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Daily and Sunday 60 2.75 6.00
Sunday •-.•• 15 .75 1.50
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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Dally only 25 $O6 W.OO
Daily and Sunday 35 2.00 4.00
Sunday 75 1.50
Weekly 75 1-°°
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WEATHER FOE TODAY.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Forecast for
Wednesday* -■ i >■• ;;■'* •
Minnesota—North Dakota—South Da
kota Fair Wednesday; fair and warmer
Thursday: fresh northerly winds becom
ing variable. - ■ •
Wisconsin—Showers Wednesday with
cooler in-extreme southwest portion: high j
northeasterly winds; Thursday probably
fair.
lowa— Partly cloudy Wednesday with
cooler in southern and eastern portions;
northwesterly winds; Thursday fair and
warmer.
Montana—Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day: warmer Wednesday; variable 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 „. . 54
Lowest temperature 43
Average temperature 4S
Dally' range 11
Barometer 20.7.1
Humidity 91]
Precipitation ..:.. ?6
7 p.m. temperature 02
7 p. m., wind, north; weather, cloudy.
The river will remain nearly stationary ]
in the vicinity of St. Paul from now to
Wednesday night.
. RIVER AT 8 A. M,
Danger Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St.■ Paul ..■•>••••••.. 14 G.I —0.1
T.a Cross.' HI 8.0 —0.2
Davenport ...'.'.'.'..... 15 8.8 *0.1
St. Louis 30 20.S —0.4
—Fall. *Rise.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
High*Spml High*Spm
Battleford ...SO 48 Chicago ......78 .46
Bismarck ....52 52 Cincinnati ...88 82
Calgary ......58 54 Cleveland ....S2 08
Duluth 36 ::i;| Denver 66 56
Edmonton ...62 56: Detroit 70 •6S
Havre .v, 52 Jacksonville S8 76
Helena 56 54| Los Angeles 68 60
Huron 50 48. Marquette ...40 40
Med'n Hat ...60 58 Montreal 60 52
Minnedosa ...50 44 Nashville ....90 - 84
Pnce Albert .44 40 New York ...62 00
Qu'Appelle ...50 461 Omaha ...72 52
Swift Cur'nt 46 46 Philadelphia 72 68
Willlston 50 44 Pittsburg ....86 C 6
Winnipeg ....54 52 Rapid City ..56 52
Buffalo 56 48, San Fran.... 60 54
Boston ....':..62 56 Salt Lake ...56 54
Cheyenne^ ....60 42 Washington 84 78
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
Cl: VTITI !>[•: OR TREACHERY—
. ... WHICH '.
Opinions have differed and will proba
bly continue to differ regarding the true
attitude of the former * Commander-in
chief of the Cuban revolutionary army,
Gen. Maximo Gomez. There is no differ
ence of opinion, however, on the very
serious character of the present Cuban
situation, It is fraught with danger to
Cuba and the Cuban people.
Everything that a generous nation
could do for a sister nation in dis
tress, and more than has. ever been ac
complished by any one people for another,
has been done by the American people for
the people of Cuba. The question pre
sents itself today with startling clear
ness whether the Cubans were worthy of
what has been lone, or, indeed, of h'aV-'
ing anything done for them, to put an
end to Spanish domination. The answer
to this <ii».estiaa rests now with the Cu
ban people themselves. Neither Gen.
Gomez nor any of his former army sub
ordinates can answer it for them.
If the Cubans desire to secure an in
definite period of American occupation,
they evidently know how to secure it.
Let them or any considerable proportion
of them, either ex-soldiers or civilians,
but put themselves in opposition to the
reorganization of the affairs ot their
country by the United Starts, and they
will , set .back the dawn, of true Cuban
liberty for a very long period.
Our armies invaded that island for the
express purpose not :>nly of putting an end
to Spanish barbarism, but of establishing
a sound, stable, representative form of
government best suited to the present
needs and the national genius of the Cu
ban people. We have performed one part
of that undertaking. We are engaged
in the performance of the ether. If the
Cubans wish to "alienate the good will
of their real friends among the Ameri
can people, the refusal of the former of
ficers; of their army to participate in or
consent to the surrender of their arms by
Hip former Cuban army will, go a long
way in that direction. ..; Ir-
Cuba is being treated with absolute
poocl faith. The mass of the American
people, apart from the administration set
or their adherents, desire to see the isl
and embarked on a career of peace and"
prosperity. . They are.no parties to the
machinations of a few imperial politicians
to secure the annexation of Cuba. They
believe there is such a thing as national
gratitude. ." They themselves acknowl
edge the depth of their gratitude as a na
tion to the French people. They expect
gratitude, not treachery or folly, from
the Cubans. They cannot control the
one. but they can and will put down and
destroy the other ' if they have to.
V RIKiIVM,Y BISINESS.
The resumption of ,h<-- Mazet 'investi
gation In New York city by the ex-
M&iaation of Mayor Van Wyck along
lines eves more personally offensive and
unjustifiable than those which prevailed
In the examination of Mr. Cr-.ker is In
the nature of a grave public outrage. It
shows dearly the dishonest and cowardly
nature of the partisan political warfare
tv-fftcfa has thus been inaugurated.
T) ask a man in Mayor Van Wyck's
pcj-ition <he question whether he is finan
cially interested in the violation of the
laws..which,.he. is sworn to enforce is in
the nature of a grievous' public and pri
vy.it! wrong. It. might be tolerated by an
Ignorant justice of the peace when asked
by n bullying police court shyster lawyer
of ..whose tongue he was in dread; but
to be ; allowable on the part of counsel
representing ostensibly the'i majesty of
Ihe-lpsi^lalivo- power of the great "state
of New Voik in dealing with the. chi
n.r.s|f|i-He of the greatest city in the
land is an extension of public authority
for which some one should be made to
suffer.
As long as Mr. Moss confines himself
to the assumption contained in his ques
tions, that Mayor Van Wyck is merely
the official puppet who dances as the
string is pulled by Croker, of course the
true object oi the inquiry Is made plain.
While such a Mne of questioning must be
very disagreeable to the witness it at
least fails in that tender regard for the
feelings of the witness which indicates
him to be a perjured scoundrel.
Kvery good citizen will be glad, aside
from polities, if the Mazet investigating
committee can unearth criminal conduct
on the part of the officials of New York,
assuming such to exist. But no ■ decent
person caa extend even toleration to the
rufiianly methods which have been ob
served by ( Counsel Moss, even were those
methods to 6e followed by results promo-
Uve of the public welfare.
THE LIBERAL FEUD.
4lt has been quite plain since his re
tirement from the leadership of the Eng
lish Liberal party that Sir "William Har
court has been smarting under what he
doubtless regards as party, ingratitude
toward himself. His readiness to take
up the cause of the anti-ritualist element
in the pending disagreement in the estab
lished church made it plain that he is
anxious to make .as much trouble as. he
conveniently can for those ,\\horn. he re
gards as being responsible for his retire
ment. His more recent demonstra
tion.-against Lord Rosebery will be
even '< more effective in the same
direction. If he follows it up,
as he threatens to do on May 24,
he will have occasioned a rupture in'the
party of which he was so long the lead
er that will be well nigh irreparable.
Harcourt's avowed anxiety to preserve
the party heritage Gladstone's leader
ship is somewhat :ar fetched at best.
He was one of ihe latest, as he was re
garded as one of the -least sincere of
Gladstone's converts to the policy of
home rule. Whether Lord Roscbery Is
coquetting with Joseph Chamberlain and
his Unionist following is very doubtful.
He can never bring a Liberal following
into the ranks of the Unionist-Tory al
liance. Such a step would sacrifice all
his present prestige, even if ii were true
that he had re-entered political life. In
deed, it will cut no considerable figure
one way or the other what Lord Rose
bery contemplates doing or what he
does.
The Liberal party since some time be
fore the death of Mr. Gladstone has stood
trembling on the verge of old-time Whig
eery. It has feared to adopt a truly
liberal policy. Advanced men like John
Morley have stepped aside, and Liberalism
has been as a. boat without a rudder,
blown hither and thither by each new
wind of party sentiment. It may regain
Its bearings before the dissolution of
parliament, but it is more than doubtful.
■ Meanwhile Joseph Chamberlain remains
the leading spirit of British imperial poli
tics.
Minnesota farmers are getting a noto
riety of which they will be very proud
through the instrumentality of the" ex
commissioner. of labor whom Mr. Merri
am has selected for Le Grand statistician
of the census. Noting his statement to
the industrial commission that speculat
ing farmers furnish three-fourths: of the
lambs shorn on the stock exchanges, the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican says that
"this assists materially in explaining
the extraordinary abundance of the sup
ply of lambs."
Russell Sage declares that he cannot un
derstand Mr. Carnegie. Lucky Carne
gie! The men whom Russell Sage has
heretofore "understood" are now wearing
the same suit of clothes every day in the
week.
Western Republicans mildly insinuate
that a speaker can be elected in the
lower house without asking Bosses Quay
and Platt to train down from the heavy
weight class. ■
Mayor Van Wyck has been called upon
to testify before the Mazet committee
New York is now to be treated to another
exhibition of language concealing
thought. •
A student of the Polytechnic school in
Paris declares that fishes think. Well,
what So they think of the stories that
are told about them?
An Illinois man named J. W. Guess is
sinking a shaft in his garden hunting: for
gold. The -probabilities are that he will
have to guess again. .
Tt is perhaps not out of place to say to
the minors that some of the richest quarts
are now found in the strawberry patches
of .Arkansas.
•In the well groomed person of Andrew
Carnegie we have one more individual
who knows when he has got enough.
Those Princeton students appear to
have converted Pawnee Bill's "Wild West
show into a Wild East show.
' Sagacious Joe Wheeler announces that
if he has been snubbed by anybody he
Is not aware of the fact.
• A good many Americans are sorry that
•President Diaz, of Mexico, looks so much
like Admiral Dewey.
Isn't that word "strenuous" Ing a tri
fle overworked in this country?
No well regulated Filipino will attempt
to have any fun with Fut'ston.
Now if spring will only quit backsliding
we may be happy yet.
But no laundry girl is ever fined for
"scorching."
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CODFREV WANTS IT.
He Would Like to Be Mutt Jensen's
Successor. \
Percy D. Godfrey, a Republican poli
tician of the Sixth ward, is announced as
a candidate for the position of city clerk.
Mr. Godfrey is a J leading] light in the
Lincoln club and ac present a member of
the. board of park commissioners.
"Shell" Blakely, who was mentioned as
a possible candidate, says be is not in it
at all. Friends of. Matt Jensen, the pres
ent incumbent; say that he has the.thing" l
"cinched!" "' °.
Two Women.oll Trial.
i..A jury was being selected in the c is©
against Kda Simpson and Edna WI son
■when court adjourned list evening The :
defendants are indicted for laic-ny i i the
second degree for the taking of three silk
waists, valued at $8.-.5 each, from the
store of Field, Schlick & Co. f
THjK ST. PAUL GLOBK, WEDNESDAY, MA* 17, 1899
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.
Beside J. Pluvlus and George Goodwin
Eewey, St. Paul had another distinguish
ed, but unheralded visitor yesterday, the
same being none ■ less than "Old
Thaumaturgjs," as he was known to the
early denizens of Minnesota, William S.
King, as the Minneapolis city directory
knows him, and "the colonel," as the
modern generation knows him. It Isn't
very often that the colonel gets over to
St. Paul, but he happened over yesterday,
and as he was passing the corner of
Fourth and Robert streets he was obser. l
ed to halt and gaze pensively at the
sky-scraper on his right. Then he scan
ned the Fourth street front for the signs,
and finally located the office of the paper
that so long ago flayed him mercilessly
for some political and municipal rivalry
differences.
"Where will I find Mr. Wheelock?" ask
i-d the colonel of the boy at the counter.
"Eleventh floor, "responded the boy.
And the colonel sought the "sky parlor."
There, in the solemn stillness of the
editorial sanctum, the old liatchet was
dismantled, and the blade will hereafter
servo no more vindictive purpose than
to keep editorial copy from blowing away.
The colonel and the editor have made the
pe:ice that waited so long. There was
more than one tender memory in the
meeting. The colonel's brother, "Tom,"
had charge of the Pioneer's Minneapolis
end for years, and they do say that
"Tom," as everyone knew him, and every
one did, could get more news without
going out of the office that overlooked
Fridge square than several generations of
lrter journalists have been able to get
in the town since. Then, too, the colonel
had given an earnest within recent years
that he did not bear the P. P. or its editor
any malice, and the result was that the
editor-in-chief of the Pioneer Press was
not slow to extend the hand of fellowship
to his once cordial enemy.
A fad which seems to have won the ap
proval of the ultra exclusive set in New
York and Chicago is the wearing of canes,
by the fair sex. This must not be the
ordinary crook-handle affair affected by
men, nor the light and airy Malacca or
more staid cherry. It must be a little
longer than the canes carried by men,
and must be made of Indian teak wood or
orange wood with a very high polish to
be absolutely correct. For this Innova
tion society is indebted to Miss Elita
Proctor Otis.
When "Sporting Life," "which comes
here next week, was first put on at the
Academy of Music, New York, at the
beginning of this season. Miss Otis scored
a most pronounced hit, not only on ac
count of her exceptionally artistic por
trayal of the wicked Olive de Carteret,
but because of the exquisite manner in
which she gowned the temptress. Miss
Otis is original in dress, as well as in
art, and two of the most prominent critics
called attention to Miss Otis' cane,
Jessie Wood, of the New York World,
said: "She carries something between a
golf Implement and a croquet mallet, and
it is this something that society has taken
up and marked for its very own."
Miss Otis, in speaking of this cane, stat
ed that she had no idea of inaugurating
a fad when she carried it the opening
t.ight of "Sporting Life." The cane is a
mascot, and it was because of its pe
culiarly lucky qualities that she carried
it. The stick itself is of very highly
polished teak wood, and the head a knob
of ivory, on which is carved a minute
series of figures, representing a council
of the Hindoo gods. It is a work of
marvelous ingenuity, there being no less
than eighteen figures, perfect in every
detail, carved on the surface of the globe,
which is but an inch and a half in di
ameter. The cane was purchased in India
by Captain, now Sir Charles Elmsley,
who presented it to Miss Otis while she
was in London last year. Miss Otis has
had several opportunities of testing Its
lucky power, and she is firmly convinced
that no misfortune can befall her so long
as she keeps this talisman.
—The Philistine.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
Beginning tomorrow night is promised
old-time black-face minstrelsy, under the
leadership of those past masters of mer
riment, Messrs. Primrose and Dockstader.
The singing will be by a chosen num
ber who have been selected because of
their capabilities. There will be novel
features of a most extraordinary charac
ter, and the scenic environment will be
on a scale truly magnificent.
"Sporting Life," which comes to the
Metropolitan next week, direct from Its
long runs at the Academy of Music, New
York, and McVicker's theater, In Chica
go, is one of the big successes of the sea
son. One of the most ssnsaticnal epi
sodes in the play is the faithful repre
sentation of the interior of the National
Sporting club, London, during the prog
ress of a spirited fistic contest. The sale
of seats opens tomorrow morning.
Richard Mansfield in "Cyrar.o di Ber
gerac" is dated for May 29-30-31.
GRAND.
Tonight at the Grand the young ro
mantic actor, Mr. James, and his com
pany will present "Don Caesar de Bazan,'
a romantic drama in four acts. Mr.
James will be seen in the title role, wh:ch
he is said to present in an excellent man
ner. The Animatograph motion pictures
are making quite a hit here. One of the
most popular pictures and one that re
ceives a recall every evening is cne en
titled "A Cuban Episode." Another pop
ular picture Is that which presents a regi
ment leaving camp. The "Fata Morga
na" with its artistic stereopticon views
is another enjoyable feature.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" with its donkeys,
bloodhounds, bands, etc., will b?. next
week's attraction at the Grand opera
house. Messrs. Davis and Busby, man
agers, promise a meritorious acting com
pany, two carloads of scenery and ac
cessories and a street parade of gr?at
magnitude.
ROOMMATE ARRESTED.
William Thomas Arrested on a
Charge of Grand Larceny.
William Thomas, a laborer, was ar
rested last evening upon a warrant sworn
out by John A. Cresper, charging grand
larceny. The complainant alleges that
Thomas stole $75 and a check for $4fi from
him while both occupied the same room
in a boarding house at 10$ South Robert
street last Sunday night. Thomas de
nies the accusation.
Cresper is an engineer in the employ
of the Chicago Great Western Railway
company. He did not know Thorn.is,
but occupied the same room with l.im
for several nights. Cresper carried a
"roll" containing something over $20u. JI«
claims Thomas hypothecated the 175 In
cash and the check while he slept Sun
day night. Suspicion attached to Thomas
because he is said to have the next day
disappeared from the boarding house.
When arrested Thomas had $20 In his pos
session. He will be arraigned before
Judge Orr today.
IHIWESOTA MUSICAL CLUBS.
Programme for Thursday M^lit n't
the Peoiile'x Cliuroli.
Ihe maroon and gold of the University
of Minnesota will be in evidence at Ihe
People's church next Thursday night
when the Glee and Mandolin clubs will ap
pear in concert and render the fo"low
ing programme:
_ Part .1 — Overture "Jo'ly Rbb^e s,"
Suppe, mando.in- club '••Mix-up " v ' A
RJous,. glee club; guitar solo, - selected!
Mr. E. F. E. Fiset.-'Min7-aniUo,".'R,byn::
'■, H, ai>!). >; i ,IV- tle ■.Nigs.V-.EHott. mandolin
club;- "It You Were Here,-. 1 Hn,Kgio:tl;
"You Jove Me," Gounod, Mr." Cja-ence
C. Dinehart. "" ' : - ■ '
; Pan 11—"Fo-.t Willie," Atkinson;••'P- r
ter Piper." .larvis. glee club; serenade '
flute and cello,"-Titel,-Percy-Laurence and
George--Burgleh{iup; ; "A Suburban Liv"
(burlesque), Barnes. ; glee • ekib;.: "Joilv
Boys. march, mandolin club; "Stars a-d
Stripes.. • Sa;:si, sloe an 1 mando.in c"ubs
This is a cheerful programme a>;iT prom
ises a very pleasant "evening.. There also'
promises .to be a large, attendance,, as.
both college' i cople and. society ; pio pa
geneially are interested in the event.
CHICAGO LINE SOON
AMERICAN"; TELEGRAPH; AND TEL
■ EPHONE COMPANY IS GRANTED :J
;-.;.;-- A LOCAL. FRANCHISE '
NEW CAE ROUTE TO HAMLINE
It Will Go Via flic (onto Inierurbaii
to Blair StreVt liintead of Follow.
liiK I v.'l-sli.v Avenue to Lexing
- ton—Aid. Kenny Milken a Kick
; About 10 ii .hi Seventh Street Pay.
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' : B»ial. .- .
i The board of atcTe'rmen at Its meeting
last night passed", under a suspension of
the rules, another' ordinance granting".'a
franchise to the American Telephone and
Telegraph company. The ordinance was
presented by Aid: Shepard, who explained
that It was practically' the same as the :
.one previously passed by the board, and
sent to the assembly. The assembly had
amended the first ordinance in such a
manner that it was not acceptable to
the company. The present one included
such portions of the measure as was pass
ed by the assembly as the company would
accept, and as . a majority of the as
sembly would vote for the ordinance as
now presented he suggested : that it be
passed in order that it might be passed
by the assembly Thursday evening.
,-. The rules were suspended and the :ordi-.
dance passed by a vote of 10 to 1, Presi
dent Donahower voting against it. The
features of the ordinance are as follows:
The franchise is 'for twenty-five years
and allows the company'to maintain and
operate lines of telephone and telegraph
within the city of St. Paul, and to places
beyond the city limits. Telephone com
munication is to be in operation within
; ninety. days with Chicago. The company
is to be allowed the use of poles and
wires of other companies outside the con
duit . district on such terms and agree
ments as can be made by it. There is
to be no consiledatlon or transfer of stock
for its local exchange "■ with any other
local exchange without the consent of
the council by a two-thirds vote. Its local
exchange, .if one ,is put in, is' not to be
operated under any franchise granted to
or to be hereafter, granted to any other
company. If a local exchange is operated,
3 per cent of the gross earnings are to
be paid into the,'city treasury annually.
The.company is to employ St. Paul labor,
purchase its materials in the city,. prices
being equal, and dolts banking business
here. The ordinance' expressly- provides
that the franchise is riot an exclusive one.
Later in the evening, when the ordinance 1
amended by the assembly reached the
board it was referred to the committee
on streets. „,>_l - j „..--:i*-'
The city treasurer Informed the council
that one of the certificates given by the
West Side bank for J55,076.76, due May 15,
had not been met, 1 and asked what action
should be taken in the premises. When
the institution suspended in January,
1897. there was on deposit $24, 954 of the
city's funds. In November of the same
year the bank paid one-fifth sof the
amount, and gave certificates, running for
twelve, fifteen, eighteen and twenty-one
months, for the balance. The first two
certificates were paid at maturity," but
on the third one there has been a default.
The bank still owes the city about $11,
--000, but as the remaining certificates are
indorsed .- by C. F. Staples," Eugene Vil
laume, H. L. Moss, D. S. Sperry, Edward
Vanish and Thomas T. Smith, there is a
possibility of the full amount being col
lected. The matter was referred to the
committee on ways .and means. .. -
The city treasurer, also called attention
to the fact that under the-charter there
was about $158,000 of the city funds which
could not be deposited in any of the banks
owing to the depositories named having
the full sum allowed under their bonds.
He requested the naming of additional de
positories. The communication was also
sent to the committee on ways and means.
MARKET PROBLEM WAITS.
The report of the Joint committee ap
pointed to select sites for public markets
was submitted, and laid over to be taken
up at an adjourned meeting of the board
to be held Monday evening. A communica
tion from Mayor ' Kiefer suggesting the
renting of a temporary market took the
same course. The St. Paul Relief associa
tion protested against its property being
taken for a part of a proposed market
unless a fair price was paid.
A resolution, was adopted directing that
J. B. Tarbox be paid $250 for the shed
used as a market on West Third sttreet.
The. Northwestern - Manufacturers' as
sociation required that provision be made
in the new market building for a space
to be used by thje' association for an ex
hibit. '"_ • . ~ '
Aid. Bantz presented a petition from
the force which sweeps the paved streets
at night, asking th.^t - the wages of the
men so employed be increased. It was re
ferred to the committee on streets. "".-. •
Ordinances were passed settling claims
against the city'in trie following amounts
on : recommendation..' of the corporation
attorney: Fannie- Os,trander. $130; Bridget
Foley, $200; Nellie" MoGuire, $35; Flora Mc-
Millan, $200.
Final orders were* >passed for the pav
ing with brick of Nelson avenue, from
Western to Summit; ' Summit avenue,
from St. Peter to" Sixth street.: - "
Preliminary orders) were passed for the
ravine of Eagle street, from Third to
the Milwaukee -,tracks, . and Chestnut
street, from the Milwaukee tracks to the
i iver.
Under the recent law passed by the
legislature the park board was authorized
to take charge of and keep the grass cut
.on the.-, boulevards.. on the following
streets: .-. 'I .... . . ... ..
Iglehart,-between Wheeler-and Cleve
land; Feronia avenue, between Prior and
Fairvlew; Dewey avenue, between St.
Albans and University; Dayton avenue,
between Dewey and Howell; Marshall
avenue, between Cleveland and .Wheeler;
Goodrich avenue, between Dale and Vic
toria, and Lincoln avenue, between Oak
land and Victoria. ' The cos: of doing
the work is to be assessed against the
owners of the property, but 'is rot to ex
ceed 2 12 cents per front foot for the sea
son. - •:"'-'
MR. KENNY OBJECTED.
Aid. Kenny flared- up over the resolu
tion directing the street railway com
pany to forthwith pave that portion of
East Seventh street used by it between
the Great Northern, bridge and. Hope
street.' ' The resolution was introduced
by Aid. Kttauft. and after it bad b?en
read the Second ward alderman requested
that it be referred. -Jo the committee on
streets."' ■'^-.'*>' • ••-
This request bxo.;ught Aid. Kenny to his
feet with the statement that there was no
need for a refe^ende to the committee,
or four years, he said, . the property own
ers and .the counqHj had. been, trying to
get this portion of Seventh street paved,
but for some reason It was;lmpossible, to
get the order thfbns?^. After years of de
lay ,the work had progressed .so far as
to have bids ad&p'rt&ed for and the pro
posals were to be opened next Monday.
The property ownem on the street would
have to borrow 'money to pay for . th>
improvement.a«|l] there was ro. treason
why the street .car company should s not
be . obliged to gavjj its portion of th*
street-at the"' same time > that ■' the work
was done by heqeitr.-
Aid. Bell seconded the' motl:h to refer
to the committee «i 1 streets, -but Aid.;
Knauft withdrew'his motion. Aid. ' Bell
said- the clerk* or the board of public
..( rks had informed him that the reason
the street railway company did not wont
to pave its tracks just now was that next
year it was the intention of .the. company
to put in new, tracks.-.
Aid. Kenny-reported 1 hit'he could not
understand.' al.lerrran ■ from. the
Sixth-ward should be so '"'solicitous about
:the street . railway company's '.V 'affairs"
-when ; the work t<-> be done wis In thY
Second and Third 1 wards. . The resolu- ;
tion was pased by a vote of 10 to 1, Aid.
Bell being the only one to vote against It.
NEW ROUTE TO HAMLINE.
An ordinance alowing the street railway
cf mpany to lay tracks and operate the
Hamline line on Mlnnehaha street, from
Lexington to Grotto, on Grotto to Blair,
and on Blair to Como avenue, was intro
duced and referred to the committee on
street.s
The line is to be constructed and In
operation before Nov. 1, this year, and
when completed the tracks now on Lex
ington are to be removed. The Ham
line line Is then to be ope:ated from
Snelling avenue around the union depot
loop *nd return. ■
A resolution was adopted directing the
city engineer to appoint an inspector to
inspect sewer connections at a salary of
$2., r»0 per day, the sum to be paid from
the fees received for such Inspection.
The resolution fixing the license fee
of the Metropolitan and Grand theaters
at $100 for the present year was sent to
the committee on licenses.
An ordinance granting the Mississippi
Valley Telephone company the use of cer
tain streets for poles was sent to the
committee on streets for investigation.
A resolution directing the health om
misioner to appoint two persons at a
salary of $40 per month to be paid from
the general fund as inspectors at the two
new dumping grounds was passed.
HONOR TO SOLOIS
Continued from First Page.
standing between the great English na
r° n? 2 f ihe world, Great Britain and the
United States, who now will talk for a
moment or dares with bated breath even
to hint at interference in American af
: JUDGE SANBORN'S TRIBUTE. "'
Judge W. H. Sanborn spoke of Senator
Davis as a man who had advanced a new
principle in international law. He said,
in part:
"We must not leave this occasion to
night until we have recognized the ad
vancement of a principle of international
law which is one of the grandest efforts
of statesmanship ever given to the world
by an American.' It was an onward step
in national prosperity and one which it
Is ■ fitting that we remember. When na
tional cruelty brought suffering to thou
sands, it remained for one of our fore
most citizens and statesmen from Minne
sota to present such a scathing arraign
ment and an argument for justice so co
gent that the nations of the world were
astonished at the precedent established.
The establishment of that precedent will
be the law of nations. -
• "It was much that Spain was brought
to dust, but more that in the records, of
the senate and report of the committee
on foreign relations will be found in fu
ture years by oppressed nations a law. for
their appeal and a precedent. The teach
ing that all nations of the earth are of
one blood is a principle of international
law. for which we are deeply Indebted to
our honored guest. But we must look to
the future. . The nation must accept the
duties imposed by its high station or re
tire in favor of others which will. Shall
we end here? We have freed our citi
zens from foreign dominion, abolished
slavery, removed proscription and given
to our merchant marine' free . commerce,
but there are yet larger and grander ob
ligations laid upon us. The nation is yet
in its youth. An opportunity is here that
we may carry to other nations our laws
and customs for their enlightenment.
MR. STEVENS' ADDRESS.
Congressman Stevens, after expressing
his appreciation of the reception, and ut
tering some sentences of praise of the in
dividual work of Senators Davis and Nel
son, spoke of the national expendituers
as distributed to different parts of the
United States. He said: '
The Eastern and coast sections of our
country and the largest cities have had
and probably always will have some ad
vantage over us in obtaining favors from
the national government. We do not
grudge anything that properly and ecen
omically belongs to them, but we do de
mand : that -all governmental business
which can be properly .transacted in this
section, or in this city, be so done, since
our 'field in comparison will always be
limited. '. •-. ■
■ The expenditures in construction and re
pairs . and maintenance of our. navy
amounts to more than $50,000,000 annually,
and this enormous sum is necessarily dis
tributed upon the seaboard, and the prin
cipal advantages are gained . there. When
some system shall be inaugurated for
the increase and re-establishment of our
merchant marine, and the $175,000,000 now
annually paid by our people to foreign
nations for the . transportation of our
own goods shall remain at home, and be
paid to our own people for the use of
our own ships; the primary benefits de
rived from the expenditures necessary
for the construction and operation of
such vessels and from the receipts of
any governmental bounty, will mostly go
to the coast cities. . Yet we all realize
that evry section of our country, every
interest and every industry of our peo
ple, every product of our own state and
of our city will be benefited, and great
ly, by extension of our national trade
and the additional employment of our
own people when American goods in
American ships will find new markets all
over the world. Yet we are fair enough,
broad enough and patritic and enterpris
ing enough to believe that any govern
mental action which shall benefit greatly
and generally any section of our coun
try or class of our people will be shared
in the end by us.
We find similar conditions in the war
department. The plan of fortifying our
sea coasts adopted some years ago has
resulted in the expenditure of more than
$75,000,000 near our seaboard cities, and
will require in the future the expenditure
of at least $50,000,000 more before the
great project will be completed. We have
received a little benefit from this work,
as some of the gun carriages for. use in
these fortifications have been construct
ed by one of our most enterprising man
ufacturing concerns and by skillful arti
sans in our own community, and this
money has been distrubited for the bless
: ing of our people. '>.
■ " The ' greater part of the expenditure
for the maintenance and supplies of: va
rious sorts. for the army is made in the
east. We have been strongly urging that
some improvement in the methods of
purchase be devised, so that this section
of the country and our own manufactur
ers and merchants,and our-own people
shall have an even opportunity to com
pete with their already more highly fa
vored neighbor* on the coasts. The prin-*
cipal need of our own- community now la
the increase of our manufacturing indus
tries- adapted to our local situation. It
is noticeable in many eastern manufac
turing centers that work for the national
government plays.a very important.part
in. the maintenance and profitable opera
tion of their local industries. We have
realized with the change of ' conditions
that the policy of the war department
in the disposal of troops of the regular
establishment in the time of peace-must
be necessarily changed. No longer will
large numbers be required on the western
frontier, since we have no ■ frontier. The
hostile Indian will live only in the leg
ends and traditions of our history. In
the future, regular troops must be sta
tioned at the great centers near the coast
and borders of our country; whence they
can bJe quickly and cheaply transported
to whatever point they may be needed.
So it is, that we urge upon the war de
partment to increase the facilities at
Fort Snelling and utilize it as a brigade
post for the use: of all branches of its
service. ' • ■ -■-
The postoffice and treasury depart
ments have more intimate relation with
our daily "affairs and business than any
of the great branches of our government.
These two departments have tre.ated St.
Paul well. We have in our city the head
quarters: of nearly every branch of the
business that can be transacted in this
section of the country. Very many of th»
Improvements and advantages our city
has derived from the postojfice ■ depart
ment have been due to the thorough com
prehension of its needs and the ever loyal
zeal, and great influence of our honored
and esteemed fellow-citizen. Captain Hen
ry A. Castle, auditor . for the postoffice
department. Tie has e,ver been ready to
labor for our interests, and the results
he has accomplished cannot be too highly
■estimated. But our friends of the eastern"
and Atlantic states are very loth to yield
to our progressive western' cities 'and
communities the same privileges, enjoyed
by themselves in the administration of
.national;affairs.: In the collection of the
revenues of the ■ government, there seems
to be required: by our eastern, brethren
at least two men to one: who 'performs
the .same, amount of work in the west.
: In our.western states one quarter of the
force covers a -far. greater territory: and ,
.is for business done, one single "rlenuiv |
in Peorla, Til., -.actually .collects $40,000,000 ,
nor annum, as much as any one of the,
Ijirpesr states'produces.'-.;.-v" ■ . ■■L•■'■
.•: : Two« otlier.'-frreat departments . of our
government ■ closely concern th© - affair* ■ I
of this section of the CburJlry. The agri
cultural department, under the Control
of the eminent and practical men who
have so wisely conducted its affairs, is
one of inesteemable benefit to the vast
agricultural interests of the Mississippi
valley.
The interior department was establish
ed principally for us of the West. It has
charge of the great bureaus of pensiona,
paents, lands, Indians and census.
In the distribution of the $150,000,000 an
nually through the pension bureau nearly
every Eastern state has an established
pension agency, while some of the states
like New York and Pennsylvania each
have two, distributing from three to ten
millions of dollars per year. I do not
know that it would help our interests to
place us upon an equality, or that it
would greatly benefit the heroic benflc
aries of the nation's bounty, but we must
notify our Eastern neighbors that these
little benefits of right should be fairly
scattered through the different sections
of our country, and should be remember
ed when we ask for other matters to
which we are entitled.
In the management of the Indian af
fairs, warehouses and headquarters for
the purchase and storage of Indian sup
plies have always been maintained in the
city of New York, and of the $7,000,000
annually expended for these supplies a
very large proportion was distributed at
that section. Two weeks ago in Chicago
bids for more than $3,000,000 of supplies
were opened, and a considerable part of
the goods from all of these supply houses
must pass through our own gates to their
final destination. The records of the de
partment show that St. Paul is one of
the cheapest purchasing points in the
country for all supplies of subsistance;
and these articles form a large part of
the purchases in the Indian department.
We are nearest the point of distribution
for the great agencies in Wisconsin, Min
nesota, the Dakotas. Montana and Ne
braska, and it would be a matter of
economy to the government and benefit
to the public service and surely of fair
ness and jusiice to our people that we
have our share of this governmental
business. It is due to our men of affairs
to assist in demonstrating Its necessity.
During the trying days of the past year,
memorable in the world's history, we of
the humbler station have steadily and
sturdily trusted our great leaders, Mc-
Kinley and Davis. And never yet have
we regretted it. We are serenely confl-
Aoci that when the pen of impartial his
tory shall record and recount the mo
tives and acts of the great International
drama in which we all have part that it
will reveal above all the rectitude and
lofty patriotism and heroic sacrifices of
our brave and generous people. Our no
ble boys, who today are so gallantly and
freely offering their lives in the far-off
tropics, for the honor of our flag and the
supremacy of our law: and their friends
at home, who sustain them so cheerfully
with their treasure and their good wishes
and their prayers, know full well that
no act of theirs and no act or thought of
their beloved leaders, threaten either the
liberties or welfare of those peoples new
ly brought beneath our banner, or would
imperil our own matchless institutions
transmitted to us by the blood arftl sacri
fices of our fathers.
Congressman James A. Tiwaey was in
troduced with the comment that while
Minnesota had »no Mlßiohairca in con
gress, it still ha I able men an! wise pol
iticians. He said:
"It is with reluctance that I arise '. o
rddress you this evening, as 1 am one
of the small but select class of men who
can never make extemporary addresses
without preparation. I know, however,
that every citizen of this slate will join
with me in this magnificent lestiTionial
to our senior senator. I am giart of tha
opportunity to acknowledge hla unswerv
ing patriotism and broad minded states
manship.
"I would wish It remembered that in no
part of the century in which we live have
been forged more important port?, of our
national structure."
HONORABLE PEACE.
WHat ArohbUlio.p Ireland Sayn sfa
tiouN Mioiilil Strive For.
NEW YORK, May 16.—A dispatch from
Paris quotes Archbishop Ireland as say
ing:
"All civilized nations favor the under
lying principles of The Hague conference.
All Intelligent men recognize that inter
national differences should be settled upon
an intellectual basis wherever possible.
"While I cannot anticipate the work of
the delegates, and while it would ill be
come me to offer suggestions to such a
distinguished intellectual body, I am free
to say that there Is no other work so
well calculated to bring happiness to all
nations as that with which they are con
fronted.
"The piling up of huge armies is the
bane of Europe. Most countries have
reached the straining point in this re
spect, and unless a remedy is applied
speedily, irretrievable ruin stares them
in the face. Civilizations and Christianity
are concurrent forces which could and
should be made to stop the spectacle of
nations arming themselves to the teeth
for the purpose of destroying one another.
Mind, I am not an advocate of peace at
any price. There are times when war Is
unavoidable. Occasions may even arise
when a war is as lawful, as righteous,
as holy as any of the .wars of the
crusades. When I was in Rome I found
everybody in favor of peace."
NEW GOLD FIELDS.
Diggings Said to Contain lisi loiim
Wealth at Cape Nome.
TACOMA, Wash!. May 16.—Full con
firmation of the finding of new gold dig
gings of fabulous richness at Cape Nome,
Alaska, have been ieceived. Letters from
owners of claims there contain the state
ment that the country is twice as big as
the Klondike.and that $200 per day was
taken without sluice boxes. Three men
using a rocker and one shoveling took
out $163 in one day. Six men with two
rockers took $620 out of Anvil and Snow
creeks in five hours.
Engineer Wiliska writes that two clerks
who hurried to Cape Nome over the ice
took out $60,000 in ninety days. Claims
on Suske river and numerous creeks pro
duce $15 to $20 per day. per man. Nuggets
are plentiful and some prospectors de
vote their entire time to picking them up
in sacks. Several, steamers tied up at
St. Michaels have been deserted by the
entire crew. Thousands of miners will
go by sailing boats and steamers to Cape
Nome this summer from Puset sound.
ARE AFTER HIM.'
Former I'ohl master Hoitert, of
\Vlll.Mliarrp, \Kflln A rrr N toil.
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. May 16.-E. P*
Bogert, formerly postmaster of this plac;>,
who was arrested and suspended from
office three months ago, charged with
tampering with the mails, was arrested
again today, this time on the charge of
embezzling money belonging to the gov
ernment. He was held in $1,500 ball by
United States Commissioner Hahn.
" It Is said that shortly after his arrest
Hit; tirst time, Bogert deposited in a local
bank the sum of $2,500 in order to
straighten his account with the govern
ment. The authorities claim that at the
time of his arrest hi? owed the govern
ment this amount, (md the fact that he
paid it back subsequent to his arrest on
the lirst charge did not obviate the lia
bility to arrest on the charge of embezzle
ment.
The affidavit was sworn to by Postofßce
Inspectors Gregory, Fisher and Leadley.
MR. CARNEGIE'S WOES.
Winlu-s Now He Had Xot \il* .>>rtl*e<l
IIIm Philanthropy.
LONDON. May Andrew ■ Carnegie
loft London today for Sklbo castle. In an
interview just published, he is quoted as
saying: • ■
"I am looking forward to the protection
in my Highland solitude erom the army
of mendicants that every hour is impor
tuning me for subscriptions to every con
ceivable object. Even were I disposed to
accede to these applications for promis
cuous assistance, my resources for philan
thropy < have already been fully hypothe
cated, and bombarding |me with further
appeals is simply adding to the postal
revenue.'*
Travelers* Protective Association.
■- LOtJISVI' Ky., May 16.-The tenth
annual convention' of the National Trav
elers'. Protective association met here to
day. There are in the city 238 delegates
and - about .1,500 visitors. .Mayor Weaver
delivered: an • address of : welcome. * giving
the visitors the freedom of the city. .'
nm BEAVER GUILTY
ONLY TOOK JURORS TWENTY MIN
: : UTES TO AGREE OX A.
VERDICT
HIS PLEA WAS HIS IGNORANCE
Raaen Took the Stand untl Tried to
Save 111 m Companion—Said lit*
Had <;iven Heaver Some of the
Money, but Did Mot Tell Him || (ny
He Came In Pmirwloii of It Will
Be Sentenced Saturday.
It took the jury in the case of Edward
Beaver but twenty minutes to arrive at
the conclusion that the youth was guil
ty of receiving stolen property as charged
in the indictment.
The case occupied nearly the entire day
before Judge Lewis, and the testimony,
aside from that offered by the officers
of the police department, went to ,h,w
that Beaver was a youth of good repute
and did not know that his chum. Charles
Raaen, had assaulted and robbed Michael
Treacy of $371 on the night of April 1.
Raaen, who pleaded guilty to the rob
bery and was recently sentenced to eight
years in the penitentiary, took th? :;tan i
and testified that he had given Xciv r
$10 of the money he secured from the rob
bery the same night it occurred, but hi
did not tell him how he had come in i>'> -
session of it. The next day h- ga\e
Beaver $40 more, but even then dd not
tell him he had robbed Treacy.
A number of witnesses, including the
father of the prisoner, t^stine 1 to h's
good character and conduct, but the jury
were not able to see the connection in tha
same light as Beaver wished. On his
own behalf Beaver testified that he had
talked with Raaen a short time before
the robbery and had attempted to per
suade him not to engage in it. He also
testified that he did not know that the
money Raaen gave him in the two days
following the robbery was a part of the
stolen cash.
Sentence will be passed on Beaver prob
ably on Saturday. Under the code he
can be sentenced to not less than six
months nor more than five years. As he
is only twenty years of age it is likely
he will receive a reformatory sentence.
STANDARD OIL TRUST,.
Attorney General Monnelt Telia In-
dustrial ComniiKNion Ahunt It.
WASHINGTON', May 16.—Attorney Gen
eral Frank S. Monnett, of Ohio, was be
fore the industrial commission today, iis
a witness in the trust Investigation* ills
testimony related almost exclusively to
the Standard Oil trust, against whic
"as been proceeding in his official capacity
in Ohio. After detailing the particulars of
the suits against the Standard company,
brought on behalf of the state of Ohio,
Mr. Monnett said the companies com
prising the trusts were so distribute! aa
to control all the operations pertaining to
the production, transportation, refining
and delivery of oil In Ohio, includingeven
its own telegraph system.
Speaking of the earnings of the oil trust,
Mr. Monnett estimated that the gross re
ceipts were $120,000,000 on the Ohio pro
duct alone, and he said that all was
profit over 4 cents a gallon on refined oil.
He placed the value of the earnings of
the company per year as greater than tin
value of all the farm products of the
state.
MET THE aUEEN.
Pretty Amerfeuii Debutante* Intro-
duced by Mrs. < In.hi.-.
LONDON, May 16.—1n spite of showery
weather large crowds of people gathered
in St. James Park today In order to see
the carriages containing people bound to
Ihe queen's drawing" room- at Bucking
ham palace. They began arriving before
noon, and when they were allowed to
take places, at 1 o'clock, a double line
had already been stretched from the pal
ace to the Horse Guards. parade, and an
other from the palace along Buckingham
palace road to Victoria railroad station.
The usual eagerness to reach the palace
was due to the hope of the debutante.?
of being received by the' queen person
ally, as generally her majesty only re
ceives the diplomats and the first few of
the general company, and then turn*
over the duty of receiving to one of her
daughters. The queen's presence aim
was the occasion for an unusually lame
assemblage of the members of the diplo
matic corps. The great display of state ..
carriages and gorgeous liveries delighted
the onlookers'.
THIS IS DIFFERENT.-;
Reports Show Good Feeling Hr
tween Germans and' American*.
WASHINGTON. May Simultaneous
ly with the publication of Admiral
Kautz's report advices have been re
ceived here from Apia, by way of Ger
many, proving that the Ameii:an ad
miral and the Amercians in general, have
acted with marked consideration and
courtesy towards • the Germans in Si- ■■
moa. This attitude was all tie mo:a
gratifying to the Germans, a-; it was in
direct contrast to the policy pursued by
the- British commander and consuls.
While the English raised difficulties in
the granting of passports to Germans de
sirous of passing the lines and would not
even let the German consul general piss.
the Americans readily granted passports*
to every respectable German as far as the
American lines were concerned. 'More
over, Admiral Kautz caused an order to
let all German officers and men in uni
form pass the lines at any time without
subjecting them to any molestation. Th i
behavior of the American outpos-t-;. part
of whom were German-Americans, was
on the whole most praiseworthy and all
that could be desired, say the, German ad
vices, which also .note s that Admiral
Kautz exercised a restraining Influence
on Capt. .Sturdee. This officer informed
the representative of the German firm..
Ridel, on March 19, that he would^flta
without any previous .warning - into the ."
house of . the firm if Mataafa and, his
men should approach • it, but on being,
notified of Admiral Kautz's promise not
to fire over Apia said he would consider..
the promise of Admiral Kautz as binding '
upon himself. "-^^ ?-
It is gratifying to note that the per
sonal intercourse between the command
ers and officers of the various men-of
war was at no time disturbed. All of
the officers expressed a desire not. to
have anything to do with the Samoan
question. Friendly' relations continue
also between the American and German'
consuls general. . •'"'/" I^v"'
EARI. OF STB AFFORD KIM, ICO.
Wan Decapitated by a Train at Vat-
' ter's Bar.
LONDON,. May 16.—The Karl of StraY •
ford, who married Mrs v Samuel J. Col
gate In Grace church, .'New* York*'c'ty.'
last December, was instantly killed this
evening at Potter's Bar by the Cam
bridge express. ' i".'^.- ,/;-u' ''.■'
The earl was seen standing on the plat
form awaiting i a train - from London.
"When the express approached at a high
rate, of speed he .suddenly fell' forward ■*
upon the rails. The body,- do; tat d
and mangled, '. was taken to the; nearest
hotel, where it'awalts the ■ coroner's in
quest/ ' ,-■■• ■ ■ *
. SAM AND JOHN.
LONDON, May 16.—Se h Low and <'apt.
William Crossler, military member of the \
United States delegation, started for The
-Hague tonight, '-in the company of Sir Ju- -
.lian I Pauncefote '■■ ami, the (i other • members
of, the British*- elelegat!6ri"'t6'tho'internal -
, tiomil peace conference