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WEATHER FOE TODAY.
Minnesota—Fair Tuesday; warmer in
northeastern portion; fresh southerly
winds; Wedn isday showers.
The Dakotas—lncreasing oloudine/s
Tuesday; showers and cooler Wednesday;
southerly winds.
Montana—Showers anil cooler Tuesday;
Wednesday fair; westerly winds.
Wisconsin—Fatr Tuesday, with warmer
In western portion; winds sliifting to
fresh southerly; probably fair Wednes
day.
lowa—Fair Tuesday; increasing c'.oual
ness Wednesday; southerly winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 73
Lowest temperature 55
Average temperature 61
Daily ransje 18
Barometer 29.9S
Humidity 13
Precipitation 0
7 p. m., temperature 69
7 p. m., wind, south; weather, clear.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauge Chang* in
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
S' Paul 14 7.6 "0.1
La Crosse 10 8.8 *0.1
Davenport 15 8.1 ....
St. Louis 30 19.3
•Rise.
The river will change but little in the
vicinity of St. Paul from now to Wed
nesday morning.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
Hlgh.*Spm| High.*Bpm
Battleford ...-J0 sS|Boston f.C 51
Bismarck 74 C 6 Buffalo 68 CO
Calgary 70 64 Chicago 60 54
Duluth 60 46 Cincinnati ...70 60
Edmonton ...72 r>6 Cleveland 56 54
Havre 70 66 Denver 66 60
Helena 68 64 Detroit 70 64
Huron 74 72 New Orleans.B6 82
Medicine H:it.7>> t54 New York ...6S 62
Minnedosa ...70 61 Omaha 7:i 68
Prince Al ....74 6> Philadelphia .62 58
Qu'Appolle ...63 6< Pittsburg .. .61 60
S. Current ...72 G6i'Frisco 04 60
Williston .. ..74 54: St. Louis ....70 t6
Winnipeg ....68 64 1 Washington .70 60
♦Washington time (7 d. m. St. Paul).
. WHOSE GODT
Rev. John P. Brushir.gham, pastor of
the Fir^t Methodist church, of Chicago,
opened the McKinley expansion ratifica
tion meeting in that city on Sunday with
a remarkable prayer. As was said by a
Boston wit of the prayer of one of the
preachers of that city, "It was the most
eloquent prayer ever addressed to a Bos-
ton audience," so this prayer may" be
fitly termed the most eloquent one as
yet addressed to the McKfnley adminis
tration. But it raises some interesting
question*. After giving the Almighty the
customary, but •what we cannot but
think entirely superfluous information
about Himself and His characteristics, ex
cusable only because told in the hearing
of an audience of imperialists, he pro
ceeded to a§k the universal Father to
bless, among others things, "this vast
■ assemblage; 1 gathered from every walk of
' life :in"ihis exeat, patr^ptie city, to give
expression to their faith and loyalty,"
and to speak words that would "carry
courage, confidence ' and abiding hopes to
* * • those of our countrymen who are
battling for civilization across the border
line of barbarism."
We say this raises some curious ques
tions which wo admit our inability to
answer. The people "across the border
line of barbarism" worship the same God,
pray to the same Savior, to whom the
Chicago minister may be assumed to have
addressed his remarks. The frontispiece
of Harper's Weekly last week showed the
Interior of a church in Binondo with the
crucifix and the image of the Christ
stretched upon It, before which Filipinos
bowed In reverential worship before the
§ battling for their civilization drove them
out Into the fields and woods, while at the
foot of the pedestal are shown our sol
diers sleeping on improvised beds of
straw. The sleeping soldiers are those
for whom this preacher prayed to his
God, and the cross above them bore the
form of the Ron of the same God, wor
shiped by the men from whose killing
the tired soldiers were resting. Now
whose God is this anyway? The Filipinos
pray to Him for victory over our forces,
and our ministers—seme of them—are
praying His aid for our soldiers. Isn't
It rather gruesome? And would it not be
Quite as well to leave the ministers and
their prayers out of al! this ratification
business and let It be frankly understood
that we nre playing a game of grab and
purpose to hold what we get, that we
don't give a tinker's dam what the Al
mighty thinks about It, and that we're
going- to boost McKinley up and run him
In for another term. Let us be honest
with one another.
SEW WOMAN, NEW I,AW.
With the new woman comes, unavoid
ably, new law, and the latest evasion of
the rigors of the common law comes from
Indiana. There a man, engaged in the
boot and shoe business, employed his
wife as saleswoman, paying her stipu
lated wages, which she, tbrlfty soul, more
of the old woman than of the new,
saved and invested against the proverbial
rainy days that come even in Indiana
and to dealers in boots and shoes. Rainy
days did come for the husband-employer,
and a ruthless court put a receiver in
charge of his effects. While trying to
avoid the rainfall the husband had per
suaded his" clerkly better half to lend him
the money she had accumulated, and she
forthwith filed a claim for the amount
with the receiver. He, relying up|p the
advice of counsel that a man and wife
were one, and that, as one cannot con
tract with and become Indebted to
oneself, the husband was merely ap
propriating what was his own when the
wife lent him her savings, rejected the
The learned Judg-e, however, being
abreast of the times, took Judicial notice
of the advent of the new woman with
her new rights, and proceeded to lay
down the law as adjusted to the modern
innovations. "Were the contract one, he
said, to scrub her husband's floors, cook
his food, patch his trousers or mend his
stockings, no contract involving payment
for such services would be good as
against the husband's creditors, because
such service was a part of the Implied
contract of marriage, mer« wifely duties
which she was bound to discharge gra
tuitously, or for her bed and board. But
the marital contract nowhere implies that
the wife shall serve the husband as a
saleswoman or clerk, and if she do so and
he pay her the creditors have no ground
of complaint, it being no concern of theirs
whom he employs to do that work.
Judgment followed logically from those
premises that the claim of the wife was
a valid one and should be allowed. And
the new woman scores once again.
more: official, whitewash.
According to the gentlemen who con
stituted that board of inquiry Into the
embalmed beef subject, it is quite a sub
stantial matter whether an army ration
which is served up to a soldier in a more
or less advanced state of decomposition
is canned roast beef or refrigerated beef.
If maggots are bred In the canned roast
beef which a soldier has served to him
for dinner, the fault, oi course. Is Gen.
Eagan's In ordering such a ration too ex
tensively, and the government or the
contractors are In no wise to blame.
Rotten and rotting beef was served in
great quantities to the men In the field
around Santiago and to men in the camps
In Florida and Georgia. That remains
undisputed. When doubt is raised as to
whether the rotten beef was refrigerated
or canned roast, then the war depart
ment Is vindicated, and Gen. Miles and
liis immediate staff are censurable. That
is the logic of this wonderful report.
"It has been developed in the course
of the inquiry, as recited in this report,
that in some instances some individuals
failed to perform their full duty or to
observe the proprieties which dignify high
military command," says this report. No
doubt the general public will be deeply
interested in the proposition that some
individuals — presumably Gen. Miles
among- others—did not observe the pro
prieties. But the investigation was not
specially designed to extend to the pro
prieties of military command. It was
intended to enlighten the people as to
where the responsibility should be placed
for supplying the American army with
decaying and decayed meat. It
is mere wretched quibble to turn
the report on the issue wheth
er It was the canned roast or the refrig
ciated meat which in such enormous
quantities was found unfit for human
consumption.
One of the Roosevelt 3, either Robert or
Theodcre, took occasion to remark, with
reference to a former investigation of the
same kind, that the aim of the investi
gating body should be directed toward
finding whero the fault lay rather than In
deciding that It did not lay In certain
given directions. The same criticism ap
plies to the report which has just been
made put lie. From the outset It has been
a scheme to exonerate the war depart
ment. It found a convenient scapegoat in
Gen. Eagan. And In the guarded language
a part of which we quote above it is also
sought to make a scapegoat of Gen. Miles.
It would not be surprising If these hench
men of Gen. Alger found that tha latter
part of their undertaking was a little
more difficult than the former.
Nobody will be imposed on by this re
port. Whether Gen. Miles reported at
the proper time or in the proper form to
his superiors concerning the existence of
rotten beef as representing a large pro
portion of the meat supplied; whether
the evidence sustains the claim that all
the refrigerated beef or any of it was
treated chemically or not, or whether it
was the one class of beef or the other
or both that was uniit for human food,
matters but little to the country. The great
fact, which no supply of official white
wash, civil or military, can cover out of
sight, is that a large proportion of the
meat given to the men as rations was
better fitted for the offal pile than for th»
human stomach.
In spite of this report, the verdict of the
country will be that the charges made by
Gen. Miles have been substantially sus
tained.
One of the New York papers has a half
column story on "performing geese." The
article was not based on the antics of the
Chicago board of trade.
Mr. Mason, while he is investigating
the pure food and drink problem, might
give some attention to the Chicago river.
Kansas City Is raising a fund to buy
Gen. Funston a sword; a bathing suit
would be more in his line.
The Illinois men pledged to marry wid
ows should be more specific. Do they
want the Dakota kind?
A ship has arrived at New Orleans with
a cargo of snakes and not a drop of
whisky on board.
The commencement oration season is
near at hand. Then the Philippine prob
lem will be solved.
China's case is strongly reminiscent of
the poacher who shot a rabbit because
it bit him.
Dewey is to have a $10,000 dinner whan
he comes home, and he is not a prodigal
son either.
When Watson steps Into Dewey's shoes
at Manila he will need several extra pairs
of socks.
The Transvaal republic is showing a
strange desiro to Ha down inside the
lion.
President Edwin Gould says that or
ganizing a match trust is not a light mat
ter.
The Filipinos are a good deal like truth
In that they refuse to stay crushed.
Kentucky, so far, has not been affected
with a cloudburst.
Made the Globe Lead.
Nobles County Democrat.
Hon. Lewis Baker, for many years
editor of the St. Paul Globe, died at his
home in Washington Sunday. Mr Bak^r
was universally esteemed by the people
01 Minnesota, and made the Globe the
leading paper of the state.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1899.
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.
It is a trifle early, still one or two smalt
fishing parties have returned to St. Paul
from suburban lakes Some of them aro
still talking-, but the general tenor of
their remarks varie3 conspicuously. Can
it be possible that an entiraly new pisca
torial cult is being gradually yet Insid
iously introduced into St. Paul? It looks
that way. Formerly some of our fisher
men used to He artistically, now they are
modest.
A certain gentleman in this city who
pulls teeth while you wait, a man who
has gone and seen and conquered the
finny tribe for a number of years back,
is among the first spring fishermen of
the present season. He is now home
again and somewhat disconsolate. Says
he's down on his luck. When the sub
ject of bis excursion was broached in
his presence ho said:
"Yes, I went up to Detroit lake Satur
day night and returned Monday. We
did but little, however. There were two
of us. We were out all day in a dinky
skiff and lunched on the opposite side
of the lake. The fishing is not what it
was a few years since. Then we could
catch fish worth bringing home. But
now, pouf! Nothing but tadpoles. Noth
ing in it. Been fished to death. My friend
trolled across the lake just to pass away
the time. Best he could do was twenty
two measley pickerel, sixteen bass nnd
ten pike all the way over. What size?
Nothing to speak of, minnows compared
to what Judge Shiras and I used to take
out of the lake. Why, the largest fish of
the lot, a muske'ionge, only weighed, I
think, sixty-two pounds. All the rest
were mere chubs, brook iish, running
from sixteen and a quarter to twenty
eight pounds."
"You killed these fish going across the
lake?"
"Yes: that was before we began to fish
in earnest."
"How did the rest of the day pan out?"
"Miserably. We were hoodooed. The
wind was high and the bass didn't seem
to have any appetite. We whipped the
lake until 10 o'clock a. m. My fiiend kill
ed only eighty-two small bass, while the
best I could do was seventy-eight; little
fishes, mere fry, running from six to eight
pounds apiece."
"You call them small bass?*'
"Small to what they were when Judge
Shiras and I were up there.'
"What did you do after breakfast?"
"Smoked and played seven up. You see
there wasn't any real inducement to go
out again right away. Finally, however,
we limbered up and tackled 'em again,
though I tell you we felt mighty blue."
"Have any luck?"
"Naw. Bass were shy, mighty shy.
My friend only hooked 516 little fellers
before 3 o'clock, and for the life of me
I could entice only 718 black and small
mouthed bass into the landing net."
"How did they run for size?"
"Light. Some of them wouldn't weigh
more than ten or eleven pounds apiece.
Others were a trifle better. But the whole
trip was mighty discouraging after all
the pleasant anticipations we'd enjoyed,
and that, too, after 1 had encouraged my
friend with stories of how Judge Shlras
and I used to pull 'em in at Detroit lake."
"So you don't think much of Detroit"
"No. There is plenty of scenery there,
and It's a good place to loaf for a lazy
man. But it's clean run out as a fishing
ground. If I could hear of a place where
a man could catch fish I'd like to visit
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
"The Turtle," a farce from the Frenck
of Leon Gandillot, adapted for the Eng
lish-speaking stage by Joseph W. Her
bert, receives its initial presentation in
this city this evening at the Metropolitan
opera houes. This very funny oom»dy
has been immensely successful In other
cities, and ran for a trifle over 200 per
formances In New York. It is stated
that the production is extremely beauti
ful, even for these days of elaborate
stage presentations, and the company is
thoroughly capable. The cast includes
Isabelle Evesson, Signor Perugini, Ada
Deaves, Marion Ballou, George Holland,
Hudson Liston, Jennie Reiffarth and
others.
Mme. Teresa Carreno, the world
famous pianiste, will appear in one grand
recital at the Metropolitan opera house
next Friday afternoon, the concert com
mencing at 3 o'clock.
Olga Nethersole will give St. Paul some
theatrical novelties to think about this
week. She intends to p!ay Pinero's
great play, "The Second Mrs. Tanquet
ay£* on Thursday night, May 11, and on
Friday evening the actress will appear
in "Camille" in the elaborate costumes of
IS4O, The bill for Saturday matinee will
be Pinero's new drama, "The Profligate,"
and Saturday night the great actress
will appear in the overwhelming and
sensuous Spanish girl, "Carmen."
"Sporting Life" is underlined for an
early appearance at the Metropolitan
opera house.
Olga Nethersole opened her engage
ment at the Metropolitan opera house
in Minneapolis last night to a house
crowded to the doors. "The Second
Mrs. Tanqueray" was presented, and the
performance is said to be one of the
greatest dramatic productions ever reen
in that city: The sale of seats indicates
"standing room only" for every perform
ance in Minneapolis, and it is hoped that
the business In St. Paul will equal that
played to in the other Twin.
HAS A RECORD.
Man Arrested Charged With Steal.
ingr Prom a Police Captain.
BOSTON, May B.—A man arrested last
week on a charge of stealing $33 from
Police Captain Warren's pocket in a par
lor car on the Boston & Albany road, was
identified today by means of pictures and
certified records from New York and Chi
cago, as Edward Harvery, alias Albert
Ohileo, alias Simpson. He was convicted
of grand larceny at Elmira, iN". V., in ISBI
and with stealing a tray of diamonds in
the same city two years later. In Chica
go Harvc has been convicted on chrges
of picking pockets and vagrancy. He is
at liberty at present, under bonds of
$1,500.
,
MAYOR HORSEHIWPPED.
Bellefonntulne, Ohio, Milliner As_
saults the City Executive.
BELLEFONTAINE, 0., May 8.-Mayor
John R. Cassidy was horsewhipped this
afternoon by Miss Minnie Crawford, a
miliner, on the main street of the city
Miss Crawford had recently been sub
poaened as a witness in the mayor's
court and had failed to respond. She
became angered at the mayor and to
day lay In wait for him to come to his
office. Drawing a whip from under her
cape she lashed the mayor over the head
and shoulders, forcing him to take ref
uge in a drug store. Miss Crawford was
permitted to walk away and she has not
been arrested.
MR. JOHNSON SAFE.
Samuel Gompem Failed to Land Hl*
Official Head.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-The secretary
of the treasury has made a report to the
president upon the charges recently pre
ferred by Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
against the conduct of the bureau of en
graving and printing, under Director
Johnson. Mr. Gompers' charges were
based largely upon the testimony given
in the investigation of the bureau held in
1897. The secretary of the treasury falls
to find the charges sustained In any ma
terial degree, either by the result of the
Investigation referred to or by the work
of the bureau since that time.
P. D. Armour Tiot 111.
CHICAGO, May 8.-J. Ogden Armour
son of P. D. Armour said tonight that
the report that L». father had been
stricken with apoplexy at Hamburg wa»
utterly untrue.
"I had a cablegram from him today "
he said, 'saying that he was well, and'l
have heard nothing of -ills being ill since
receiving the mrssage from him. He la<
had no stroke of apoplexy and Is all
rtgnt in very way."
FACTS ABOUT COFFEE
ST. PAUL IMPORTERS OF COFFEE
. CORRECT SOME STATEMENTS'"
SENT OUT '•'-'-'
BY A CORRESPONDENT AT RIO
.. „ .C* r■ ■ . .„_,->•: ■ ■ .
The Mocha Coffee Doe* Not Cotmc
From MexioV or South America,'
but la All I'uK-iiaaetl at Quarterly
Government; Auction Sales at
AitiNtcr<lniu,V Holland—Talk With
Mr. J. W. Casper.
Importers of obn^e In the city object to
recently published statements from a cor
respondent at Rio 3$ Janeiro, concerning
coffee growing and exporting, as he saw
It in South Arnica. In discussing the
business of impprt|n,g the berries, which
make the almost indispensable breakfast
beverage, J. W. Cooper, of the firm of
Griggs, Cooper & Co., who are heavy im
porters, said yesterday:
"There Is a common error In the minds
of a great many people concerning the
importation of high-grade coffees. It ia
unfair to the importers to make the state
men that Mocha coffee comes from Bra
zil. The common practice of the large
firms is to buy this grade of coffee in
Amsterdam, Holland, at quarterly gov
ernment auction sales, through an agent.
That is where the Mocha coffee comes
from. At the time the sales are made
we authorize the purchase of an amount
sufficient for the demands of our business,
and our agent attends the sales and buys
up what we need. At this time the coffee
which he purchases is stored on tha island
of Sumatra, awaiting shipment, and ia
sent to the United States in sailing ves
sels.
"A sale was made In December, at
which several St. Paul firms bought heav
ily. The coffee purchased at that time
will arrive here the latter part of this
month or the first part of June. The
annual Mocha and Java coffee crop is in
the neighborhood of 13.000,000 pounds, of
which the United States takes a consid
erable part.' A great deal of coitee is
sold as Mocha which is nothing: more or
less than South American and Mexican
product, but not by responsible firms.
The method of buying at government
sales is recognised, as the most satisfac
tory, though when . a shipment is pur
chased we at home know nothing of the
price. Since Amsterdam is the great mar
ket, the price on the day of the sale is
the same to all buyers, and in retailing
our purchase every importer is governed
by the same cosfprlce.
"Coffee comes in 'mats' of sixty-five
pounds each, and ah average purchase
would be from 250 or 300 mats up, accord
in to demand. Coffee from the growers
is governed by a standard, No. 7 being
the grade usually purchased for sale in
packages, and the better grades being
numbered 8, 9, 10 and yd. The statement
has been published thav people in the
United States buy as Mocha a grade of
South America,Q .coffee which can be
bought on the market at Rio de Janeiro
or Santo 3 for six cents. This is a mis
take, however, Rio and Santoa coffees
of the better grade cost from 12 to 22
cents on the market there, and have to
be shipped to New York, roasted and
prepared for sale before being retailed,
a process which adds to the cost and
makes it impossible to sell at a low price.
In Quality these grades are excellent and
are much used. However, they are not
sold as Java and Mocha growths, but
under the names of Rio and Santos
grades. ■
"A South American'correspondent says
that the consumption" of coffee In the
United States amounts to more than 636,
--000,000 pounds , annually, but of thia
amount only a cojtafcaratively small por
tion Is the genuine Mocha or Java."
; SELECTED ITS DELEGATES.
j Central W. 0..-T/-<r. Chooses Repre
-1 sentatives tot County Convention.
At the meeting of the Central W. C. T.
U, held yesterday afternoon at ; the com
mons, the following delegates were chos- 1
en to represent the union at the county
W. C. T. U. convention, to be held in this
city May 25: Mrs. M. A. L.uley/'.Mra.
Benjamin Longlay; alternates, Mrs. Pa
den, Mrs. j Julia Thompson. ; -.;/;.- -
Miss Hattie Walker, superintendent of
scientific instruction, was Instructed not
to purchase any more temperance cards
to hang In the public schools, the'union
having decided that the teachers should
know the law in regard to. the teaching
of this subject without any further in
struction. . . -
Mrs. Brandis. ' who has charge of the
union's temperance ; meetings, reported
that the American Volunteers have
changed their hall from Eighth and Tem
perance streets to the commons, and here
after, beginning 1 next Tuesday evening
the union will hold, its gospel temperance
meetings at the latter place. There will
be no meeting there tonight. -
' Mrs. Joy, superintendent of jail work,
gave a report of Jier visits to the Jail dur
ing • the last two' -weeks. j She said the
prisoners 'invariably listened respectfully
to the reading of the Bible, and many of
them joined heartily in the devotional
exercises which 4 followed. The women,
she said, { were, as a . rule, even more se
rlcus than the men in the attention they
paid to her exhortations. ': : _.
AIDS FOR MINNESOTA
On the Commander-in-chief's Staff,
G. A. R.—Department News.
The following Minnesota men have been
appointed on the staff of the commander
in-chief of the grand army: J. S. Ber
nard, Pipestone; L. W. Collins, St. Cloud;
James Shaver, Alexandria; Charles II!
Robinson, Waterville.
• • •
Department Commander Searls has is
sued the annual memorial day instruc
tions.
• * *
Department Commander Searle in gen
eral orders No. 4 announces the appoint
ment of the following special aids in
charge of military instructions In public
schools and who are to report to E. U.
W. Browkaw at Lltchfield:
First district, G. W. Rockwell, Rush
ford.
Second district, G. W. Mead, Mankato
T Third district. E. V. W. Browkaw,
Lltchfield.
Fourth district, I. H. Mahan, St. Paul
Fifth district, L. Mason, Minneapolis
Sixth district. Dura Corbin. Little Fails
Seventh district, W.. C. Roberts, Detroit!
Territorial" Pioneers.
The annual m'e'etJLnfc of the Territorial
Pioneers will be J^eia In the senate cham-
£ er ? f -,<,the. sta, te caP*tol Thursday, May
11, at 12 o clock noon, when the election,
of officers will tateel place. Ladles will
be welcome at the meeting.
TORNADO'S ri miDE SWATH.
Several'Lives^oat l and Much Dam
age to Pr^er^y and Crops."../,'
GUTHRIE, Oklft-itMay B.—The tornado
which passed orer^Canadian county de
stroyed many fsrnjv houses and caused
great damage !,to-'{growing crops. At
Ohichasa seventeen jtouildlngs were wreck
ed and fourteenifcparsons injured. J. M.
Murray, a railrofed man, who was caught
under falling timbers', has died of his in
juries. A report says James Whitman
and his son George, farmers near Okar
che, were killed in. their field. At Okarche
Jive homes were blown away, among them
the dwelling of J. M. Swab and John
Teufel, both of whom were badly hurt.
Rain fell in torrents, anfl half a dozen
culverts on the Rock I&iand were wash
ed out.
William Walker, Indian agent at Ana
darko, who is in th« city, has received
word that the tornado did great damage
in the vicinity of the agency, destroying
crops, cattle, fences and buildings. John
Head, a ranchman, was killed. The
storm came from the Bouthwest and cov
ered a track one mile wide. It traversed
four counties, but did its greatest damage
in Canadian county.
CAUSE CELEBRE.
Such Promises to Become Trial of
Bertha I'.e llsi «in, in Plttnbnrff.
PITTSBURG, Pa., May B.—The jury to
try Bc-rtha Bellstein for the murder of
her mother at their home, 203 Spring Gar
den avenue, Allegheny, Oct. 2 last, was
completed at 1 o'clock today, and the trial
proceeded, the balance of the day being
occupied In the statement of the case by
the prosecuting attorney and the hearing
of several witnesses.
The terrible nature of the crime for
which Miss Bellsteln is arraigned, the
killing of her mother, her own futile at
tempted suicide, as a result of which she
lingered between life and death with hor
rible wounds in her head and abdomen,
the suicide of old "Uncle Davy" Rels fol
lowing so soon after the murder In Octo
ber last, and finally the last catastrophe
In the terrible tragedy—the suicide of her
brother Edward on his murdered mother's
grave in Voegtleis cemetery, Troy hill,
just six weeks and a day after that Ill
starred day In October—has made this one
of the famous and sensational cases in
the history of crime. The trial of the
young woman, as a conseuertce, is being
watched with morbid Interest, and one of
the evidences of the excitement it is caus
ing In this city was the crowd that in
fested the court house corridors this
morning long before the doora of the
criminal court were opened.
PRINCE LUDWIG'S FATE.
American Returned From Blanlla
Tells of His Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.-C. R. Brad
ford, of this city, has just returned from
the Philippines and gives an interesting
account of the death of Prince Ludwtg
yon Lowenstein, who was killed during
the battle of Caloocan, on Sunday,
March 26.
A party of civilians, among whom were
Mr. Bradford and the prince, were ob
serving the progress of the battle from
a stone bridge over the Malabon river,
when an orderly appeared warning the
sightseers of the danger of thair posi
tion. The orderly then addressed himself
to the prince personally, saying:
"I am speaking to you particularly.
You have already given us some trouble
by hanging around the firing line and we
will have no more of it."
The prince and a companion disap
peared into a clump of timber. This
timber later became the scene of some
active work and the Oregon soldiers were
ordered to fire volleys into it and to per
forate several houses. In one of these
Prince Lowenstein had secreted himself.
A bullet fired by an Oregonian entered
the right side of the prince, severing the
intestines, killing him Instantly. Mr.
Bradford, with two others, took charge
of him. A search of the body revealed
among other things a passport signed by
Agulnaldo,granting the prince permission
to enter the lines of the rebels at will
and Instructing insurgent officers to give
him any aid and comfort he m'ght de
sire. The prince was at one time Inter
preter for Gen. Miller, but was found un
trustworthy.
CHICAGO, OF COURSE.
Plan by Which the Government
Can Be Milked.
CHICAGO, May B.—Some shrewd Chica
go men have hit upon a plan by which
they hope to deprive the United States
government of thousands of dollars with
out being brought to justice. The schame
is to gather up all the second-class ad
vertising mail matter of large commercial
houses, ship it to Mexico by freight,
change their American money into Mexi
can money at a ratio of 2 to 1, buy Mexf
can stamps, then mail the matter back to
the United States, thus saving half a cent
on r every letter. A careful examination
of the laws, the promoters claim, has sat
isfied the -postal authorities that the gov
ernment Is unable to do anything In *he
case without legislation.
WAOONLOADS OF MONEY.
Thousands of Tons of Silver Dollars
to Re Transferred.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.—Sixty-eight
millions of silver doliars now hi the vaults
of the mint and postofflce buildings here
and whiph secure the issue of silver cer
tificates, will be transferred to the re
cently completed vaults In the new mint
site, beginning tomorrow. The money Is
enclosed in 68,000 boxes, $1,000 to the box.
The silver weighs 2,040 tons and each
wagon carrying three tons, 6SO loads will
t>e necessary. Allowing six loads, US con
secutive days will elapse before the final
transfer shall be made. The government
will have two representatives at each
vault, and will be represented by one
guard on every wagon-.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
John Sherman Would Not Accept
Governorship of Ohio.
CINCINNATI, 0., May B.—Harry R.
Probasco, formerly district United States
attorney here, and a relative of John
Sherman, has received a letter in which
Mr. Sherman says:
"You are entirely right In supposing
that I have no thought of being nom
inated or elected governor of Ohio. Ido
not want the office and could not accept
it in my present condition of health
and strength. No man at the age of sev
enty-six ought to undertake tho perform
ance of the many details of an executive
office. You are authorized to say that I
am not a candidate for governor, do not
wish my name mentioned in that connec
tion, and would not accept it if nominat
ed."
NOVEL RULING.
Why a KnnsaK Jnd&e Retnied *
Prayer for Divorce.
DONIPHAN, Kan., May 8. — District
Judge Stuart refused to grant a divorce
to Ellen Phllipps from P. O. Phillpps be
cause their marriage was brought about
by an advertisement in a matrimonial
paper. Mrs. Phillpps came from Arkan
sas.
"This court will not lend its power in
dissolving a contract brought about by a
matrimonial paper," said Judge Stuart.
FORTUNE FOR CALVE.
Offered ffH>,OOO If She Will Sins; In
the Inlted States.
NEW YORK, May S.—Maurice Grau has
offered Emma Calve J90.C00 if .she will oome
here and sing next year. He has agreed
to contract for sixty performances at
$1,500 a performance. He declares that
not only will Calve carry $90,000 from this
country, but he is willing to guaranteo
that he will make a good Income for the
first year of the next century for him
self.
Calve Is resting quietly and building
herself up to accept Mr. Grau's offer. She
la perhaps the greatest favorite of all
the foreign singers who have toured
America.
STEAMER PROBABLY LOST.
Wreckage Believed ,to Be From : a
■ Lumber Craft.
■;; WILMINGTON. N. C. May B.—lt now
; seems '- certain that .pieces of >. wreckage"
that have ben thrown on Smith's island,
at the mouth of Cape Fear river, are from
the ••; steamer. Edna and Emma, which
cleared " from . this port April * 14, with • a
cargo tof lumber, for Baltimore. .It is
probable that she . capsized in a wind
storm, when a short distance ; out, with
all on board. " V . : . .:
Lebanon. Pa.—The large flouring mills
of E. StrykerV Sons was totally destroy
ed by fire at midnight. Loss estimated at
$45,000.
ACT OF AN AUTOCRAT
SEIZURE OF THE PAMPHLETS
SENT TO MANILA BY EDWARD
ATKINSON, OF BOSTON
IMPERIAL POLICIES PREVAIL
A ii < 1-1 ui|>«-rlnl !mi ie I,eni;a<- De
nounces the Interference of the
Poitmuter General as an Act
Which Would Hardly Be At
tempted by Any European Coun
try Save, Perhaps, Rustila.
BOSTON, May B.—The executive com
mittee of the Anti-Imperialistic league
today adopted the folio wins letter to be
sent to Edward Atkinson:
"The executive commitee of the Anti
imperialistic league thought It proper to
privately communicate at once to tha
same persons to whom, as you advised
us April 22, you had written to express
your intention of mailing your pamphlets
to soldiers in the field, that the league did
not desire to circulate its literature In
this manner. Inadvertence in expression,
doubtlessly accidental, otherwise convey
ed to the recipients of your letters the
impression that you had forwarded the
league's publications for their distribu
tion.
"Whatever difference of opinion may ex
ist as to the propriety of the circulation
which you suggested (but which we un
derstand has not been attempted), there
should be only one opinion as to the far
more serious issue which has been raised
by your experiment of sending copies of
your pamphlet only to Admiral George
Dewey, President Schurman, l'rof. Wor
cester, Gen. H. G. Otis, Gen. Lawton,
Gen. Miller and J. H. Bass, the corre
spondent of Harper's Weekly, and which
was reported to have been taken from the
malls by order of the postmaster general.
"Against this act of arbitrary and ille
gal power, which would hardly be at
tempted by any government of Europe,
the league calla on all good citizens to
piotest as a serious blow to republican
institutions, which are now so gravely
threatened by Imperial policies at home
and abroad."
UNWARRANTED WARFARE.
American Peace Society Denounces
Policy In the Philippine*.
BOSTON, May B.—At a large and har
monious meeting of the American Peace
society, in Tremont Temple, today, the
members strongly condemned the present
policy of the government in the Philip
pines, which was described as wicked, un
just and unfitting any Christian nation.
President Robert Treat Paine presided.
In his annual report the corresponding
secretary, Robert Phillips, characterized
the present war In the Philippines as
dangerous to the institutions of this coun
try, upon which it is likely to fasten a
frightful burden of militarism.
President Paine, In discussing the re
port, criticised the president in the same
order.
DEMOCRATS TO CONFER.
National Committee Will Meet in
St. Louts May 20.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 6.—National
Democratic Commltteeman - ■ Edward C.
Wall today received notice of a confer
ence of the ; national committee "at the
Planter's hotel, St. Louis, Mo., on May
25.;"'^ The call ; : issued ', by "ex-Go v.'
Stone, of Missouri; and J. C. Johnson, of
Kansas. It is understood the meeting is
lor the purpose of discussing the political
situation and to map out the work for the
next campaign.
: WAR OPPONENTS UNDAUNTED.
Will Hold Another Big: Demonstra
: •;■:. ::.. tion In Chicago. l ■ ; ! •';;
: CHICAGO, May Another meeting .of
citizens J oposed to the , continuation of
war ;In the Philippines 'Is to ■be . held in ,
Chicago before the end of the month. In
vitations to attend are to be Issued to
all the governors and senators who have
gone on record as being opposed to the
fighting in the Pacific Islands. Arrange
ments for.the meeting are being perfoot
ed by Edwin Burrltt Smith. '-' .
ROD FOR ALGER.
New York Members Sons of Amer-
ican Revolution Have It In Pickle.
NEW YORK, May B.—The New York
members of the Society of the Sona of
ths American Revolution are to have an
opportunity of expressing their disap
proval of the action of the Michigan so
ciety in Inviting Secretary of War Alger
to a dinner In Detroit, May 2, and con
verting the occasion into a demonstration
in favor of Mr. Alger.
Among tha guests at the dinner wera
New York delegates. On their return from
Detroit they called the attention of tha
heads of the local organization to the
matter, as the result of which tha local
board of managers has prepared, and will
present to the Empire States' society, at
lta next monthly meeting, to be held on
May 23, the following resolutions:
"The Empire State Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution repudiates in
the strongest manner the use of its na
tional meetings for political purposes. Es
pecially does it condemn the attempt to
vindicate the conduct of political offices,
or to compliment those wno have shown
such inexecusable neglect of our soldiers,
who have offered their lives for the gov
ernment
"The first duty of patriotic societies is
to assist and uphold the arms of the na
tion, and to aid in giving them all the
support that the resources of the country
can command. This society claims its
part in such patriotic duties and repu
diates with indignation the flippant sen
timent that 'supposing they had a little
spoiled beef, what of It?' or that In sup
plying them with food it was not neces
sary to be particular as to quality. The
society looks with horror upon officials
who can express such sentiments, or
who, having the entire resources of this
wealthy country at command, not only
furnished our soldiers 'a little SDoiled
beef,' but gave them little else, even in
the home camps, where good food in
abundance was everywhere at hand, and
who also failed to supply them with suit
able clothing, shelter and medicine.
"Resolved that copies of these resolu
tions be sent to all affiliated societies."
The appearance of these resolutions at
the coming meeting is expected to be the
signal for some animated expressions of
opinion.
WARDNER STRIKERS.
Heavy Rains Mode Life ..Unpleasant
for Prisoner*.
WALLACE, Idaho, May B.—The heavy
, rains today made life unpleasant for the
700 prisoners in the stockade at Wardner.
Deputy marshals are still scouring the
district, picking up occasional suspects.
The » most important arrest made today
was George Olmstead, conductor of the
train which the rioters stole. He has
run from , Wallace to Burke for years, yet
he claims he did not recognize any of the
mob. '^
EALEIGH LEAVES WILMINGTON
'Will Go to Charleston for Confed
erate Veteran*' Reunion.
WILMINGTON, N. C, May S.-The
cruiser Raleigh sailed for Charleston to
day. Several local steamers, crowded
with excursionists, accompanied her over
the bar.
"At no city on the Atlantic coast," said
Capt. Coghlan, "have I more thoroughly
enjoyed my stay than in Wilmington."
The Releigh goes to Charleston to be
present during the United Confederate
Veterans' reunion this week. Prom there
she will go to Portsmouth, N. H., to go
, out of commission.
WORLD'S EVENTS IN BRIEF.
New Orleans, La.—The Louisiana indus
trial exposition was opened today with
a peace jubilee.
i Lake, utah-The sixth annual con
wl?in2?'"*Fi W *esi crn miners met in Odd
fcuUv^ today. The session was ex-
Lima, : O.—The molders at the Lima"
fcSfpTh"™' an Machine Works strUck
laid off ecause ye of thelr number .were
<,fv«7nZ°/ k~w fire tonleht damaged the
& *torl a furniture factory of I^vl Abra-
St» fiSf«T Broom street- to the
Cincinnati, O -The National Association
of Stove Manufacturers will convene here
tomorrow to continue four days in ses
sion, ending Friday.
Kahoka, Mo. — Wife Murderer Fred
Uronstein was hanged here today and
was pronounced dead fourteen minutes
after the drop fell.
u™e TorI?F- Austin Flint, the well
known authority on diseases of the
brain, is seriously ill with pneumonia at
his home in this city.
East Liverpool, O.—The Union Pottery
company, of this city, went into a voluX
tary receivership today. J. R Warner
was appointed receiver. "
Detroit, Mich.—One hundred and fifty
nut makers, bolt. headers and bolt set
ters joined a strike today. All are em-
Works Michigan Bolt and Nut
hr^m iH tarl? he v ste, am yacht Nahma,
nXSZL f£ r F? Wi. Yo? k l wlth the b°dy of
?vJ? Goelet, her late owner, on board
ssw irjpjg 1^- Mr- Goeiet *<* &
Boston - The convention of the Na
tion Steel and Copper Plate Printers
union was opened here today. The re
ports submitted showed the organization
to be in a good condition. •» .""
Chattanooga, Term.— National As
sociation of Chiefs of Police will meet
ner.e tomorrow in annual session The
meeting will continue three days, and
about 150 police chiefs will be present.
New York—The sheriff has received an
attachment for $71,750 against the P^il
road Equipment company, a New Jersey
corporation, in favor of Levita & Co on
seventy 1895ndS of the company, made on
Nantucket Mass.-Maj. L. C. Overman.
ii'iiS V retired- was Instantly killed by
railing from a staging on which he was
at work at his summer home today. At
one time he had charge of government
work in Cleveland, O.
♦vWa shln? ton—Delegates are arriving In
the city in large numbers to attend the
thirty-ninth meeting of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers which
opens with a reception in the Corcoran
art gallery tomorrow.
Topeka, Kan.-Gov. Stanley has ad
dressed to governors of W-stern states
invitations to attend the annual convpn
tion of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial
Congress, which will be held In Wi hita
May 31 to June 3, inclusive. *~uii*
Chicago—Gen. T. M. Anderson, recently
assigned to Chicago as commander of the
Department of the Lakes, arrived today
from San Francisco. He went at once
to army headquarters in the Pullman
buildin, where he received an enthusias
tic reception from his new staff.
Chicago—William R. Kerr, formerly
commissioner of the city department,
filed a petition in bankruptcy today. Lla
£.n^^ es were Paced at $149,000 and assets
$1,000 Mr. Kerr was connected with the
Grand Pacific hotel as associate manae-r
until last October.
Sebastapol, Cal.—Yung Lea, said to be
a highbinder from San Francisco, was
shot dead last night by his brother, Gang
Gee, a merchant of this place, whom
he had attempted to murder after being
refused a sum of money for which he
had asked.
New York—President Edwin GouM, of
the Continental Match company, said to
day that it was not true that the Union
Match company, recently incorporated,
was to be tne nucleus of a conso ldation
between the Diamond and Continental
Match companies.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
PIPESTONE, Minn., May B.—(Special )
—County Auditor J. C. Goodr.ow, aged
fifty-six, died, this morning after an 11
--neas of nine months. Has be«n a resi
dent of Plpestone county since 1579 and
was held in high esteem. The fun«-aJ
service tomorrow will oe undor the aus
pices of the Masonic fraternity, assls'ed
by the Odd Fellows, Modern Woolmnn
and G. A. R., the deceased being a prom
inent member of all the societies named.
BELLEFONTAINE, 0., May «.—Judge
William Lawrence, ex-coinptrolled of the
United States, died here today. lie was
president of the National Association of
Wool Growers, and prominent In various
business enterprises, as well as in pol
itics.
CHICAGO, May B.—John Buehler, on©
of the organizers, and for many yearn
president of the Garden City Bank n% -
and Trust company, died here today if
cancer. He was well known throughout
the West and Northwest, having had
large brewery intersta In Milwaukee and
other cities.
NEW YORK, May B.—John Stockton
Schoonmaker died at his home in Plain
field, N. J,. today of apoplexy, aged fifty
four years. He was born in Pittsburg,
and spent most of his life In that neigh
borhood. He served in the Fourteenth
Pennsylvania volunteers during the Civil
war, his brother. Col. J. M. Schoonmaker,
of Pittsburg, being its commander. While
in business Mr. Schoonmaker was inter
ested in the steel and coke interests of
Pennsylvania.
GOODIE'S SAD END
Continued from First Page.
several years ago engaged in the busi
ness of detective work, and organized tha
Gooding Detective agency, with head
quars in Minneapolis.
After the sale of his detective agency
he accepted a position with the R. J. Gun
ning company, bill board advertisers.
In 1895 he returned to Minneapolis, and
since that time he has been without per
manent employment.
He has been an interested, if not an ag
gressive politician in Minneapolis for
many years, and. having been a personal
friend and admirer of James Gray, now
mayor, for many years, he was one of tha
most energetic workers for the nomina
tion of the newspaper man by the Demo
cratic convention last summer. After
the nominations were made Mr. Gooding
was chosen secretary of the city com
mittee, and had charge of the details of
the campaign of the allied forces in that
city very largely.
He had a wide acquaintance In Minne
apolis, which was of great advantage to
him In the campaign, and his ante-elec
tion estimates of the results of the com
ing balloting were wonderfully close.
About a week before the election he gave
to a representative of the Globe, for
personal Information, an estimate of tha
pluralities of John Llnd and Jaa. Gray, or
th^ir adversaries, in the various wards of
the Mill city, which was wonderfully
born out by the returns, not so much as
to the final plurality, for they were pur
posely conservative, but by reason of tha
factors cited by Mr. Gooding as calculated
to produce the changes in the party vot«,
which in some of the wards were almost
revolutionary from a partisan standpoint.
It was expected by many that Mr. Good
ing's work with the committee would b«
recognized either by Gov. Llnd or Mayor
Gray with an appointment, and his name
was prominently mentioned for the suc
cession to thon Chief of Police Smith, but
early In the newspaper discussion Mr.
Gooding declared himself not a candidate
for the place. It was felt by his friends,
however, that a tender of tha place by
tha incoming mayor would not have been
declined, had it been made.
Mention of his name was also made in
connection with other city and state
offices, but without any active candidacy
on his part.
Mr. Goodlng was at one time deputy
United States marshal and assisted in
several important captures and prosecu
tions.
Recently he determined to again re
sume railroad work. If possible, and waa
tendered a position by a long-time friend.
General Manager McAbee, of the Wash
ington & Columbia River road, as travel
ing freight agent.
\>vr York Stock Kvclmncc Klrotion.
NEW YORK, May 3.—At the annuaV
meeting of the stock exchange held to
day the regular ticket was ele.-ted, rg
follows: President, Rudolph Kcppler;
secretary, George W. Ely; treisu'er.
Franklin W. Gilley; chairman. "Wfllam
MeCluro.