii:o\/.1. STATUE
Of the, I.nte Frances Willard to Ho
Placed la Statuary Hall, Wnsli.
ln_rton.
Tlie Illinois senate has before It a bill ap
propriating $9,000 for tha erection of a bronze
statue of the late Frances E. Willard, in
Statuary hall, Washington. It will bo remem
bered that eacn state in the Union Is en
titled to place two statues In this hall, and
one of the niches reserved for Illinois being
vacant a bill was formulated containing tho
following words. Prefacing the declaration
with a list of citizens who niada tho stale
famous, tho bill reads:
Whereas, The fame of none of those was
more heroically won or more richly deserved
than that of one of our deceased citizens, dis
tinguished for civlo service in Europe and
America In a new and unexplored field of
Christian endeavor, the effect of whose ef
forts and achievements and the Influence of
whose spotlea. life and sublime example have
been so marked that the world has wondered,
aud admired the author, organizer and ad
vocate of purity and temperance. Illinois'
most Illustrious deceased citizen. Frances E.
Willard, the uncrowned queen of purity an!
temperance, whore asties- repose In peace on
tho shores of Lake Michigan at Evanston, 111.
Her life, like that of her Redeemer, was de
voted to the spiritual welfarj cf mankind,
and tho world at large has Deen materially
benefited by her prayers and sacrifices. Her
grand life is a beacon light to the good and
true of all aectt. races and crop's in the civ.
Ilized world, and her wonderful achievement!?
are lights and landmark, on the c'.iffs of
fame, which will for all time illuminate the
paths of millions of women wherever civlira
tlon has a foothold, which is where woman is
duly appreciated; and
Whereas, The priceless heritage of such a
life belong^ of right to Illinois; and
Whoreas. She g-'.ories in it and deems it
worthy of national commemoration; there
fore, to immortalize it and to show all na
tions how exalted a sphere woman occupies
in this great state, the following law la here
by placed on our statute books.
If the bill passes, which seems cuite prob
able. Mis 3 Willard will be the first woman
s>o honored in America.
Club A'ofes.
The national council of women and the
national congress of mothers, both in ses
sion at Washington this week, furnish an
interesting subject of study to philosophic
minds. ■ While women have talked of babies
since the days of Eve. there is a novelty in
discussing the subject according to parlia
mentary rules and in a national conven
tion — a novelty which has not worn off even
though this is the third congress. As jus
tification for its existence the members of
the organization point with pride to the
establishment of many day nurseries for
children of working women. Furthermore,
they have instituted night schools, whose
teachers are bright young women and young
men', who take from happy, care-free lives,
filled with social duties, the two or three
hours daily that help to enrich their less
fortunate brothers and sisters.
Cooking schools have been established,
also sewing schools and schools of domestic
science, where everything Is as free as the
air of heaven to the girl who really desires
to better her condition. They have set up
free kindergartens for the children of the
slums, started soup houses in the saloon-in
fested portions of some of the large cities—
in fact, the "mother" Idea has widened out
till it embraces the most Incongruous lot of
organizations imaginable; and yet, when
they are all sifted down, it will be found
that the basic idea is the "homo," and the
hope of each is to help the weak, encourage
the faint-hearted and strengthen the bond
of the family and home.
While "the mothers" develop the subjects
of child culture and "mother ideal," the
national council of women are taking up
the burden of nations. The question of
colonial expansion and its effects upon
American motherhood and manhood will
wait for an answer before them. Among
those who wilt discuss these subjects are
women who have made enviable reputations
in literature, science and arts.
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Rockford, 111., boasts a club, the ages of
whose members range from twelve to four
years. Far from being the ordinary chil
dren's band for something or other, this
organization is planning to make applica
tion for membershiD to the National Feder
ation of Musical clubs, which holds Its next
annual meeting in St. Louis in May. It is
hardly necessary to say that the members
of the Rockford club are ambitious musi
cians of no mean talents. "Llebling" is the
name which they have chosen, and they
have bound themselves to play nothing but
high class music.
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An interesting innovation has recently been
made in the woman's club, of Media, Perm.
This is tho formation of a nurses' class from
among its members. The plan is undertaken
at the 'suggestion of Dr. Alice Rogers Easby,
a physician of the place, who instructs the
class as her contribution to the work of the
woman's club. The course is to extend over
two years, with weekly lessons of an hour
and a half each. The pupils taka turns in
being p-itients, and the lessons have already
become very popular. Tiiefe have been so
far instructions In bathing, bandaging,
keeping a clinical chart, the use of disinfect
ants, and similar general knowledge. The
course will include cbstctrios, wl'Jh practice
In the care of infants, Invalid cookery, and
the nursing of fevers and contagious diseases.
Mnch of the instruction that will be given
cannot usually be obtained outside Cf a hos
pital. By way of special advantage a train
ed nurs3 from some hospital gives a demon
stration at nearly every lesson.
The members of the class find that tho
knowledge that they gain is of great value at
home, and when they become more skilled
they have pledged themselves to be ready to
nurse among the poor of the town as they
are ne;ded. The plan seems an admirable
one, and worthy of repetition In other places.
The onlooker can hardly fail to be impressed
with the practical turn of mind displayed by
most club women. They have always an
objective point, educational, philanthropic
or social, and are seldom meraly on pleasure
bent. Far from wasting time at her club,
the ordinary club member makes a very posi
tive use of it, and the one talent ts generally
multiplied five or ten fold. — Harper's gazar.
CHAP-BOOK VALEXTIXES.
Wherein I_MHea nail Geiitlenie-u In
scribed Pleasing: anil Suitable
Verses.
The valentine as we know It Is. says the
Saturday Evening Post, "but a modern In
novation. The written valentine has not
been establashed In favor 200 years, the
printed valentine scarce 100. And yet Charles,
Duke cf Orleans, held In tlie Tower of Lon
don in 1415, wiole scnilnmenta! and crtl/al
rous valentines.
The valentine collection of Mr. F. H. Eaer,
of Cleveland, 0., contains many of the
curious little chap-bcoks known as valentine
writers, which at the beginning of this
century supplied "pleasing and original
verses suitalble for ladles and gentlemen."
Mr. Bner's earliest written valentine was
addressed to Sarah Brett, in 1790, and, in
structively, the British museum has its
counterpart, directed in the same hand to
another woman. The sheet is a foot square,
but was ingeniously folded for the post luto
squares of four inches. It was Bealed with
a heart, and about the lour sides ran In faded
ink the lines:
"When you hear this harte behold.
Twill break as you these lines unfold.
"The power of envy cannot pretend
To say I have fals versa) pend.
"For in the Inside Sweet Turtle dove
I've wrote the morrals of my love.
"Thou art the maid and only maid
That has my honest h?art Irapad."
Breaking the seal. Miss Brett found other
verses, one couplet to each of the four outer
squares:
"My dearest dear and blest devlne
I have piteured here your hart and mine
"And Cubit with his fatal dart
Has deeply wounded my poor hart
"And has betwixt us fixt a cross
Which makes me to lament my loss.
"And never will my poor hart have ease
Till our hearts axe joined aa these."
Unfolding again she found on the luner
s.uare:
"If you refuse with me to wed.
Twill bring destruction to my head.
"Pale death at last shall stand my friend
And bring my sorrow to an end."
A gilt heart occupies the middle of the
sheet, and about It are the closing lines:
"If you'll be mine
I will be thyne
And ao good „
Morrow Valentine."
Hi-form Schools Are Fallnres.
A New Jersey Judge has created a decided
sensation by declaring that boys sent to the
state reform school come ■■111 flrst-c!-S3 (lim-
Ir.als. In a state noted for tho btr'-t'lP-J of
Its administration this seems a startling ac
cusation. Unfortunately, this Judge's opinion
ls sharod, to some cctent at leas-t, by many
high police offlr-iaU.
Reform schools are rtnevolenl'y intended
to be a refuge for wayward chl'.dren w'ie*i
they may be brought to a knowledgo of their
duties to themselves and to society. The ty.9
tem on which they are based has long b."in
supposed to be the best that modern thought
and wisdom could devii-e. If they fill in
their mission a most serious condition ls
created.
Experts In penology are, for the most part,
agreed that the reformation of a boy ls a far
more uncertain problem than that of a girl,
alleging that women and girls seldom become
wayward from choice, nnd that whero a de
praved lnsitlnct exl3ts naturally it ls otronger
In a boy than in a girl.
The present direction of thought to -he sub
ject is far from being new. It Invtte3 the pro
foundest study of practical humanitarians.
Even wayward youth are of sufficient im
portance to enlist the best efforts to disprove
In their behalf the police axiom, "Once a
criminal, always a criminal." — Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
The Famous Bust.
The discovery of a new bust of Christ, re
cently purchased by the Russian ambassador
at Madrid, and prouounced by experts to 1 c
the work of Michael Angelo or Donatello, still
continues to create a sensation In the art
world. The eyes are blue rock crystal. Queen
Victoria, to whom a photograph of tho work
was sent, desires the bust copied In marble.
A Curious Dlrgre.
Harry T. Montgomery, a private- in the
Thirteenth Minnesota, now stationed at Ma
nila, In a letter published in the Kansas City
Times, relates a curious incident. A Manila
merchant of the well-to-do class came to tha
camp one day and told of the death of a
friend. He paid his friend's last request was
that a certain one of those "beautiful Ameri
can tunes" be played during the march to
the cemetery. The messenger did not know
the name of the pierce, and the leader of the
regimental band played a few notes from flit
ferent selections until he struck "A Hot Time
In the Old Town Tonight." The native clapped
his hands and said that was the identical
tune his dead friend wanted. It seemed a
trifle odd to play that rollicking air at a
funeral, and the musician endeavored to point
out tho Incongruity of It, but it was no use
— "A Hot Time in the Old Town" was want
ed, and nothing else. The obsequies were a
big thing, and the members of the band did
their best to keep straight faces as they slow.
ly headed the procession down the streets,
grinding out as solemnly as they could our
"new national anthem." It was probably the
first occasion where "A Hot Time in the Old
Town" did duty as a dirge.
Churches and Their Work.
St. Clement's chapter of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew gave an Informal reception last
evening to the young men In the guild hall
of St. Clement' 3 Episcopal church, at Milton
and Portland avenue. There were about fifty
guests, and supper was served by the ladUs
of the church. The affair was entirely in
formal and there were no set speeches. Rev.
E. Dray, rector of the church, delivered an
address of welcome and F. E. Foster, who re
sided for eight years at Manila, gave an in
teresting account of life and conditions in
the Philippines. Among the geusts were:
Orrin Kipp, F. E. Foster, Charles Michaud,
Rev. H. M. Hood. A. D. Brand, W. O. White
head, J. H. Armstrong, James B. Emerson,
O. Goldsmith, B. G. Yates. John W. White,
J. F. A. Williams, G. M. Reade, Otto Syl
vester, E. B. Hubbard, G. A. Roberts, W.
G. Gilliam, C. L. Windsor, C. D. Welch, E.
Valentine, Thomas Gaskell, G. A. Vander
sluis. C. E. Hamilton, C. M. Farney, J. C.
Peer. Walter Chesterton.
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The rise in temperature encouraged a good
ly number to venture out to the Crane and
Wolfsohn meeting at First Baptist church
Hast night and the congregation listened with
the deepest interest to an earnest old-fashion
ed and thoroughly interesting exposition of
the doctrine of redemption by the blood of
Jesus, based on the sprinkling of the blood
cf the paschal lamb on the lintels of the doors
of the Israelites on the night when the de
stroying angel passed over the land of
Egypt.
"When I get too proud to preach salvation
through blood," said Mr. Crane, "I will quit
the ministry."
Mr. Wolfsohn, who has already found a
warm place in the people's hearts by his
beautiful voice, sang "Moment by Moment."
Today the first afternoon service will be
held in the chapel at 3 p. m., and the even
ing meeting will commence at 7:45 p. m., r re
ceded by a song service at 7:30 o'clock, on
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Crane wil! speak specially to moihe.rs
and daughters.
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The Young People's Society of Christian En
deavor of Plymouth Church celebrated St.
Valentine's birthday last evening In the
church parlors in a very unique and enter
taining manner. A blackbcard was placed at
one end the room and, one by one. different
members of th? society present were blind
folded, glvon a piece of chalk, and led up
to the blackboard. Ther. they were told to
draw a heart and write their names In the
center. As the artists ware of both sexes
and the hearts frequently overlapped or were
very close together, much merriment was
caused by the game.
Another interesting game was played as fol
low.: Three frames twisted into the form ot
hearts hung in one of the arches. Boneath
tha first heart this verse was lncrlbcd: "Blow
your bubble right through here, and you'll
be married within the year."
Under the second heart was written: "To
be cr.gaed this very week, numbar two ls
the one to take."
The third heart bora this warning: "A
sad and awful fate awaits the one who seeks
me, for he or she will ever a spinster or a
bachelor be."
The guests were provided with soapsuds,
clay pip a and fans. Bubbles were blown!
and with the aid of the f;ins each blower en
deavored to force his bubble through the
heart whose inscription he preferred.
A short musical and literary programme
was given, the following peep.? contributing: j
Little Mi.-is Vivian and Miss Pinky Wilson,
Mr. Woodward, of the Masonic quartette; W.
J. Henry and Mrs. E. A. Warren. Later In
the evening coffee and cake were served.
Two prettily decorated tables held som*
unique valentines and birthday trifles, placed
on sale by the society.
Trusts as a _*__it_ca_ Issue.
Does Democracy ask an issue? It hangs at
prompt and easy hand. And the hour ls aruto
to claim It. Defy the trusts; declare war an
monopoly. Folk are ripe and public temper
Is on edge for this battle. With "crush the
trustßl" ns it 3 cry, Democracy next year
would find for its feet a bread trail to victory.
Tlie situation is blood-red in this villain bus
iness of tho trusts. Xor does It need elabora
tion here. There la none so dull but knows
and understands. The republic ls attacked:
tho fangs of corrupt and dominating monop
olies are searching for the general throat.
Last year has been monstrous for Its multi
plication of those man-enters of trade. Any
party which will place itself at the van of
public sentiment and march to trust-destruc
tion will have tl;o triumph. And to do so, as
an opportunity cf politics, swings widest to
Democracy. If it will but see the right and
seize and do tha right in this smash-the-trust
direction, the future will fill and flow with
Democracy's success. — The (N T . V.) Verdict
(Dem.).
Found Frooien to Death.
WATERTOWN, N. V., Feb. 13.— Charles
Record, aged fifty years, was found frozen to
death near Bias* ° 4 -«r today.
TWIN CITIES TRADE
notwithstanding the cold
WEATHER, SALES HAVE BEEN
FAIRLY GOOD
COLLECTIONS UP TO NORMAL
Trade In General Shows a Constant
ly Improving Tone Dry Goods
Are Active and Cottons Advanc
ln X Larj_e Shipments of Roots
and Shoes Iron and .Steel Or
ders Still Coming Kornard.
St. Panl-Contlnucd cold weather for tho
Past two weeks has had a notice-able effect
on the volume of business done. Sabs hav 9
been good notwithstanding, and the aggregate
considerably In advance of last year's re< -ord.
C.llctcions are up to the usual figures and
no complaints are heard from any source.
Retail trade Is qulet.-Brad.treet'a, Feb 11.
• • •
St. Panl-Jobbers in all lines report sales
holding up well, and January business ex
ceeds last year's. Dry goods houses claim an
increase of 15 to 20 per cent. Retail trade
has been qulot on account of extreme cold
weather. January freight receipts 9 752 cars
against 10.3.59 last year, and shipments 7 530
against 7,701 last year.-Dun's Review,' Feb.
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Minneapolis-Extreme cold weather dur
ing the past week has had a depressing efTect
or. general business, although it has helped
to reduce stocks of winter goods. Advan.-.
orders for dry goods, shoes, hats and agri
cultural implements augur w.ll for future
business.— Bradstreet's.
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Minneapolis-There has been less specu
lation in cereals and stocks, but bauk clear
ings for the week show increase of 38 pr-r
cenf. It is reported that the entire output
of Lake Superior mines has been purcha-ed
for the year. A new furnace here commences
this week, with an output of ninety tons
per day, employing 300 hands. Real estate
transfers for tha week. $172,8*1, against $85 -
397 last year, and transfers in January show
increase of 125 per cent. Shipments In that
month were 33,489,016 lbs, against 28,217 314
l a -L ea Lumber shipments for tha week
6.. 90..00 feet, against 5,010,000 last year with
prices firm. Flour output reported by the
"Northwestern Miller: .Minneapolis, 207,455
bbls. against 276.5C0 last year; Superlor-Du
luth. 1..0C0. egainst 4.270; Milwaukee 33 140
against 33,100; and St. Louis. C 7.200 against
41, .°^ \ aS \ year ' Plour ls dull ■"*» only
a third of the production. Money is quiet at
3 to S per cent Extreme weather retards re
tail trade, but January business was the
largest known for years.— Dun's Review, Feb.
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GENERAL TRAiDE.
Dry Goods-The Boston market shows a
better tone and business is increasing. Cotton
goods hold firm all along the line. Gray cot
tons maintain a very strong tone at the ad
vance, while other cottons in the way of
bleached and finished goods are also being
worked higher In price. Business is improv
ing, the Arm tone to values inducing f-ee
stocking up with supplies. The mills are full
of business and the outlook very promising
Printed fabrics are going well, while piques
and ginghams are free sellers and very
strongly situated. Dress woolens are going
better, an Improved jobbing d.jnand having
started that has encouraged more full orders
from mill agents. In some Instances hen
rlettas, serges and cheviots have been ad
vanced In price 5 to 7*. per cent. Men's-wrar
v.-oolens are being opened In -heavy weighs
for fall. and more business Is being booked.
The outlook is much better than two weeks
sirce.
There has been a very fair amount of
business transacted during the past week at
New York. Some firms are still complaining
about the times being dull, but they appear
to be exceptions. The trade generally say
that business is fair. Cotton goods continue
in good demand and prices are firm; wco'ens
are Improving In activity, and prices are bet
ter and are likely to remain so. The row
firms who reduced their prices on doinestl.
woolens, have put the prices back to where
they were, and in some Instances have In
crease them. The silk business is very
good, and seems likely to be as brl.k an.
active as it was cue year ago. The outlook
for gocd business during the year _ccm 3
favorable, and there Is a -very hopeful feeling
prevailing all through the trade. The cloth
ing trade doe 3 not show up as well as the
Jobbing dry goods lusir.ess. though demand Is
' quoted fair, and it is thought likely to Im
prove. — Bradstreet's. Feb. 11.
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Dry Goods— Well maintained strength is
still the dominating feature In the cotton
goods situation, and further advances In
pries have been reported in various de
partments. The demand has been good, but
actual business is to some extent restricted
by the difficulty of securing prompt deliver
ies in a number of lines. Pressure upon
manufacturers is leading' to increased pro
duction, and reports have come from various
quarters of mills resorting to overtime, but
in spite of this stocks in first hands fail to
show any increase. The movement of cot
ton goods is much in excess ot what it was
a year ago, and there are no Indications of
any near falling off, distribution by Jobbers
being liberal and their supplementary de
mands increasing. The woolen goods situa
tion Is also improving, the demand for men's
wear fabrics increasing and staple dress
goods stiffening in price.— Dun's Review
Feb. 11.
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Cotton Goods— Advances of *_c have
been reported in brown sheetings and drills.
In standard 3-yard and 4-yard goods, tha
demand keeping the market bare of stocks
and well sold ahead. Lightweights In both
coarse and fine yarn makes are strong r.ud
occasionally V_c higher. Further advar.c a
are reported in bleached cottons, Fruit of
the Loom going to 5%c net and Lonsdale, to 6o
(with discounts), other mak.s in unison.
Low grades In 04 squares generally __c dear
er. Wide sheetings were firm, with fair
sales. Cotton blankets selling readily at
5 to 10 per cent advance on last season. Cot
ton flannels quiet, pending opening of n^w
season. Denims and ticks firm at advances
noted last week, other coarse colored cot
tons steady, with moderate demand. Kid
finished cambrics and other cotton linings
very firm. The following are approxim.u.
quotations: Brown sheetings, standards, ___o
to -*__} g-yards. Pie to 4'_ c; 4-yards, 2*. to
to 3T£e; brown drills, standards, 4%c to 4„_o;
."-yards. 4%e to 4 Vie; bleached standard 1.4,
5,_ to So; 04 square, 3~_c to 4c; _ld-flnls_c_
cambrics, G4 square, 2%c.
Print cloths continue firm at 2'_ c for reg
ulars, but sales limited, with o.ds "_c high
er. Prints In Improved demand and price.
teniling upwards, Vie advance reported la
shirting prints. Fine printed wash fabrics
and white goods steadily tending upwards.
Staple ginghams strong and occasionally Vie
higher. Dress style ginghams and napped
fabrics very firm.— Dun's Review, Feb. 11.
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Wool— The market maintains a si '•: ly
tone, with fair sales reported la some ln
-tanccs. Boston's sales for the week foot
up nearly 4,000,CtK) lbs, of which about WO,
--000 fbs were foreign. About 2.^00,000 lbs ter
!bs California and Texas, at about the form
er basla cf prices' ruling. Choice fine me
dium and fine territory are selling one the
scoured basis of about _**9_ie, with shorter
staple at 40c. For twelve months' growth
Texas and California tho prices
about the same as for good territory. Un
washed medium fleeces are firm at the ad
vance noted, with a fair demand. Washed
Boecea are qu'.et and In small offer. Cross
bred Australian wools are firm, with spot of
ferings well reduced. Some of theso wools
bought at last Lordon sala have beon sold
to arrive. Merino Australian wools t-'-lirt but
steady. Carpet wcols quiet.— Bradctreet's,
Feb. 11.
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Wool- Sales at tho three chief markets
have keen 6,475,400, against 5,303,200 in last
year, and 9,167,900 In 1*97. But, while the
manufacturing demand ls encouraged by bet
ter prices for serges and cheviots, there is
no gain In fleeces, whloa are weak, and the
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