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THE ST. PAUL (iLOBE
FRIDAY, APRIL 7. -1599.
CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Cairter I 1 mo I 6 inos ! 12 moa
Daily only 40c :* a. 26 )**•»«
Daily *nd Suuday. .50c! 2.75 5.00
Sunday ■H ej • ]_zJ_t-L—
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTION'S.
B y Mail I Imo I 6 moa 118 aw
Dally only 2 5c * 1 . 5 0 * S . 0 0
Dally and Sunday. .35c *•<) £ f• 9 2
Sunday J* 1.6 0
Weekly 75 1 1.00
Katered at Postoflice at St. Paul.. Sttnn.. as
Secoud-Cla&s Matter. Address all communi
cations and make all Remittances payable to
THE GLOBE CO.. St. Paul. Minnesota.
Anonymi us communications not noticed. Re
jected rc-inuscripU will not be returned un-
Irss accompanied by postage.
BRANCH OFFICES.
Neir York 10 Spruce St
t'lilcaico . . Hf.om 609. No. 87 Washington St.
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota— Fair Friday and Saturday;
variable winds.
North Dakota- Fair Friday and Satur
day; variable winds.
South Dakota— Fair Friday and Satur
day; variable winds.
Wisconsin— Rain, followed by fair Fri
day; Saturday fair; brisk north winds.
lowa Pair, preceded by rain in ex
treme eastern portion Friday; Saturday
fair; northwest winds.
Montana.- Fair Friday and probably
Saturday; variable winds.
ST. PAIL.
yesterday's observations, taken by the
I'nii.-d Slates weather bureau. St. Paul,
P. !■'. Lyons observer, for the twenfy
four hours riid-d at 7 o'clock last night.
—Barometer <M!ivcua for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 40
Lowest it-m.Pßr.itLj.uv 34
Average temperature ..» 37
Daily range ..-■ 6
Barometer .". .; ;}0 15
Humidity 75
J'r-iintatioti ; '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .01
1 p. in., temperature ...' '39
T p m.. wind, northwest; weather, partly
cloudy.
VKSTKRMAVS TEMPERATURES.
„ , . Hi-li.\vpm High.*Spm
Battleford ..38 M Boston 40 40
Bismarck ...4J 40 Buffalo .. ..50 42
Calgary ..44 42 Chicago .. ..44 38
Dulutli J2 :iS Cincinnati ...sl> 4S
Edmonton ...48 4fi Cleveland ...42 40
Havre 44 40 Jacksonville 70 66
Helena IS 4t;i Los Angeles. 74 Ct>
Huron 38 36 Xew Orleans.62 62
Med. Hat ...Jl 2S Xew Y0rk.. ..50 40
Minnedosa ..32 28 Omaha 34 32
Pr. Albert ..46 40 Philadelphia sti 4fi
yu"Api>elle ..40 321 Pittsburg ....60 56
S. Current ..3ti 30 St. Louis 50 48
Williston ....44 40 S. Francisco. 72 70
Winnipeg ...36 31 Washington 56 50
'Washington time i 7 p. m. St. Paul.)
THK STATE'S HIEXXIAL, HOLD-IP.
It is an easier and a safer act to hold
up a state than It is to hold up a train
or an Individual. Tn the last two cases
tlier.' is the possibility of being shot by
the assaulted party in self-defense, and
there is the other serious inconvenience
of being arrested, tried, convicted and
given a lons term of imprisonment.
These chances are a good deal more than
even and the infrequeney of such hap
penings indicates a reluctance on the
part of the chevaliers d'lndustrie to as
snme them. In the case of a hold-up of
tiie state the circumstances are quite
different, the operators of an entirely
different class, the methods wholly dis
similar, and jet the net result, the com
pulsory handing over of money, is pre
cisely the same.
The suite of Minnesota, in its inception",
evidently regarded the only persons liable
to bid It stand and deliver were its leg
islators and its disbursing: officers, for It
provided that no money should ever be
appropriated except by bill, and also that
no money should be paid out of^he tre,aß7.
ury except by e*pre?s provision of law.
But these provisions were made in the
rallow iiaya of the state, when It was
young and trusting, and long before the
advent of the suave gentleman who de
vised methods of making the state dis
gorge whether it would or not. He first
Appeared as the disburser of a fund espe
cially appropriated for the conduct of
some state institution, but who found th 3
amount at his disposal inadequate to the
management of his charge upon the scale
that comported with his own official dig
nity or the importance of the office he
filled. So he spent more than lie had;
Ih.«t is incurred debts which he had no
money to pay, and. when another legis
lature came into action, he appeared be
fore it. bland as an insurance agent and
plausible as a book canvasser, and asked
the state to make good the deficiency in
his accounts. As he is always a courtly
gentleman, highly esteemed, a pillar of
his church, and able to make plausible
showing i-f beneficial action, he always
■ sll '< ds in getting the legislature to
include in its appropriation bill a sum to
pay bis institution's debts.
So general has become this practice that
no appropriation bill passes but carries a
sum, biennially getting greater, to make
tip these illegal, unauthorized and wholly
mischievous deficits. But the evolution
process did not end with the appearance
of the maker of deficits. There came a
time when the state was asked to spend
:i right smart sum for an exhibit of its
products. The legislature appropriated
a sum which it deemed adequate. It did
not meet the expansive views of the pro
moters by much more than half. Forth
with they secured notes of hand from
private individuals, in all sections of the
stKt.-. which they discounted, and raised
and spent the money. The understanding
was that the state would cover the note
liability with an appropriation by the next 1
legislature. And it did. Now, we submit,
the question was not, in that case, nor is
It in that of the makers of the deficits,
whether the legislature had acted nlg
g&rdly or not; the question is whether or
no, when the legislature has fixed the
limit, officers or citizens should be per
mitted to exceed that limit and virtually
hold the state up for the payment of the
excess.
The% legislature that enacted the new
capitol law had a glimmer of light on
these questions, for it made it a penal of
fense, a felony, for the commission to
exceed, by a dollar, the amount limited,
$2,000,000. That was right. But why
should the rule be restricted to that com
mission? Why is It not a good rule to ap
ply to every head of every department, to
every board or commission to which
money is given for conducting its public
affairs? Why should it not be a penal
offense for any of these gentlemen to in
cur liability fo* a dollar more than the
legislature made provision? Not to men
tion the economy resulting, would it not
tone up the moral fiber of these man
agers? Would they then figure in .the
biennial deficiency bill for their cus
tomary one to two hundred thousand doi-
lars? Would they not put a curb bit on
their desire to spend? Will not the joint
committee on appropriations add such a
restrictive amendment to its joint bill
this year?
THKOWIMU KIKKKK DOWN,
For the first time in our history a Re
publican Ramaey county legislative dele
gation has succeSsdWJ in beourl:ig the
enactment of a local measure which is
worthy of public approval. They have
made the office of county assessor elective
on and after th" next general election
In the fall at 1980. In the lnt?rval it is
provided thai the successor to tho present
incumbe-nt slu>il be chosen by the board
of county commissioners.
It is not difficult to understand how
such a laudable measure came to be
adopted. There is a split In the local Re
publican machine. Open war is being'
made on Mayor Iviefer. His administra
tion possesses too much of a Germanic
tinge to suit the exacting tastes of the
native political talent. The first oppor
tunity which has presented Itself to
"throw Kiefer and the Germans down"
has presented itself through the medium
of the assessorship, and the opportunity
has been availed of quite effectively.
To follow up the appointment of Pott
gieser t>> the board of public works by
the selection of Heir Seng as his own
successor would 'involve a degree of
recognition af.the "ioreign -element" alto
gether inconsistent with Republican re
form ideas. Thus, making a \frtue of
necessity, the exalted statesmen who are
now in control- virtually of all the? depart
ments of our local government, have
wrested the appointment from the con-
trol of the mayor' of their own choice,
and made the office elective.
The local Republican offk-viiolders are
not all thieves. Hence the old adage
about thieves falling out has only a
limited application In this case. Yet it is
undeniable that for the small legislative
favor involved in making' the office of
assessor elective the people have to
thank the commendable unpleasantness
existing between the enemies and friends
of what, in the parlance of our local
statesmen, has come to be known as the
Kiefervereln.
PROMISE OF VICTORY.
The political events of the past week
have been exceptionally favorable to the
Democratic cause. East and West, the
trend toward Democracy is unmistakable.
However we may seek to explain the
fact, the fact itself exists.
Democrats do not ordinarily look for
much of comfort toward Rhode Island.
Yet even there the prospect presented by
the recent election Is full of hope. In
the last national election the Republican
candidate for president had a plurality
over his Democratic opponent of 22,978.
This year the Republican plurality is not
half as great, while every district In the
state shows a greater or less Democratic
gain. In Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Col
orado, Missouri, wherever a serious party
contest prevailed, the result was favora
ble to the Democratic party. In this state
all Indications given in local elections were
of a like character.
The Republican policy is clearly out
lined in the frantic efforts put forward
to foment Democratic divisions. In the
recent contest in Chicago this disposi
tion; was most strongly manifested. The
New York Sun, now recognized as the
most unscrupulous champion .of a dis
credited national administration, filled Its
columns with the most venomous, and
unfounded calumnies of Mayor Harris'bn
and his administration.. In every city in
the Union the Republican organs acted on
the same cue. They recognize the impor
tant political truth that, with a divided
opposition, the infamous record of Alger
and hi 3 trust proteges may succeed in
escaping condemnation.
There is not a single proposition direct
ly affecting the administration of nation
al concerns on which Democrats are not
at heart In unison. Every practical pub
lic man recognizes this truth. The De
mccracy and every branch and faction of
It is outspoken in hostility to the shame
less schemes of imperialism and to the
ccrrupt and infamous alltance which has
been maintained between the national ad
ministration and those industrial ma
rauders misnamed trusts. Gradually, but
steadily, the movement Is In progress
among Democrats which will allay sec
tional misunderstandings, and which will
furnish a common ground on which all
friends of the popular cause can on
conscience stand in the approaching
struggle.
We must not Ignore or misunderstand
the lesson of the recent Democratic vic
tories. They signalize the readiness of
the masses. East and West, to overthrow
the corrupt obligations of politics a.nd
Industry that have assumed control of
our national government. They voice the
popular demand that factionism and
sectionalism must cease within the ranks
of the Democracy; that mutual tolera
tion and concession must prevail, and
that we must ask the sustainment by the
people of principles and policies that
will go to the root of the abuses that
have aroused the Indignation of the
country.
A national victory for the Democratic
party is in sight. Nothing short of crim
inal folly on Its own part will prevent
its realization.
m
IM.ATINO AT CROSS PURPOSES.
A very curlou3 and Interesting play of
cross purposes is the treatment accorded
the bill to create a commission, and put
$25,000 at Its disposal or to compensate
it for its work, the duty of which should
be to give our statutes a keelhauling-, a
weeding, a fumigation and general dis
infecting, scraping off the barnacles,
plucking out the tares, killing the mi
crobes, or by whatever renovating pro
cess you may be pleased to term it, so
that laymen, lawyers and judges may
know what is law. As it now stands
there Is no lawyer with any regard for
hts reputation who would dare to give a
client an opinion on the law of promis
sory notes until after he had looked all
through the various compilations and
examined the latest session laws. Cases
have been known where the very learned
judges of the supreme court have .had to
Inform counsel for both appellant and
Wspbhdent that they had overlooked "a
statute that bora directly upon their
inwimwfrftE ,«■._.• ... ... ..
THE? ST. PAUL GLOUS, FRIDAY, AFKiL 7, 1899.
case, and In other not Infrequent cases
the .same erudite court has had occa
sion to remark that counsel for neither
side called the court's attention to some
existing but forgotten and entombed act.
And the curious byplay comes. In in
the manner in which the bill Is treated
l>y the two classes, the lawyers on the
one hand and the laymen on the other.
As confusion of laws breeds litigation,
one would naturally expect, as- human
nature commonly acts, that the lawyers
would be opposed and the laymen be
insisting upon revision, codification and
simplification. And we have the singu
larly contradictory reversal of this ap
parently natural attitude, with the law
yers favoring a measure that would di
minish their business and the farmers
successfully opposing one that would
lessen their lawyers' bills. Queer,
isn't It? ' _
NOTARIAL. SEALS.
Messrs. Staples and Jacobson have a
peculiar ability to throw the house Into
a spasm, in which it slaughters some
meritorious measure. A night's sleep
usually restores to the house its good
sense, and then It takes up the defunct
bill, breathes life into and passes it. The
Abbott bill, requiring notarial seals to
bear the name of the notary, is an in
stance. The result of the collective seal
has only been to discredit the seal, de
priving it of that world-wide credence, as
an important commercial instrument, it
is Intended to have. Minnesota notaries,
attesting documents for use in other
states, or countries, have generally been
required to have affixed the certificate of
the clerk of the court, under his seal,
that they were duly appointed notaries.
Numerous cases have occurred where
frauds have been perpetrated by means
of the form of a seal used in this state,
the uniformity of which makes notaries
indifferent to its care and use. The house
did well to rescind its action, and the
senate should pass it without the cavil
the bill met on third reading in the house.
The lowa supreme court is hard on the
"old boys" who want to go in by the
side door, bf ck door or concealed stair
way to get their grog. It has decided
that the saloon business In the Hawkeye
state must be. conducted in single rooms
and with entrances from the main thor
oughfare only.
Oh, come, come, everybody? Can't we
send the beef. Secretary Alger, Gen.
Fagan and the whole kit to some far-off
land, say Wake island, and close the
whole rank incident?"
Illinois has again put up the price of
broom corn half a cent a pound. The
Democrats of Chicago must have pur
chased brooms with a lavish hand on
Tuesday night.
It is presumed that Mr. Plngree has not.
overlooked sending his congratulations
to Mr. Jones, of Cleveland, who seems to
be a Pingree sort of a fellow himself.
The mayors of Cincinnati, Detroit, Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis ' are
Democrats. Mr. Klefer, the next mayor
of St. Faul will be a Democrat.
Is the millennium just over the hills?
Fourteen of Chicago's aldermen have
met to further a, scheme for a non-par
tisan council.
The anti-Quay Republicans of Pennsyl
vania are now voting for a man named
Tubbs. Probably, his first name ought to
be Diogenes.
Chance, the St. Paul catcher, has mar
ried a girl named Pancake. Now why
shouldn't he be a good batter?
: Mr. Altgeld wishes to be excused from'
any remarks upon past or coming events.
He has a frog in his throat.
Most of the people who were going to
Alaska this year have changed their
minds.
There Is also a not unpleasant numer
ousness of Democrats in Rhoda Island.
It is still a neck-and-neck race between
the snow ball and the base ball.
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL.
METROPOLITAN.
Modjeska, supported by a talented com
pany, was greeted last night by an audi
ence by no means in keeping with her
deserts, in numbers at least, although It
was enthusiastic as the evening proceed
ed, and in a measure made up in interest
what it lacked in numbers.
Queen of the mimic stage and mimic
queen beside, the comely countess in
truth was delightful. And Mary Stuart,
with the opportunities of the role, that
range through all the human Impulses,
love, hate, revenge, forgiveness, ambi
tion, humility, and pride, hope and
despair, revealed each moment a new
beauty in the art that knows no modern
mistress so faithful to her duty or so
exacting of her subject as Modjeska. It
might have been her of whom It was
wlrtten: "Age cannot wither her, nor
custom stale her infinite variety." So
familiar Is her Mary Stuart that it Is
almost superfluous to comment on It 3
fidelity to the highest art.
Nor is there any gainsaying the repu
tation that Annie E. Proctor has made as
Queen Elizabeth. Her characterization
of the role of England's queen Is admir
able. Haughty, yet by her own confes
sion with weaknesses of will that at least
one too many of her courtiers knew, Miss
Proctor's appreciation of the marvelous
uncertainty In the royal temperament
was apparent. Especially strong, at once.
forceful and well controlled, was her
work in the exacting scenes of the third
and fourth acts, the former with Mod
jeska, • the latter without. Both thesw
scenes Impelled the audience to hearty
demonstrations of approval.
Lester Lonergan, as Leicester, presents
a polished character, stripped of the af
fectation of villainy too usual In such
roles. Besides a tendency to stride rather
than walk, which marred to some extent
his work In the scene In the park at
Fotherlngay, Mr. Lonergan's rendition
was entirely commendable.
George Spencer's Sir Edward Mortimer
was excellent. He was ardent and vig
orous "without being unduly vehement or
unpleasantly overcome by his emotions.
His suicide after Leicester's treachery
and his arrest was marked by a thorough
delicacy, and was rewarded by an en
thusiastic curtain call.
Charles Herman, as Lord Burlelgh, ap
peared to best advantage In those scenes
where the opportunities for mistake are
most tempting. He has a strong Intui
tion as to the contrasts of light and
shade, of repose and action, and was best
In the fourth act. In the second a ten
dency to scan his lines, that aided their
force, perhaps, at the expense of their
music, was observable.
Frederick Vroom as Talbot. Wadsworth.
Harris as Sir Amlas Paulet, and Clar
ence M. Love as Burgoyne, were accept
able.
Tonight and tomorrow matinee. "An
tony and Cleopatra," the Shakespeare
version.
The sale of season tickets for the en
gagement of the Ellis Opera company
at the Metropolitan opera house closed
last night; the number of course tickets
sold Is very large, exceeding even the
big sale for tha Damrosch company
three years ago. Tho Indications are
that this engagement wjil be the most
brilliant success, artistically, musically
find linancially | n | ne higtQry of St. Paul.
The sale of single tickets opens today,
beginning at 9 o'clock, and seats for one
or more performances can be secured.
Letters from different sections of the
state have been received containing or
ders for seats, and the management has
received hundred* of inquiries, so the in
dications are Mjljjthe engagement will
be a most suee/isTM one in every respect.
So gr»-at is thV-ffJmand, however, that
lv order to present speculation and not
to show partiality fo any one, the public
is notified thatr R,mvill be impossible to
lay seats aside iforl kny one, or to receive
orders during tiie May by telephone, and
that no large bloeßS of seats will be sold
to any one person unless satisfactory
evidence can b« given that the same
are not to be used for speculative pur
poses. The gallery will not be reserved,
und tickets fop that part of the house
will not be sold until the evening of the
performance.
The I?an<la ji^sa, or Imperial Red
Band of Italj \ , win appear for the first
time Jn this cjity at the Metropolitan
opera house next Sunday, giving two
concerts, matinee and evening. This
organization Is not well known here, but
in other parts of the country it has the
reputation of being one of the best con
cert and military bands in the world.
The sale of seats for? . these' "concerts is
now open.
GRAND.
The realistic features; of 'Through" the
Breakers," the attraction at the Grand
this week, are most striking in charac
ter, and greatly excell anything of this
kind seen here In a long time. Tomor
row at 2:30 the only remaining matinee
of the engagement will occur.
"MePadden's Row of Flats" will be
the attraction at the Gran^ for next
week. The play is a laugh producer of
the moat uproarous kind. From the very
first entrance of the little German band
in the- first act there is said to be 'a con
stant burst of applalise and laughter
from all parts of the house until the
final fall of the curtain on act third.
ESTEJRH AZ Y'S . LETTERS.
Development* In the Scandal Gron
liiu: Out of the Uri'yfuH Case.
LONDON, Apirl 7.— The Daily Chronicle
this morning prints the text of three
letters alluded to by examining Magis
trate Bertulus before the court of cas
sation, which Maj. Count Esterhazy ad
dressed to President Faure under dates
of Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, 1897, and Nov. 5,
1897— letters, which Esterhazy alleges were
dictated to him,, by Col. Paty dv Clam.
The first letteo eeomplains that he ha 3
been victimized'fcby *he Dreyfusites, and
the minister of -war has ignored his ap
peal for protection. He goes on to beg
M. Faure to put an end to the scandal
and says; ■=■ i
"If I should have the sorrow not to be
listened to by the supreme head of my
country, my precautions are taken for my
appeal to reach the ears of my heraldic
chief, the sovereign of the Esterhazy fam
ily, the emperor of Germany. He is a
soldier, and wfll know how to set the
honor of a solditr-J^en an enemy— above
the mean and tmuivoeal intrigues of pol
itics. He will jiaxe. to speak out, loud
and strong, and to defend the honor of
the ten generations of soldiers. It is for
you. the president, to judge if you should
force me to carry the question into that
region. An Esterhazy fears. not anything
or anybody if not good. Nothing and no
body will prevent me acting as I say if I
am sacrificed to- 1 know not what miser
able political combinations."
The second 'l&tjir couched in more
violent terms, ebihplatns that M. Faure
had ignored Ms. appeal, and threatens to
publish a photograph of "a paper stolen
by Picquart in a foreign legation, which
would be most compromising for certain
diplomatic personages," if • his appeals
and disregarded.. 'The third, whidh is
similar in tone, alludes*again to this docu
ment as a protection for himself "since it
proves jthe scoundrelism of Dreyfua," and ,
dange.r for France, "because lt» publica
tion with fac slmllie writing will force
France to humiliate herself or declare
war." ■ . ■— -
"Do .not leav4»~to..me." he says, -"the
obligation of choosine between alterna
tives equally hMtfltfJft?? ff .:• ; - 3 J
After further Sfolilnt &<s
third letter concludes as follows:
"I raise the old French cry: 'Help me
my prince! To my succor." Let me be
defended and H win send back, the docu
ment to the minister of war without any
body in the world having seen it, but let
me be defended q,ulck!y <er I cannot wait
longer, and will' stop at nothing to de
tend and avenge my honor, Infamously
sacrificed."
PARIS, April 7.-The Figaro this
morning publishes the depositions of Gen.
Roget before the court of cassation in
reply to the evidence given by M. Ber
tulus, the examining magistrate. Col
Picquart and M. Devell, who was foreign
minister in 1893. Gen. Roget declares the
account given by M. Bertulus, of his in
terview with Lieut. Col. Henry is false.
Then Gen. Roget dilated upon the moves,
which. In his opinion. Influenced Dreyfus
—resentment for his treatment as a Jew
in the military, school, entanglements
with women and gambling— he character
ized Col. Picquart as a liar, demanded
to be confronted* with him, and declared
that evidence of M.'Develle and others
was full of inaccuracies.
DREVFIS SOT IX IT.
Famous Secret Dossier Barely Men
tions His Xante In One Document.
PARIS, April 6.-fhe Voltaire, which
yesterday published an installment of the
evidence given before the court of cas
sation by M. Paleologue, one of the per
manent officials of t^e foreign -office re
garding the repudiation by the Italian
government, and by Col. Schwartzkop
fen, fromer German military attache here,
of relations with Dreyfus, publishes to
day a further installment showing that
the so-called secret dossier is not con
nected with Dreyfus, except as regards a
single document, a letter mentioning him.
which is dated after his condemnation
and Is, therefore, unimportant.
TO BIRX CHINESE VILLAGES.
An Order That Will Scarcely Be
Carried Into Effect.
PEKIX, April 6.— The governor of Kalu
Chou has given orders to burn two Chi-,
nese villages in the neighborhood of I
Chow, a short distance from Kaiu Chou,
where the German patrol was recently
fired upon. , The orders, however, are
considered here to be arbitrary and un
necessary, and are considered unlikely to
be approved by the officials of the Ger
man legation, to whom the Chinese for
eign office yesterday sent a mild remon
strance.
CECIL RHODES SUCCEED 3.
Hm Secured (inaraateei for* Hl*
Ca.pe to Cairo Railroad.
LONDON, April 6.— The 9t. James Ga
zette this afternoon announces that Cecil
Rhodes has now^qbtalned a guarantee
from the Gertntfn* government upon the
capital of theGermaPj portion of the Cape
to-Cairo railroad. " German financiers
have agreed to projlijie the capital,, and
Germany has also agreed to guarantee a
certain portion a£ tjljj Interest upon the
German cross line from Dar-Os-Salam,
twenty-five mil*p -sputh of Zanzibar,
which Is to tap tha Cape-to-Calro rail
road, (j U(
IN TIM* Q,F PEACE
Sweden Proposes to Prepare for
Po«Hlble W»i? With Xorwty.
STOCKHOLM, (APfU 6.— The ricksdag
has voted 2,388,000 eroVns for the purchase
of rifles and 2,200,000 crowns for the im
provement of the Swedish fortifications.
Will Welcome Mr. ( hoate.
BOURNEMOUTH. Eng., April 6.— The
town council this afternoon passed a res
olution Instructing, the mayor to call of
ficially upon the United States ambassa
dor. Joseph H. Choate, to welcome him
here tv express hep» of bis speedy restor
ation to health 1 -res
GEN. TORRES WARNED
AMERICAN RESIDENTS AT 111,1 ii-
FIELDS AND IN COSTA RICA
APPEAL FOR RELIEF
CEUISER DETROIT DISPATCHED
<■uiiiM.tvtl.i- Argument May Be Nee
esaary to Convluce Offenders That
I'ncle Sam Will Not Be Trifled
W ** n Situation Is KeKurded as
HlKhly Critical MM, 1,1. Resi
dents Alho Complain.
WASHINGTON, April fi.-Tbe cruiser
Detroit, which is now lying off La Guay
ra, Venezuela, has been ordered post
haste to Bluer.elds, Nlearagua, for the
protection of American interests in that
quarter. On the way she will touch at
Port Limon, Costa Rica, where her com
mander will put himself In communication
with the United States consul at that
port and where he also may receive
further instructions. She la also likely
to make a very brief stop at Greytown.
Her dispatch under hurry orders Is at
the urgent request of the state depart-
& St. Pattl Citizefl Higljly Honored. U
ylj WASHINGTON, April 6.— The secretary of state "has announced >he $$
yfi United States delegation to the disarmament congress, which will meet fkfi
NN at The Hague in the la tter part of May, as follows:: s[>
SkA STANFORD NEWEL, minister to ANDREW D. WHITE, minister to <>
rJW the Netherlands. Germany. wft
Q£ SETH LOW, president Columbia CAPT,. WILLIAM CROZIER ord- SA
<y university. nance department, U. S. A. VV
Mft CAPT ; ALFRED T. MAHAN, U. FREDERICK HOLLS, New York, ft£
nU N ' secretary. ' 9v
Mi The commiaslon as a whole is regarded as an exceptionally strong
WM body, being made up of men well known, not only in public and political ftfi|
AX life, but in the world of letters and international affairs They are all <r
VIJ men of scholarship, fine linguists, and possess those attainments help- W^
AA ful in a congress representing the nations of the world, conducted under $6
<V the diplomatic usage which makes French the accepted language. VV
WM Stanford Newel, of St. Paul, was appointed minister to the Nethrr- WA
QA lands by President McKinlay. He is a lawyer of repute, a prominent &\
/V citizen of St. Paul, and though for many years active In politics held 9 *
HA no office until he entered the diplomatic service. Sfj
Si a Andrew D. White graduated from Yale in 1863.- He has been at- ?Z
SW tache of the United States legation at St. Petersburg; professor of Enu- 9V3
HI »sh literature, University of Michigan; president of Cornell, 1867-1885- 6fi
<' commissioner to Santo Domingo, 1871; minister to Germany 1879-1881- *V
f)U minister to Russia, 1892; member of the Venezuela commission- now Aft
minister to Germany. yv
W3 Seth Low - graduate of Columbia university, and now its president- vft
Mfr mayor of Brooklyn, 1881 and 1883; candidate for mayor of Greater New &U
<\ York, 1897; famous as an ediisator. reformer and man of affairs. *"
9y Capt. William Crozler, ordnance department, U. SA • artillery ex V^
U& pert and inventor of disappearing gun carriage used in coast defenses" fci
<2 son of the late Judge Crozier; born in Ohio, and appointed to the military 7 v *
HH academy from Kansas. jkij
AQ Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, naval expert and authority • author of "Thp \/
7y Influence of Sea Power Upon History; 1 midshipman,' 1856- lieutenant Wo
mm 1861; lieutenant commander, 1865: commander, 1872- captain 18S5- retired' C\/i
j> 1896; member of the board of strategy during the Spanish-American war *V
ment, to which American residents both
at Bluefields and in Costa Rica have ap
pealed for protection of American Inter
ests. The arbitrary and extortionate
policy adopted by Gen. Torres, at Blue
fields, who on more than one occasion
has made himself persona non grata to
this government, and whose restoration
to power at the time has been followed
by acts which American residents resont
and proetst against, is the main caose
for the vessel's dispatch.
The state department at the same time
has cabled instructions to the United
States diplomatic representative at Blue
fields, to lodge an energetic protest with
the Nlcaraguan government against the
action of Gen. Torres, and a disregard of
this f .protest will be followed up by a
more positive step on the part of this
government. •
In Costa Rica the American and Brit
ish residents are in trouble on account of
an insurrectionary move. It is alleged
that the insurgents are levying forced
loans on them, besides collecting exorbi
tant and- double duties on imports.
NEW . ORLEANS, April 6.— A letter
from Bluefields, Nicaragua, dated March
31, says:
"Gen. Torres, the special agent of Pres
ident Zelaya, yesterday again notified the
merchants that there would be but twen
ty-four hours In which to pay the duties
to the treasury which had accrued Utter
the revolution began. Torres also under
took-to prohibit the American consular
agent from cabling to Washington or
the president of Nicaragua at Managua.
He is in charge of the telegraph wires
which lead to both the capital and San
Juan del Sur, the cable station. The
American consul, after discovering that
It would be impossible to secure satis
factory information from Torres, with
drew, with the American merchants who
accompanied him to the palace. At this
meeting Torres also declined to state
what steps would be taken to force the
American merchants to submit to double
charge. A vessel was chartered prompt
ly and, after considerable difficulty, a
clearance was secured from Torres, and
this vessel sailed for Port Limon, Costa
Rica, with dispatches for the govern
ment. The consul in these dispatches
asks that at least two war ships be sent
to Bluefields at once.
"The next move Torres made was to
Issue a decree doubling the duties, not
withstanding the fact that the schedule
of duties for this section of the republic
have been fixed by a law passed by con
gress. This law has never been amend
ed or repealed. A very energetic demon
stration on the part of the American
navy is greatly needed."
RELIEF FOR ALASKANS.
Capt. Abercromble Ordered to Harry
Departure of His Expedition.
WASHINGTON, April 6— Acting Sec
retary Melklejohn stated lotkiy that ow
ing to the numerous stories of destitution
and suffering in Alaska, which are being
received at the department, orders have
been Issued to Capt. Abercromble, com
manding the Copper river expedition to
hurry his departure a a much as possible.
A telegram received today from that of
ficer. Indicated that this expedition will
leave Seattle on the 12th inst. They
should reach Valdes on the 19th of the
month. The hope Is expressed at the war
department that the prompt action of
the military authorities In expediting ar
rangements will serve to alleviate the dis
tress at an early date.
COMMISSIONER NOT NASfKD.
Government Has Not Yet Selected
Man to Settle Samoan Dispute.
WASHINGTON, April 6. -Iferr Solf,
who Is to succeed Dr. RafTael as presi
dent of the municipal council of Apia,
has left Washington for his post. He In
tends to stop in Chicago for a day or
two, and also at Colorado Springs, 001..
planning his movements so as to be able
to take the rteamer at San Francisco
some time between the 10th and 15th of
next month.
The state department has not yet se
lected its representative on .the Sanioan
commission, but the president is gl\lng
the matter his personal attention.
WANT THB PHKSIUKM.
New Orleans Citizens May Postpone
Their Peace Jubilee.
WASHINGTON, April 6.— A large Uele
patldn of prominent citizens oi" Xew Or
leans, headed by Senator Caffery and
Representatives Meyer and Davey, called
at the White house today and Invited the
president to visit New Orleans on the oc
casion of the pence jubilee on March 8.
Tho president informed the committee
that It would be Impossible to accept
their Invitation, owing to the press of
public business. The committee then
proposed to postpone the jubilee until
fall If the president could then be pres
ent, but he said he could not give a
promise, but would take the matter under
ccnslderatlon.
lli:i KMHKII A DAY.
Industrial < 'mil iiilmmlou'h Inquiry
lulu the Tru»l (lueHtion.
WASHINGTON, April 6.— The industrial
commission postponed its hearing toihiy
on account of the burial ceremonies at
Arlington:
The commission has dfceided to adopt
the plan of inquiring Into trusts recom
mended by Prof. Jenks, of Cornell. Th-s
inquiry has gone ovar until June, when
Prof. Jenks" will be here throughout the
month, except for the time of university
commencement.
Tomorrow F. B. Thurfcer, of New Yorn,
will be heard on trust question, and Miss
De Craffenried as to the status of work
ing women in EJurope.
VERY SICK MBH.
Vice PreHldent Hohurt and Kepre-
Meatutive lluiril. of l.nul.ilanu.
WASHINGTON, April G.— Vice Presi
dent Hobart was a trifle better tonight.
He rested easily throughout the day and
i allied jet irom his relapse of several
he y wH 8 b SU h ffiCienUy tO ' ndlcate wh«
in hi be l about a eatn. He is still kept
have hi^ , e L erV vf ffOrt iS bein * mad * to
re« thl? Bke thC com Pete quiet and
rest that are essential to his recovery
His Physician is now visiting him twice
«nf ' Ik f d ° f onee ' as befor e his re
annovfn aCK '- , A^ reva ted Indigestion,
annoj Ing cough and general weakness
have made the vice presidents case a
rather serous one. President McKinley
makes daily inquiries concerning him
and sends Mowers to the sick man
Representative Baird. of Louisiana, Is
lying in a critical condition at his hotel
apartments here, and l, barely holding
his own tonight. No material change
in his condition Is reported.
Aorthnent Pension*.
WASHINGTON; April 6.-Northwes<ern
d M 2P 9 ai: Charles L. Uett, Brownton, fS
to $12. Renewal: John W. Crlpn"? Mm
neapolto. $1* Widow: Anna E T Reynold"
New y ork Muls w N ■ *g a^l
n»u°r : r Agneß Clark ' $8. South
Dakota— lncrease: Robert Ralston Kev
wTert^n.Vs: WW ° W: Phebee M " ™ b '
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Better.
WASHINGTON, April S.-Kx-Secretary
Sherman has now so far recovered from
his recent attack of pneumonia tnat he
Is able to be about his house. The con
dition of Mrs. Sherman has also improv
wllk t0 de » rp e that she is able to
LOCAL WAIFS PROM WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, April 6.— Director Mer
riam, of the census bureau, announces
that all appointees to positions paying
more than $1,000 per annum must earn it
by promotions.
Lieut. Elliott, of the Fifteenth Minne
sota, has passed successful examination
for second lieutenant in the regular army
Senator Davis, Congressmen Stevens
and McCleary and Census Director Mer/
riam attended the memorial exercises at
Arlington today.
Capt. A. H. Crossfield and family and
Capt. Barrows, of the Fifteenth Minne
sota, will leave for Minnesota tonight
Representative Stevens today called at
the postofflce department and agreed to a
change of the site of the postoffke at Ma
ple Ridge, Isantl county.
YALE BOAT CREW.
Capt. Allen Trying; a Hew Experi
ment on the Oarnmeu.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., April «.— Capt.
Allen, of the Yale university crew, is
trying an experiment on the oarsmen
■who compose the 'varsity squad. He is
using an oarsman's recorder, the Inven
tion of C. M. Allan, of the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute. The apparatus
consists of a recording mechanism for
the pair oars, so adapted that it auto
matically records the pressure applied
by the oarsman for every position of the
stroke. Thus far the results have been
good, and It is probable that Dr. Galau
det will find ita record of much assist
ance when H comes to developing the
finer details of the crew's work. The
crew rowed a four-mile- stretch today,
two miles being of clear water ofi. ths
straightaway. No attempt was made "to
take the time, but the men rowed as at
any time this season previously. The or
der in the boat was: Stroke, Williams;
No. 7, Edrlen; No. 6, Allen; No. 5, Cros«;
No.' 4, Fltnt; No. 3, Groswold; No. 2,
Wtekes, and bow, Qreenlaw.
Walton, last year's coxswain, officiated
in a like capacity today.
The second boat was put into -the wa
ter for the first time today since ten
days ago It waa stroked by Cameron,
and' contained all the regular substi
tutes.
POPE AS PEACENAKKH.
Will Be Vaked to Mediate In a Royal
l'iiniil> Quarrel.
LONDON. April 7.— lt Is reported in
Brussells, according to the Berlin corre
spondent of the Standard, that Cardinal
Peter Lambert Gooshens. archWshop of
Mechlin. Belgium, has gone to Rcyne to
petition for the mediation of tfte pope in
the matrimonial differences between King
Leopold's daughter. Princess Louise of
Belgium, and her consort, Prince Philip
of Saxe-Coburg.
AUSTRIA IS MISSING.
British Ship Has Xot Bern Heard
From Since .Fan. !>.
■LONDON, April o— Fears are enter
tained- that the British ship Austria, from
Mobil*. Jan., 9. toe Belfast. Ireland, may
be lost. She ha« not been heard of since
she sailed.
GRAND JIPERAjEASON
ELLIS OPERA COMPAKY WILL
CLOSK WITH ITS TWIN CITY
EX(JA«EMEM'
MME. MELBA ALREADY HERE
Auntralian Warbler « nine Ahead of
the ( oiii|(un> i.i llrsl in St. I'uul
ManHKer Kill* I M liitiflpati UK
a Week an SurrpttNfal an Hate
Been the Other* o f the I raiiH.on
tlnental Tour.
Manager Charles A. Ellis, of the Kills
opera company, which Is to give the Twin
Cities their first season of grand opera
since 1896, at the Metropolitan next week,
arrived in this city yesterday, followed
on a later train by the prima donna.
Mme. Melba, who sang at Omaha Wed
nesday night, and will rest in St. Paul '
until Monday with her friend. Mini
Donaldson, .of London, who is ai-com
| panying her on a globe-trotting tour. Th '.
. ladies are at the Ryan, and attended
! Modjeska's performance of' Mary Stuart"
; at. the Metropolitan opera house last
i evening.
Manager Kills reports that the season
j which will close next week has been
j one of the most successful, both artis
| tlcally and financially, in the history of
j the organization which has succeeded t<»
I the prestige of the T>amVoseh company,
i while adding to -itst— luster and to the
, galaxy of stars^coi)(y>r.i.spd in the old oc
-1 ganization. .
The coming siweß. of opera is to be of
: unusual interest, because of the fart that
j it is the first time the peerless Melba has
ever appeared in opera in St. Paul, her
j single visit here having been in concert
twa years ago. That those who heard
her then will find a new interest in her
operatic presentation is without doubt.
Coupled with her name are two others
of renown. Mile. Zelle de Lussan and
Mme. Gadski. The Twin Cities have rare
ly honored a singer with a greater mea
sure of popular favor than they were
wont to accord the lovely French woman
ten or eleven years ago when she cams
| with the Boston Ideals. Gadski is known
I locally only through her single engage
i ment here with the Damrosch company
three years ago, but that was sufficient
to win for her a warm place in the
hearts of lovers of music.
The men of the company are less fa
miliar here. Eonnard, who will sins
Faust Monday night, has long been a
favorite at the Palais de la ?*lonnaie.
Lrusseis, where, by the way, Melba made
I her professional oebut in 18*:9. He has
I also beon a popular idol during the sum
mer seasons at Covent Garden, London.
This is his first .American tour.
Fandolhni, who will sin? Kodolfo, in
j "La Boheme," 13 a native of .Milan, Italy,
j and has been warmly received every
: where he has appeared in this country.
I Bensaude is another Italian, whose work
i has met with cordial approval.
"We have appeared for the most part
1 in the larger cities of the country," said
j Mr. Ellis last night, from New York and
j Uoston to San Francisco, an-J the com
! puny ha-j everywhere met not only with
the most pleasing demonstrations of pop
ular approval, but a popular support that
was especially ...ratifying. Clear across
the continent, the path of the company
has. been strewn with roses, a.s H were,
and with that a fact the artists which
compose it have been enabled to survive
the work of the season with less of fa
tigue than is usually the case, especially
011 a transcontinental tour. Mme. Melba,
who is here tonight, is-- in excellent health
I and spirits, and her voice Is at its best.
The other members of the company sharo
in thla felicitous condition.
"We were compelled to substitute
'Faust' "for 'Traviata,' which we had
intended to present for the opening per
formance Monday by the clamor of the
people of St. Paul, who insisted thajt
Minneapolis was getting the beat of the
programme. The change has entailed
rather more than the usual work on one
or two of the Htars, but aothing would
do but that 'Faust' should be presented
here, and Monday night seemed to ba
the only night on which we could pre- .
sent It without absolutely breaking uj>
our entire calendar for the week. 'Faust'
and 'Carmen' hava both boor, enjoyed
here before, but I think in 'La IJoheme 1
we have a selection that will prove a
great favorite. It was a tremendous suc
cess In Chicago, and I think that, it will
be better here than It was there, as the
smaller playhouse is the better adapted
to its characteristic music."
"^w-
WORLD'S CONDENSED NEWS.
Greenville, S. C— The Fourth Xevr
Jersey regiment was mustered out to
day at Camp Wetherill.
San Francisco — The court-martial to try
Lieut. John M. Neal, of the Fo.urth cav
alry, was convened at the Presidio to
day.
Cleveland, O.— Cleveland vessel owners
Interested in the proposed Mutual Marine
Insurance company will drop the project
until next year.
St. Thomas. D. W. I.— A tire :tt Port
of Spain, Island of Trinidad, on Wednes
day, destroy-ed several stores and did
damage to the amount of $125,000.
Reading. Pa,— A fire, which originated
in the Herschy building, owned by Mil
ton Herschy, of Lancaster, and occupied
by the Lancaster caramel factory, ©f
which he is proprietor, did over $100,000
worth of damage.
Washington— All the troops which are
to return to the United Stales for mus
ter out are expected to return before
May 1. About 13,000 returned in March,
and It Is expected that 25,000 more will
arrive during the present month.
Topeka, Kan.— State Superintendent of
Insurance Church has granted a lieenso
to the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company. All the so-called HiUmon
companies now are back. The Connecti
cut Mutual was barred by Supt. McNall
for refusing to settle the Hillmon i-ase.
New York — Frank Mcßride, who says
he is a laborer, but who the police say
is a crook, was fatally shot today by
William F. Murray, a colored man. Mc-
Bride. when he was shot, was trying
to force his way Into a tenement hous«
on Twenty-seventh street, where Murray
la Janitor. _
DEATHS OF A DAY.
WABASHA, Minn.. April 6— (Special 1—
Hon. F. J. Collier, died today, aged sev
enty-four years. He has resided in Wa
basha since 1855. and at various times*
filled the offices of mayor, recorder, alder
man and member of legislature. He was
judge of probate for six years.
ROYALTON, Minn.. April C- Lawrence
G.-Issel. father of George Ocissel. died this
morning of purlysis. aged eighty-three
years.
SYRACUSE, W. V.. April 6— Thomas
Moilov secretary and treasurer of the
Onondaga Coarse Salt association, and re
ceiver for the American Dairy Salt com
pany limited, died here today. He has
been connected with the salt Industry for
about thirty-eight years.
DENVER, Col.. April 6.— Edmund I.
Moffatt. a brilliant lawyer, is dead at St.
Luke's hospital, after suffering six weeks
from acute consumption, the result of an
attack of grip.
Three Emperor* May Meet.
BERLIN, April (!.— Special dispatches -
from Tropau. capital of Austrian Silesia,'
say there Is a probability that the threa
emDerors will meet in the aiitumn at
Skierniwtce, a town of Poland, forty- two
miles from Warsaw.
■» ;
Former I'uh'.U- Printer 111.
WASHINGTON. April 6,— A. M. Ciappi
formerly public printer. Is very ill at his
residence in this city and Is not exnecte.<l
;to recover. Mr. Clapp is about eighty
1 years old and his illness la due to his age.