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VOL. XXII.—NO. 137.
HOIR TO SOLMS
ST. PAIL'S LEADING MEN ROYALLY
BANQUET SENATOR ' DAVIS
' AND F. C. STEVENS
WAS AN ILLUSTRIOUS PARTY
THE GIESTS OF HONOR INCLUDED
SOME OF THE FOREMOST
MINNESOTAXS
SENATOR DAVIS ELOQUENT
He ipholiU the Policy of President
MeKlnley, ami Points to the Im
'.'■' provement of the Times as- an
Index.of the Denellcence nntl Ad
mlnlHtrnilyc Ability of the Re
in' i Ivan Party.
■ Ont of the most sumptuous banquets
ever spread in the Northwest, and one
of the most congenial parties that ever
confronted a royal supper, were joined at
the Aberdeen last night to do honor to
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis and Con
gressman Frederick C. Stevens.
The party assembled was representative
in the truest sense of the professional,
.mercantile, railroad and manufacturing
interests centered in St. Paul, and the
various Interests subserved by those men
on other occasions, on this one pointed
to a common lodestone, the brilliant
. career of Si. Paul's and Minnesota's dis
tinguished statesman and diplomat, and
the earnest services rendered by his con
gressional junior in behalf of the busi
ness interests of the city more particular^
ly.
The menu card was a plain, neat bit
. of copper plate.on bevel bristol. The menu
was: -" .;.
Caviar.
Little Neck Clams.
(Liebfraumilch.)
Olives.
Clear Green Turtle.
(Sherry.)
Salted Almonds. Crystallized Ginger.
Fried Brook Trout.
Tartar Sauce. Cucumbers.
•> Potatoes, Windsor.
■"• • " Supreme of Chicken. ;
(Rulnart.)
" ' • ■'" -r Kirsch Punch.
Roast Spring Lamb.
Stuffed Peas.
Stuffed Squab.
'.:"• - Water Cresses.
Salad.
Strawberries.
Nesselrode Ice Cream.
Cheese. '• Coffee. Liqueurs.
AT THE FESTAL BOARD.
" The honorary guests, aside from Sena
tor Davis and Mr. Stevens, were Con
gressmen J. A. Tawney, J. T. McCleary,
Loren Fletcher, Senator R. F. Pettigrew,
of South Dakota, Hon. Samuel R. Thay
er, of Minneapolis, Judges Henry C. Cald
■well and Amos M. Thayer, former j Gov. '
Alex. "Ramsey, Rt. Rev. Mahlon N. Gil
bert, James J. Hill and Maj. Gen. J. F.
Wade. - ■■■■- r^J. ; i
Those present wej-e:
J. H. Allen, C. W. Ames, A. C. Ander
son, A. L. Alness, M. Auerbach, Geo.
Benz, P. H. Bowlin, E. H. Bailey, C. S.
Blttinger, J. H. Bidleman, T. Borup,
Pierce Butler, Jos. Bartles, C. W. Bowl
by, J. W. Bishop, H. D. Brown, C. H.
Bigelow, E. A. Brown, G. L. Bunn, Dr.
A. T. Bigelow, T. A. Barker, W. P.
Clough, H. N. Cook, E. H. Cutler. Ross
Clark, Oliver Crosby, Homer Clark, H.
W. Childs. L. S. Cushing, Dr. J. W.
Chamberlain, J. T. Conley, J. T. Clark,
A. B. Drlscoll, W, R. Dorr, C. C. DeCos
ter, J. T. Drake, Dr. H. Davis, W. T.
Dyer, E. S. Durment, W. H. Elsinger,
W. 1. Ewart, B. H. Evans, T. Foley, S.
B. Foot, C. S. Fee, G. W. Freeman,
William Faulkner, George R. Finch,
Dr. J. F. Fulton, E. Feldhauser, Leo.
Guiterman, C. M. Griggs, A. J. Galbraith,
P. H. Gotzian, J. A. Gregg, A. Guthrie,
C. W. Gordon, Dr. C. L. Greene, M. D.
Grover, S. O. Greer. B. Goodkind, H. Ha
senwinkle, J. M. Hawthorne, H. H. Hor
ton. E. E. Hughson, E. H. Hobe, H.
Habighorst. Jno. Hart, H. Holbert, E.
Hadley, Rukard Hurd, Conde Hamlin, H.
S. Judson, W. B. Joyce, E. A. Jaggard,
W. D. Kirk, J. F. Kelly, R. A. Kirk, J.
Kasson, J. W. Lusk, A. H. Lin
deke, W. H. Lightner, G. P.
Lyman, 'D. W. Lawler, D. VAr
Murphy, F. D. Monfort, F. A.
Moran, E. H. McHenry, M. D. Munn,
O. M. Metcalf, P. S. Macgowan, H. L.
Moss, L. L. May, J. E. Markham, C. J.
Monfort,' Dr. T. McDevitt, C. J. McCon
ville, D. Miller, C. P. Noyes, L. P. Ord- i
way, John O'Brien, Dr. F. H. Orton, E. |
W. Peet, A. J. Powers, G. H. Prince,
John Peterson, A. K. Pruden, A. B.
Plough. . E. , Pennington, E. D. Parker,
T. L. Palmer, A. A. Price, P. W. Parker,
E. Ramsey, F. E. Rice, T. L. Schurmeler,
W. H. Sanborn, J. B. Sanborn, Charles
Straus. C. K. Sharood, Rev. S. G. Smith,
F. Schllek Jr., George C. Squires, E. V.
Smalley, H. F. Stevens, W. A. Scott, Al
bert Soheffer, C. R. Smith.Herman Schef
fer, C. A. Severance, Charming Seabury,
C. E. Stone, C. Schuneman, E. P. San
born, Dow S. Smith. J. C. Stuart, J. F.
Stephens, Dr. J. E. Shadle. E. N. Saun
ders, L. N. Scott, F. A. Seymour, Dr.
Stamm. D. M. Sullivan, John Townsend,
Dr. H. L. Taylor, T. S. Tompkins, V. M. i
Watkins, W. 11. S. Wright, E. A. Whit
acre, H. S. Wood, J. H. Weed. C. Wel
lington, Joseph A. Wheelock, E. Vanish,
E. A. Young.
The party, including the guests of
honor, who were among the foremost men
• of - the state, in all numbered 167, and
they were seated about seventeen tables,
one of which, that reserved for the chair
man and guests of honor, was twice the
size of the others. The dining hall was
beautifully decorated with flowers, as
were the tables, and while a large, corps
of waiters attended upon, the wants ■of
the Inner, -man, Danz's orchestra, on a
: raised - platform at the north side of the
hall, discoursed delightful music.
It was nearly 9 o'clock when the guests
assembled in the dining hall, and were
seated without delay, each guest having a
card designating his place at and table,
and it was within a few minutes of mid
night when President W. H. Lightner, of
the chamber of commerce, who preside!
at -the head table, spoke briefly in com
pliment to the honored guests of the even
ing, . and in laudation- of. their services
to' their nation, their state and their city.
He then introduced Senator Davis, who
.Bald: \
SENATOR DAVIS GRATEFUL.-
My 7 Friends and- Neighbors: :" I have
lived with you here for thirty- year 3.
with varying fortunes of public approval
und disapproval,: I have seen young , faces
grow old; and .. young heads grow white.
;"I- have '_ had honors heaped;upon me, and
Bow on this occasion they come upon my
tcul like the concentrated fragrance of
that bunch of ilower.?. No rightly con
stituted i man, dedicated to the duties
1" lie 'owes his country/ whether upon < the
fiery- ridges of battle or in any conceiv
able vocation of private transactions; • I
Bay no rightly constituted man under
| those circumstances "ever can forget or
I cease to think what his neighbors at home
think of what he is doing or has done.
The-accidents of .this' life ;: play a most.
_- important.part in- the"-individual charac
ter of every man. There " are a hundred
':. men -in this -'audienceV ; that could have
_. done anything and everything that every,
; one by -. the call -of fortune or position
had been called upon to do. (Cries of
•"No, no.',') - And ' accordingly, wherever' I
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
have been, whether at home or at the
capitol of the ri or In foreign lands,
I say to y ■ often
turned an flections
what this- 01 that thought I
was doing or wha.l mj ..u-lgnient was.
Now, my fru . tlae is a sort of con
iwifiuial occasion. 1 am called before you
In this sanhedrim of this neighborhood
of St. Paul to toll you what 1 have been
doing, what I think, which I perceive as
to the future, which my views as to pol
icies are. In doing so I shall be exceed
ingly frank.
I beg you to believe that T shall not be
partisan, or shall not intend to be in any
thing that I shall say. We are all of va
rious shades and differences of opini n
upon matters which are now impendii...
upon us. Some of us are extremists,
home of us arc middlemen, some of us
are reactionists, but however that ma be,
let us never forget, my felow citizens and
neighbors, that in this country of ours
the freest expression of opinion is not
only tolerated, but invited, and so long
as any expression of opinion falls sh« t
of sedition, It is to be respected. (Ap
plause.)
HE INDORSES M'KINLEY.
I am grieved, I feel free to say, that
the unimpeachable integrity, the univer
sal learning, the venerable years, the
vi sullied patriotism derived from ances-i
tral sources of Senator Hoar should be
brought into that debate by American
people. Let us remember, my friends
and neighbors, my fellow citizens, that
United States, sitting as we are are here,
different shades of opinion of all degrees.
We are all interested In this great nation,
and let us approach the consideration of
these questions in a calm and dispas
sionate manner. Now I am not pro
ceeding to discuss a way in which a man
talks to his neighbors, and let me call
attention to one thing, and I beg you to
believe that nothing that I say tonight
is in the least degree partisan. I com
mend the policy of President McKlnley
as efficient in carrying out the will of the
people. It must be apparent to you. You
cannot help recognizing as a fact that
within the past year succeeding a period
of unequaled depression in all our in
ternal affairs, that American interests,
American industry, American production
has sprung as if from an enchanted
spring, from a depth of depression to the
very heights and utmost altitudes of
prosperiay and promise. (Applause.)
Consider where we were two years ago.
Debating violently among ourselves upon
financial and economical conditions with
a universal—what shall I call it—prostra
tion of industries throughout the nation,
with neighbor set against neighbor upon
an abstract question of finance.
The problem, aggravated and excited
by most aggravated and depressed in
ternal conditions, all at once by the evolu
tion of natural causes, and by the re
cuperative energy of the American peo
ple, and most as if we _ were making
journey through the night, and waking
up and finding ourselves in the heights of
prosperity. The United States finds it
self in the middle of prosperity. In the
last year we recorded an amount not
only unprecedented in our history, but
unprecedented in the hi&tory of any other
nation of the world. And the consequence
was that we called into play that enor
mous balance, not only the gold of the
world that until today we are not only
the largest gold holder of the world, but
are the creditor nation of many coun
tries. Two years ago our foreign relations
were of the most irritating character,
Germany, and Great Britain were irritat
ing-. By a transformation almost provi
dential In its character, the Anglo-Saxon
and English-speaking element of the
world were brought to see an identity of
interests which will be dominant in time
to come. With the great German nation,
the representative of free thought and
free expression, from the irritation that
had preceded, we have sailed upon the.
calm sea of pacific relations, and as to
France and Russia, it seems that no
points of irritation remain, and that the
United States, the great, the powerful,
occupies the same peaceful relations with
all the nations of the earth that she
ever did. And all this has been brought
I about and come to pass during a state
of war. Warwhich disturbs businss, which
disturbs confidence, which invites foreign
complications, which distracts relations,
which uproots and overthrows conditions,
all this has been brought to pass within
one year and a little more, a spectacle, a
result unparalleled in the history of na
tions.
Now, my friends and neighbors, I pro
pose to speak to you with the utmost
frankness. I recognize many old friends
who don't agree with me, who partially
agree with me, and who fully agree with
me. I don't propose to -advance any par
ty views. I want to speak my mind, and
say what seems to me to be existing con
ditions, and what the probabilites of the
future are, as near as my fallible judg
ment will enable me. Now will any man
m this joyous company dispute that the
w^ir with Spain was a necessary wan
(Cries of No, No.)
And when the colossal crime, the de
struction of the Maine, which sent to
the bottom of the putrid bay of Havana
256 sailors of the United States*who had
dedicated their lives to the protection of
the country, of the flag, unquestionably
brought about by Spanish action or
] Spanish negligence, and aggravated by
the charge of the Spanish court of in
quiry, that It was due to the want of
efficiency of the American navy, when
that stupendous crime was brought to
the attention of the American people by
that insult of Spain, will any person -deny
that considering all that had been past,
that that war was an unjust and unnec
essary war? The limitations of this oc
casion will not justify me in doing more
than stating that the events of that
war were sudden, complete and spectac
ular. (Applause.) As in a melodrama,
where the unities of time and space are
canceled in a moment, the flet of Spain
was blotted from the ocean at Manila
(applause), and the fleet of Spain was
effaced from the sea at Santiago (ap
plause).
Never in all the history of war, when
the wave of Asiatic invasion by Europe
was stayed by the valor of Greece, wa*
a naval victory so decisive of the course
of great events. And what was the re
sult upon our own country, the war with
Spain? It brought the North and South
together into one strong union. It weld
ed into one firm, homogeneous mass the
i North and South. It effaced forever, I
I hope, and thank God. that hateful line
between the North and the South, which
had persisted for more than sixty years
until the grandson of Grant fought upon
the staff of Jos. Wheeler and Gen. Fitz
hugh I,ee, commanded under the stars
j and stripes of the republic, and in all this
I broad land today, whatever might have
I been the destruction, whatever might
have been the desrtuction, whatever
might have been the rending of national
ties, there may have been upon economic
conditions, or party questions, I tell you,
my fellow citizens, that the United States
of America, east, north, south and west,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, stands a
giant clothed in steel before the world
from either shore. And that this has
been brought to pass has been worth all
that this war has cost and more too.
With the United States and the people
of the United States, Instead of being In
a certain sense two unities, have been
welded into one colossal form. (Ap
plause.)
We had not before b^cn an element in
the great transform: ,:'h „-. of trade inter
course and commerce, to which the great
er portion of the earth was subjected.
Who Ihousrht of the United States four
teen months ago, when all the powers
of the earth were partitioning the great
er portion of Africa? When Frame was
apportioning Madagascar, who thouerht
of the United States at those times. She
was regarded as the China of the West,
Immured in her own seclusion. Irritation
within because there was no prospect of
action or activity from without. For
eign thought contemplated us languidly,
and spoke affectedly with a superiority
and strength of irtervontion In our con
cern. Who now, after Dewcy planted the
' United States flas: in the Philippines,
and Sampson and Schley raised the ban
ners of this country in Santiago, who
now contemplates intervening in the af
fairs of the United States? Who now, In
the face of that tacit, undefined under-
Conlinue*! on Fonrtk I'uite*
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1899.
FLEW HIS FATE
AGI'INALDO TAKES TO THE MOI'N
TAINS TO ESCAPE CAPTURES
BY THE AMERICAN'S
I\SIM\TS ARE DESERTING
<,K\. PILAR SAYS THE NATIVES
ARE READY TO ftl'lT, BELIEV
ING AGUXALDO FALSE!
PRISONERS ARE RELEASED
American and Canadian Partners
"Who-" Refused to Accept Liberty
Singly Are Pa«aed Through the
Rebel Lines — Warships - - Have
BrnnheM "With Native* Armed
- With Bows and . Rrrows. -
NEW YORK, May 16.— (Special.)—
special rom Manila says: ~ "Aginaldo has
fled to the mountains to - escape capture
by the Americans. It is believed that he
realizes the futility of the contest now
being waged against the Americans and
will endeavor to make his escape from
the country. He is.said to now be in the
province of Nueva Ecija. The end of the
war seems nearer than at any time since
the first shot was fired before Manila."
Tho 5,000 Spanish prisoners who are re
ported to be held by the Insurgents have
been carried into: a northern province
and scattered among small garrisons.
They are beyond American succor this
season unless the Filipinos surrender
takes place within three weeks. Five
American prisoners were carried through
this town last week. Their names are
unknown. iz'-Z
PRISONERS RELEASED.
Gen. Luna Liberate* Messrs. Car
rick and Holmes.
MANILA, May 16.—Messrs.- Carrick and
Holmes, the American and Canadian civ
ilians captured at the Calumplt rice-mill,
have been released by j the rebel general,
Luna, who saw. them through his lines,
with several Englishmen who received
forty-eight hours' notice to leave rebel
territory. ■
The United States cruiser - Charleston
■has arrived here from Hong Kong. ; She
touched at Aparri, j communicating with
the United States gunboat Concord, sta
tioned at the mouth of the harbor.
Some natives shot arrows at the man
of-war' 3 boat which was Bent ashore for
sand and no further attempt to land was
made. The Charleston also spoke tho
United States gunboat Wheeling, at Lin
gayan. . ..
Gen. Law ton'B advanoed force has left
•San Miguel, and is moving in the direc
tion of San Isidro. A rain storm im
peded the progress of the troops and sev
ered the lines of communication when the
force was within seven miles of its desti
nation, '. :.. '■' ...- ■..."■/.,>.'•
FATE IN DOUBT.
Brother of Filipino's Probable "Vie
- ' tim Keek* Information.
BALTIMORE, Md., May 16.— T. B. Du
marais, of Philadelphia, brother of Baron
A. B. Dumarais, . who was reported mur
dered by the Filipino insurgents ; while
bearing a flag of truce from the people
of Mayla to ; the insurgents, is In Balti
more seeking information concerning the
alleged fate of his brother. Mr. Du
marais has been in telegraphlo communi
cation with Adjt. Gen. •Corbln, who in
turn has requested Gen. Otis of the. facts
In connection with the case. -: Gen. Cor
bin has replied to Mr. Dumarais in effect
that there \ still remains | a doubt as to
whether the baron was assassinated or
whether he still lives a prisoner among
the insurgents. • Gen. Corbin's telegram
Is as follows: . -. - -'.
"Upon inquiry of Gen. Otis in reference
to your brother ■ the following ' -". report
have been:received:' A committee of oit
izens sent Citizen Dumarais to the insur
gent- authorities to intercede for the r£;
lease of .the Spanish prisoners. The last.
Information regarding \ him was .that he
was with,. Luna's-forces *at Calumpit -be
fore the town- was captured. It is the
belief of many citizens here that Dumar
ais was murdered. - Others believe he is
still held a prisoner.".
POISONED . ARROWS.
Refnge Behind Which Agrnlnaldo
Ii _. No-it Hides.
LONDON, May 16.—The Filipino junta
here informs the Associated Press that
on receipt of : the news Baying all for
eigners had been ordered from the Fili
pino lines, a cable message of inquiry
was sent to Aguinaldo,' who '; replied) that
the announcement was due . to the state
ments of Mr. Higgins, the manager fof
the railroad, on his return to Manila af
ter several months' residence in the Fili
pino lines. .--- -.- '-.
The Filipinos, It is said, ridicule th»
statement that Aguinaldo ra' ug tive,
and declare his retirement to the Car
ballos mountains is part of his strategic
plans, as the mountains are almost inac
cessible and are inhabited by savages who
use poisoned arrows and that it is ab
solutely impossible for the Americans to
follow him there. .
INSURGENTS DESERTING.
Are Leaving.Asnlnaldo and Return-
InK to Their Homes.
NEW YORK, May 16.-A dispatch from
San Miguel," via Manila, says: "The In
surgent, Gen. Gregorio del Pllar, believes
that he has been deserted by the Filipino
government and desires to surrender if
he.can secure what he regards "as honor
able terms ■ from the Americans. The
"insurgent, hospital ■ near San Isidra is re
ported . to be overwhelmed with wounded.
Gen. Pilar's main subsistence-; depot is
five miles in '; front of Lawton. : The j in
dignation of i. the . natives; has compelled
the insurgent generals, to countermand
their ; orders to burn the towns -as they
retreated. The American policy of not
destroying property is creating a revul
sion of feeling in our favor. . Natives are
returning through the ■- American lines i
to their own homes. :
SPANIARDS TO RETIRE. >
Americans Will Occupy Joilo, but I»
--' ;.nor* Z:iiiilio»iigrn. jT.~?z'-: :
MADRID,. May IC— Gen. Rios, in com
mand" of the Spanish troops remaining in
the Philippine Islands, has cabled to the
war office here announcing that he has
entered into an agreement with Maj. Gen. i
Otis, the American commander, for ;an
immediate JSpanish'S evacuation of Zam
beanga , and Jolo.>". Consequently, the dis
patch • adds, the steamer. Leon ■ XIII. ; has
; started v- with American troops, who will
, occupy.;- Jolo and ' render honors ■» to the
Spanish': flag h on.- tlie^ departure %of p. tho
Spanish troops. The Leon XIII.' will pro- -
I ceed from Jolo to Zar iboanga, where the
vessel .will be met .by Gen. . Rlos with ■■ the
steamers Porto ;: Rico and Uranus.'- The
Spanish general wll. # superintend the
evacuation." The dispatch r- further ■ says
the Americans will not occupy. Zam
bounga. .- ■■'■ s•. >■{*
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DEWEY HOME FUND.
■""-'.' ■ '"" '. '■ •'" i *~-'-"'-' ■ • '-
Committee Addre««««i the People of
: the ; : Unite* r Statett. : ;-'-.:;
WASHINGTON, '.May, I«.—The national
committee of the Dew©y^.home fund, Con
sisting of Frank A. • Vanderlip, ■; assistant
secretary of the treasury; Charles H. Al
len, assistant j secretary :of the navy;
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Corbin, .Periy; S.
Heath, first assistant postmaster general,:
and Ellis' H. Roberts, 1, treasurer of the
United States, 1 have issued the following
address to the people ot the " United
States: .-T \.--, -■.^';';- tv*-:\:.'■-:■' r::;. : S."
"Dewey Home »F^ind, National Dewey
Committee, Washington, D. -C, May 16, '
1899.—The American people ; are anxious
to do honor to. Adftifral Dewey. * Their
zeal has taken the form :of : invitations .
to banquets in . many different cities; - of,
celebrations, parades afid - banquets."- Ob
viously,- it will be impossible for - him to
attend . all the -banquets,"- and it may be I
invidious ;to select- one !or a few for i the :
honor 7of ' his '. presence. :-,;: The. common \
sense of . our ' countrymen does': not find
suitable expression for its admiration
and " esteem ■ for : our great " naval. hero ;in
methods j effervescent and - transient. - A
grateful nation cannot do better ; than
provide liberally: for -Admiral Dewey's
comfort in a home fitted for his tastes,
worthy in some measure of his services,
and indicative• in a small degree of : the
gratitude which Is not of a day, but of
all time. A popular subscription will af
ford all the privilege to join -in such a
testimonial, in which patriotism will have
a monument. The career of Admral Dew- '•
ey is a part of , our national history, a
glorious chapter in the magnificent record
of the recent war with Spain. Not in our
country alone," but: in . all the world,- his
name is emblazoned with those that shall •
not die. His services all know iin part—
the future will add appreciation iof his
greatness to the solidity and brilliancy
of his fame. . -■- ir — •
"On his return from the scene of his
late victories and his statesmanship, the
official duties of Admiral : Dewey will be
performed in "Washington. He should
have a home there. The national capital
cannot fail to have attractions for • him
in the present and "in the future. For a
■winter residence during life he cannot
find a more desirable place. It is for a
home ~for."Admiral Dewey in Washington
that subscriptions are invited. Sugges
tions to this general' effect have been put
forth in several, quarters. Assurances
have been conveyed -tow the undersigned
that the general • enthusiasm can be di- '.
rected into a single cur Vent through the
agency of a national ; oommittee. •:- Each
of us, busy with manifold occupations,
aocepts as a duty, not- to be set aside, the
task of organizing the" -:■ popular munifi
cence for this purpose, ana of administer
ing the patriotic trust for a Dewey home
fund." - --:.: " r :;f. v \ ....... ■-■-_„..
"Subscriptions may Lbe sent at once to
the. treasurer of this • fund at the treas
ury department, Washington, D. C. Tem
porary receipts will be promptly return
ed, and as soon as it can be .prepared a
duplicate of the same date and.number,
bearing a fine portrait of Admiral ■ Dew
ey, will be forwarded to every subscriber."
- "Immediate . response t.will enable the
national committee to convey to Admiral
Dewey as soon as he lands practical evi
dence that v the American people have
provided, for- him a home at- the nation's
capital. -'\-'".- -Mf-., -.■,,..
The committee ■ invites the newspapers
of the country and th& governors of all:
states to co-operate in' this " movement." '•.."
Frank "A. Vanderslip,
- ?! .Chairman.
- ""- —Charles H. Allen. . • :
. —Henry C. Corbin. . _
—Perry 8. Heath.
—Ellis ; Roberts, ~~-'■-""■ ;
' :'. Treaiwt^t'? Fund.—-
The cash contributions received - today
amounted to $367,'.-. making the total $617.
READY TO SAIL. ; ;
Rear Admiral Watson Prepared .t»
. . . : Go to Manila. .:■_ ;
VALLEJO, Cal., May 16.—Rear Admiral
John C. Watson, who will relievo Admiral
Dewey In- command of the Asiatic station,
has retired from the command of the
Mare Island navy yard, which he has for
-1 mally - turned over 'to Rear Admiral j
| Kempff, ■ the " new. commandant, 'whose
pennant now floats from the receiving
ship Independence. Admiral Watson will .
sail today for. the Orient on the City of
Peking. rHe will be accompanied to the
Orient by his : personal staff, Lieuts.
Snowden and Marble, and ; will take five
mechanlos from | Mare island; who. will ; be
employed at the naval . station at Cavite.
WILL SETTLE DOWN.,
Gen. Fnnaton Haa Had All the Ad-
venture He C«res For.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.-Capt. F.E.
Buchan, of the Twentieth Kansas regi
ment, who arrived from Manila yesterday
on the Valencia, said regarding the fu
ture of Gen. Frederick Puneton, of that
regiment:
"Gen. Funston has no political ambi
tions and does not care to mingle in poli
tics in any shape or *orm. I know this
to be a fact. When I last saw him, Just
before leaving Malolos, April 18, his plans
were to go to Cuba &s soon as the Fili
pino rebellion is over and: engage In oat
tle ranching in one of. the interior prov
inces. He said that he has had all the
adventures he wants." .
END IN SIGHT.
Capt. Dent Says War In the Philip.
ulne» Cannot Laat Long.
CHICAGO, May 16.—Capt. John C. Dent,
of the Twentieth United States infantry,
which is a part of Wheaton's brigade, of
Mac Arthur's division, now operating in
the Philippines, arrived In Chicago to
day. He left Manila April 1, on sick
leave. Capt. Dent said today:
"I do not think the war in the Philip
pines will last long. The impression
seems to be here that they may return
to the mountains and maintain some eort
of a war for a long lime to come. But
the truth is the mountain people are our
friends, and have offered to raise regi
ments to help put down Aguinaldo."
FATAL WRECi>.
Reading Kngrineer Kill" ■ ,1 His
Fireman Badly InJ •">•<!.
POTTSVILLE, Pa., May., Long
Acres, three miles below Tam'tua today,
a passenger engine on the Li "te Schuyl
kill branch of the PfeiJadelphH* & Read
ing railway jumped the track -\nA collid
ed with a coal train. Samuel v>rier, en
gineer of the passenger train, va» killed,
and Lot Kerschuer, his teemi n, was so
badly hurt that there is small hope for
his recovery. The fireman *0t the coal
train and several passengers received
injuries.
TEST TO BE MADE.
Coeur d'Alene HhT»*-:i • Corpus Chnm
in CQiiri.
WALLACE, Idaho, » ity 16.—Attorney
Robertson has presented in court the de
cisions on which he bases his applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus for
County Commissioners Boyle and Stim
son in the Coeur d'Alene rioting cases.
The state authorities will be represented
by Attorney General Hayes later. The
parties summoned to" show cause why
the writs should not Issue are Gen. Mer
rlam, Auditor Sinclair and Coroner
France, who appeared by attorneys. Un
less the unexpected happens every mine
in Coeur d'Alerio, except Bunker Hill,
will close down Thursday*
PLOTTING TREASON
CHARGE UPON WHICH FORMER
BRITISH OFFICERS IN TRANS
VAAL WERE AHHIOS'I IM)
GREAT UATION IS CAI^D
r RESIDE XT KRIEGER REFUSES
TO BLA.uiS BRITONS ( Mil, HE
HAS INVESTIGATED
NEWS STARTLES LONDONERS
Government Official** Claim toi Have
Not hi ii Direct Upon the Subject
: —Alleged Conspirator* Said .to
Have •. Raised a* Force of Two
Thontand —One 01 Them a.
South African Detective. ' -
S> LONDON, May 16.—A profound sensa
tion has been 'caused here by the news
of I the arrest in the Transvaal 'of eight
men said to have formerly been British
officers charged with having been detected
in a plot . against President Krueger's
government. "* -
The British agent and charge d'affaires
at Pretoria, Mr. Conyngham Green, had
an Interview with President Krueger this
afternoon and expressed regret that men
who" had worn the queen's uniform should
be concerned in such a movement. Presi
dent Krueger replied that he would not
believe the prisoners were British of
ficers until it had been - proved, adding
that he hoped the affair would not inter
fere with the proposed meeting between
himself and Sir Alfred Milner, goye. nor
of Cape Colony and British high commis
sioner for South Africa.
ARRESTS ANNOUNCED.
Detail* of the Blankest Sensation In
. ~; South African History. •..:
•; CAPETOWN,; May 16.—The Argus, of
this city, today publishes a dispatch from
Pretoria, capital of | the -Transvaal South
African republic, saying that P. W.
Reitz, secretary of state, confirms the
report that'a number of unusual arrests
, have been made there, and it is rumored
the. prisoners are British officers. Ao
cording ;to reports; from Pretoria the
charge : against the prisoners is that
while staying In the Rand privately they
were really "engaged in enlisting men for
the purpose of rebelling when they were
; ready to give the signal." It Is said that
the enlistment.roster included 2,000 men,
and that a number of incriminating doc
uments were ;found at the time , the" ar
rests were made. :
" JOHANNESBURG, May. 16.—A number
Of men have been arrested here on the
charge ■of high treason. The officers ar
rested, . who are eight iin ,• number, instead !
of - seven, ' as previously | cabled,', are' Capt.
Patterson, formerly of the Lancersj Col.
R. F. Nlcholls, Lieut. E. J. Trcmlott, C.
A. Ellis, lately a private detective at
Johannesburg; 1 Lieut. John Allen, former
ly .of the ! horse : artillery; - Quartermaster
' Mitchell, ; former I Sergeant \ J. | Fries f and
former ; Sergeant R. P. ■ Hooper. •.. None
of ; them have been In L the employ of the
British .- South African .Chartered, com
pany.
: I It is ' said that the commlslsoner of po
lice, who" had:_the.:affair in hand, had
been working up the case for months.
. Mr. Beattie, ' the ■ detective who ' effected
the arrests, "received his Instructions last
week and secured the necessary warrants
yesterday. - . ;
The executive council of the Transvaal
is sitting in secret, session this evening,
considering the arrests. Further war
rants have been issued.
It Is said the officers already arrested
were also preparing to organize a corps
in Natal, the British colony between the
Orange Free state and the Indian ocean,
to assist at the projected movement at
" Johannesberg.
LONDON, '. May , 16.—The ~ foregoing dis
patch probably explains the telegram re
ceived by the Argus, of Capetown, today
from Pretoria, saying the Transvaal sec
retary of state confirmed the report that
a number of unusual arrests . had . been
made, and that it was rumored that the
prisoners were: British officers. j The ad
vices from Johannesburg'are also prob
ably connected with a mysterious dis
patch 'i received at Johannesburg from
Pretoria on May 12, saying a special train
fully equipped with . Boer '.artillerymen, ■
guns and searchlight apparatus, was be
ing held in readiness at ; the capital of<
the Transvaal. ■, The statement was then
declared to be. without significance, but
today's news throws a more serious light
on ' the movement and it is certain: there
will be a great sensation in London when
the news of the. arrests becomes general
ly known. j The afternoon ' newspapers
today print special dispatches from Cape
town saying seven men have been arrest-:
ed at Johannesburg and have been taken
to Pretoria. The government of Cape
Colony, it further appears, ir considering
the matter secretly. The news has caus
ed great excitement throughout. South
Africa. .
- The . Standard . and | Digger's News, the
Boers' organ in London, has a dispatch
■from Pretoria- which says that warrants
■ were . issued yesterday evening :by . the
state : attorney and were executed at mid
night. The dispatch ' adds that a plot or
I rebellion is • alleged ! to' have" been ■ matur
ing [ for. four months, and that * the ac
cused, who are said to have been engaged
by. the • South African league, had already
enlisted 2,000 men. -.-- : . .•;. :_
-';■ Cecil.- Rhodes, '■ the | former premier lof
Cape Colony ;. and resident director. in
• South Africa %of the * British Chartered
South African ■ company," 1 informs the As
sociated '; Press that, he has heard. nothing j
regarding the arrests at Johannesburg,
I and that he knows nothing about the rea
! son for which they were : made. . -:. !>££
'"; Joseph - Chamberlain,' secretary of slate :
for:.the colonies,-. who ti was'interviewed in
;: the *■ lobby of the ' house '■ of commons [ .this;■
evening, said ;he had heard ; nothing ■ of
flcialy.' concerning'": the ;l arrests ;in >". the;
Transvaal, and did not think that too se
rious s significance ought to 'be . attached
to them. ' No' Information had , reached
him from South Africa, he asserted, that
coUld lead him in ; any way to anticipate
or to explain the arrests."
•'":' The news caused considerable excite
ment "■ among : the: members ;of the ■ house,
but X little - disposition ..was I manifested to
credit the rumors of a rebeHius conspir
acy. ■ ■', . ' '
'".-: PRETORIA, May 16.—The arrest at Jo
hannesburg early thid r morning of seven"
alleged -r/ former g British •;.- officers .r named |
'Nicholls," Patterson, Tremlett, * Ellis,
' Freise, . Hopper ". and' Mitchell, on - ■ the
charge of : high treason, - has .'caused:; in
tense excitement here..:_ The : prisoners
were brought to Pretoria by special train.
'After they had been lodged in jail they
were r" visited by the British. diplomatic
agent here. '.;" -'; ■:"■ :". '":":.'. .\. :. '.
The arrests 5 were, effected rby a detect- ■
ive who joined'the" movement, which, it■ is
asserted, was for the purpose of enrolling
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PRICE TWO CBNTSHSMr«S~
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
i Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
'??-'* Fair; '- Northwesterly Winds.
I—Severe ■ Storam East. .
Affniiialdo on the' Ran.
■ Treason in the TraiiHvaal. "
Senator Davis Banqueted. '
Admiral DeWey'n Son Here. "
Hamllnltea Upbraid Klefer. -
Man Burned ' Alive. '
Homeopath* In Session,
.1— Minneapolis* Matters.
Northwest Newt.
Convict "With a Romance.
... „.....-...
' Situation In Cuba.
4—Editorial.
New Telephone Franchltie.
6— Sport Inge Sewn.
- Quizzing. Mayor Van U'jrk. -
. 6—Market* of the World.
Bar Sliver, 61 I-Be.
- r Chicago Cash Wheat, 700.
Stock* Firm but Slow.
7—Tiewm of Railroads. .
B—ln Field of Lube*.
; More High School Graduate*.
St. Paul Social News.
Militia to Be Trimmed.
OCEAN LINERS. „•
NEW .YORK—Arrived Westernland, Ant
werp; vie, from Liverpool; steamer-
Koenlgen Louise, Bremen and South
ampton. ' —* . .... ii
fe^^^-.9Pr L-Arrlved: Sylvania, Boston.
BOULOGNE—Arrived: Rotterdam, New
-': York for Rotterdam.
SYDNEY,' N. S. W.-Arrived previously,
Mariposa, San Francisco.
AUCKLAND — Sailed: Almeda, San
Francisco.
TODAY IN ST. PALL.
METROPOLITAN—
GRAND—"A Royal Prisoner," 2:30; "Don
Caesar de Bazan," 8:15.
Base ball, St. Paul vs. Minneapolis, Lex
ington park, 3:30 p. m. -
Minnesota Homeopathic Institute, Btate
capitol, '10 a. m.
Sacred Thirst society, Cretin hall, 8 p. m.
Concert, Chrl3t church, Fourth and
Franklin streets.
Entertainment, Constellation Chapter,
Masonic Temple. ■ ~
17th of May celebration, Norwegian Glee
club, Assembly hall, 9 p. m.
men in order to cause an outbreak of
rebellion. Incriminating- doouments were
found on the.prisoners, and it is expected
that further arrests will be made.
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GRAIN STRIKE CONTINUES.
Complications Will Delay Settle
ment of Differences.
. BUFFALO, N. V., May 16—There waa
no change in the strike situation on the
docks today. The elevators, .crippled by
the sympathetic strike of the monthly
men, did little work. But three elevators,
the City, Erie and Northern, were operat
ed. . Contractor Connors, however, says
men to. run the elevators can Ibe secured.
Complications in the strike situation
render it impossible ;to forecast a settle
ment at..M ..^early^ date. The ~- grain
shovelers, under, their agreement to re
main out,until the demands of. the freight
handlers, coal heavers and ore handlers
are met, are unable to accept, the latest
concessions'made by Contractor Connors.
Today Mr. Connors agreed that all men
now working or" him who are not mem
bers of the grain .shovelers'. union must
affiliate "with the new union; that the new
union men would ~ be permitted to retain
their offices, and he .would give work to
such men only as are. sent him by Mr.
Donovan, the new inspector, appointed by
Bishop Quigley. .
Bishop Quigley has removed the last
obstacle in the way of a satisfactory set
tlement, and as soon as the other strikes
are adjusted the grain shovelers will go
to' work. . •
The strike of the freight handlers and
coal heavers will. be difficult to adjust
in several respects. For instance every
freight dock has its own system of work.
There is a separate contractor for every
dock except. the Lehigh and Erie docks.
Those two roads do not let the work out
to contractors. The same situation pre- %
vails on the coal and ore docks, nearly
all. having separate contractors. Before
the strike can be settled all the contrac
tors, besides the representatives of the
different railroads, must be assembled in
conference, and induced to agree to terms
affecting all. "
MR. M'KINLEY'S VISIT.
Some Additional Detail* About His
Proposed Trip Hither.
WASHINGTON. May !«.—Congressman
Fletcher arrived today from Hot Springs
and adds some details to yesterday's
story of McKinley's trip to the North
west. The president made a definite
promise to go to Minneapolis and St.
Paul. Mr. Fletcher says the pre.-ldent
may be in the Twin Cities at least three
days. "Whether the president gce3 to
the Yellowstone or not, or goes to any
part of the West for a summer vacation,
he will visit the Twin Cities. He suggests
that he would be glad to have a« many
volunteers present at the time of his visit
as possible. He wants to meet the troops
from the Dakotas and other states, as'
well as from Minnesota.
The Twin City visit this year Is en
tirely divorced from any other plans the
president has. He says he will -go .%T
he has to make a special trip. He wants
to know the earliest moment when the
Thirteenth regiment Is likely to return,
and Mr. Fletcher today called at the war
department to see Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn on that subject, but Mr.
Meiklejohn was out of the city and «will
not return until tomorrow. When he re
turns Mr. Fletcher will take up the ques
tion with him, and get as definite infor
mation as possible at this time.
The probable time, however, is between
July 1 and 18. The president has not yet
seen any of the Philippine soldiers save
as they have returned one at a time on
account of sickness or injuries. This will
be his first opportunity to see a full r«-g»
ment of the boys, and he is probably
thinking of making an address before
them. The address expected will contain
a statement more or less complete of th<»
administration's policy in the far East
and what the president thinks about the
war there.
It is not likely the president will be
present at the mustering out of any other
Philippine regiments.
MINE STOCKADE ATTACKED.
I'uiwi Xegroef* hiul Trouble Trans
ferred to Little Rock.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 16.—Forty
striker? attacked twenty-five colored coal
miners behind a stockade at a mine near
Huntington today, firing volley after vol
ley at them. Two men on guard at the
stockade returned the fire, killing one of
the strikers. John Wright, one of the
guards, was killed, and the other, James
Campbell, seriously wounded. A number
of new guards have been posted about
the mine and trouble Is feared. The col
ored miners were imported from Illinois
to take the places of the strikers.
SWHPOPTOMiP
WIDE SECTION OF OHIO DEVAS
TATED BY A STORM OF GREAT
SEVERITY
SEVERAL LIVES ARE LOST
TEW Pt'PILS IN *A CABAL FU/rox
SCHOOL HOISE WERE BADLY
CUT AND BRUISED
PANIC IN A CIRCUS TENT
Wind Causes the Canvas to Collapse,
and the Police Had Great Dlfll
eulty In Rescuing Spectator*—To
ledo and Detroit in the Path of
of Storm, and Considerable
Damage Done.
CANAL FULTON, 0., May 16.—During
the storm today the wall of a school
house was blown in and nine pupils were
Injured, some of them quite seriously.
The injured are: •
Mary Kurtz, skull injured.
Ester Kurtz, skull injured.
Esther Kurtz, ankle broken.
Helen Klein, scalp wound.
Zella Groff, skull depressed and ankle
broken.
Grace Herbert, leg broken.
Susie Dapp, scalp wound. a
Tillle Petz, scalp wound and badly
bruised about the chest.
Mabel Leaver, scalp wounds.
Jennie Smith, head bruised.
Four scholars were buried beneath tha
debris of brick and wooden beams. They
were extricated by the teacher.
TOLEDO, 0., May 16.—Toledo ad
Northwestern Ohio passed through one
of the worst storms In years today from
noon until 6 ociock. The full effect r,f
the blow Is not yet known, as there are
several small boats in the river that have
been reported as capsized. In the city
a number of plate glass fronts were
blown in and other damage to a consia
erable amount was done.
Several houses were unroofed at Tiffin
and at the France stone quarry a num
ber of workmen were more or less in*,
jured, Lewis Leslie being picked up by
the wind and carried some distance.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0.. May 16.—A nevere
wind storm struck this city late this af
ternoon blowing down chimney?, pole?,
and badly crippling telephone service. A
new residence nearly completed was
blown down, four carpenters bring
caught in it. John Craig had both legs
broken and will be crippled for life, and
the other three were badly bruised.
AKRON. 0., May 16.—A cyclone struck:
this city at 3 ociock this evening and
did much damage. The storm struck
the tents of Main's circus and they col
lapsed upon the crowd. Policemen hart
hard work to prevent a panic, but the
spectators were finally released without
injury.
In East Akron the Biggs Bui.'er com
pany? shops were badly damaged and a
portion of a stone wall fell upon tre of
fice roof, crushing it and completely
wrecking the interior. The shops <jl
the Akron Sewer Pipe company also
Buffered severely. More than 150 f. ot
of the main building was blown down
and three men were Blightly injured.
Other shops and buildings about the
city were damaged more or less and
many trees were torn down. Carrit ?• 9
were wrecked In the streets and signa
were torn away.
MONTPELIER, 0., May 16.—A brick
school house near Alverton was struck
by a storm today and out of its twenty
five occupants but three escaped unin
jured. The teacher. Miss Flossie Fisher,
is probably fatally injured. Two chil
dren were struck on the head with (lying
bricks and cannot live. A number of the
pupils are seriously hurt. The building
was wrecked.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa.. May IK.—The
storm which caught this section at ,ri
ox-lock this evening was the rm^: severe
and disastrous in many years. Rain fell
In torrents, and hall was so severe tliat
It is feared crops are badly damaged.
Ten houses of the Illinois Steel company,
at Moorwood, just under construction,
and one belonging to a workman, wero
blown down and to pieces. Tin- large
plate glass windows in the company's
store at that place were broken by the
wind and hail.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis.. May 16-Duii g a
severe electrical storm today the house
of Julius Bundt, at Augusta, was struck
by lightning. The bolt went down the
chimney, shattering the stove and killing
Bundt, who wtp lying in bed with liis in
fant son. The boy escaped. The house
of Charles McKey, in this city, w.ts
struck and partially destroyed.
DETROIT, Mich., May 16. — Severe
storms were quite general throughout
the state today. Hudson, Caro, Coldwa
ter, Marshall and Grant all report con
siderable property damage, but no lives
lost.
In Detroit the storm struck the south
western part of the city and did about
$40,000 worth of damage. Forty houses
and barns were unroofed, and one. three-
Btory brick building was completely <lt
molished. There was no loss of life hore.
GUESTS IN PERU.
Hotel MailiNon, . Toledo, <)., Im in
\ Flames.
TOLEDO, 0., May 17.—The f Hotel :: -l
ison, an eight-story family .hotel in the
business portion of the city. .Is on fire,
and in all probability cannot bo saved.
The guests of the hotel have not nil been
iescued and firemen are working with
great difficulty on account of smoke.
There was a panic among the sixty
guests, but they made their exit mainly
by escapes in their night clothes,,and no
lives were lost. The loss will be nominal.
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Tracy Items.
TRACY, Minn:," May 16.—(Special.)—Tho
funeral of Mrs. Caroline Berg was held
here - today. - The ■ deceased • was the wire
of I. S. Berg, a traveling salesman. Her
death occurred Sunday. -
Miss .Lizzie Knetch," stenographer m
the First National bank, was married
here this evening. to W. A. Houston. Both
are prominent young people.
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.Life Sentence Commuted.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May :16.-(Spc
cial.w-Ellsworth iiu France, who was v •
der sentence for life for. the crime of.hold
ing -up.~and: robbing the .-mails-of two
cents has had.his sentence commuted to
fllteen. years; by President McKinley. ,•*