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WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Showers in the afternoon of
Tuesday, and probably Wednesday; vari
able winds.
The Dakotas—Showers in the afternoon
of Tuesday, and probably Wednesday;
cooler in tho eastern portions Tuesday;
variable winds.
Montana—Threatening weather, and
probably warmer Tuesday; probably fair
Wednesday; west to northwest winds.
Wisconsin —showers in the afternoon of
Tuesday, and probably Wednesday; fresh
southwesterly winds.
lowa—Showers in the afternoon of Tues
day, and probably Wednesday; cooler.
Tuesday afternoon or night; southerly
winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by ths-
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. W. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four houis ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected lor temLeratura
and elevation.
Highest temperature 77
Lowest temperature 64
Average temperature <.... 70
Daily range 13
Barometer 29.60
Humidity 6T
Precipitation trace
7 p. m.. wind, southwest; weather, cle*ur.
RIVER AT 8 A. M.
Danger Gauge Change in
Btation. Line. Reading. 24 You ».
St. Paul 14 8.5 »0.3
La Crosse 10 7.3 *0.1
St. Louis 30 24.1
•Rise.
The river will rise slowly in the vicinity
of St. Paul from now to Tuesday night.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
High»Spm| High'Spm
Battleford ...56 4S Boston 92 &2
Bismarck ....68 66 Buffalo 82 .8
Calgary 54 44 Chicago 88 80
Duluth 76 70 Cincinnati ...92 88
Edmonton ....44 42 Cleveland ....92 82
Havre ........56 52 Denver 84 82
Helena 46 46 Detroit 90 84
Huron 76 74 New Orleans.Bß 82
Medicine Hat.6o 50 New York ....90 S4
Mtnnedosa ...64 60 Omaha . .82 80
Prince A1b....68 62 Philadelphia .92 84
Qu'Appelle ...62 54 Pittsburg ....92 86
S. Current....6o 58 St. Louis 94 88
WUliston 64 56' Frisco 66 60
Winnipeg ....72 66 Washington .92 84
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
A JOYOrS CANDIDATE.
The Globe disavows any deep con
cern In the result of the speakership con
test. It has watched the various phases
of It with more or less of interest, and
has sympathized more or less deeply
with the statesmen whose budding ambi
tions were so ruthlessly chilled in th«
strong wind which blew over the wide
prairies of lowa. But there is one candi
date for the second office in our federal
system whose high qualifications seem
strangely to have been greatly over
looked. He is from the great state of
Missouri, and he is one of a stirring mi
nority of three on the delegation. His
name is Joy. His candidacy, in the light
of his most recent declaration, may well
be accounted a thing of beauty and a
Joy forever.
Mr. Joy, as these columns have duly
announced, took pains to declare to a
press representative that he, too, was a
candidate, *nd had the entire Republican
delegation from Missouri behind him.
He thought that Candidate Hopkins had
been unwise In withdrawing, as it was
not at all clear what the other candi
dates. Mr. Joy included, might do, since
the field was to free for the running of an
altogether available man—such a man,
no doubt, as Mr. Joy conceded himself
to be.
Whereupon this joyous candidate pro
ceeds to unfold himself after this fash
ion: "You can say that I will not with
draw until the last horn blows. There
are two Republicans in the Missouri del
egation beside myself, and I do not see
•why v. re shouldn't hold the balance of
power and get some good chairmanships
by withdrawing at the proper time."
Of what variety the last horn Is to
which this Missouri statesman refers,
he does not make quite clear. It may
be a horn of the liquid variety, or it may
be- one of the horns of the dilemma which
he limls himself in between his two am
bitions Kei>"blican colleagues. It surely
cannot have reference to the horn of
Gabriel, .since when that fateful instru
ment sounds for Joy there will be no
more chairmanships in sight in this vale
uf tears, and the "good" chairmanships
which the Republican delegation from
Missouri, including Mr. Joy, are in pur
suit of will have ceased to possess that
measure of attractiveness which such
points of vantage usually possess for the
Republican brother of strict reforming
tendencies.
The world is probably fated to remain
unconcerned as to just the particular
constituency of Missouri which gave this
grcal man to the world of congressional
life. Thut it is unique among Missouri
constituencies goes without saying. That
Joy is a far-sighted and altogether ex
aHefl statesman he has made plain by his
own suge announcement. But if ever that
particular Missouri constituency is called
on again to meet the contingency of
»er.rilng him back to the seat which he
now adorns, It might with some ad
vantages to the world reflect on the
depths of wisdom which are to be found
In that well-known line by Byron:
•There Is not a Joy the world can give
like that it takes away."
HAHHA'S POLITICAL ISSUE.
According to the distinguished senator
from Ohio, the yuide to the administration
and tho great exemplar of the power of
concentration in politics and industrial
life, the trust movement docs not rep
resent a political issue. Mr. Hanna doubts'
not that the question of trusts will be
dealt with by both political parties, and in
a manner to subserve the interests of the
whole people But the question, in his
estimation, is In no sense a political one.
So, too, with the matter of imperial
ism. Mr. Hanna regards It as a hard
Trailer to understand how the Democrat
ic party can make an ibssue out of lm
porialisiu. Like the true-blue imperialist
that he Is, Mr. Hanna is unfavorably dis
posed toward withdrawing the American
flag from any point from which it has
waved. Like all pure-minded patriots of
his type, the Ohio senator is devotedly
attached to the flag. To the proposal to
lower it In the Philippines he says: "No—
positively no—emphatically no!"
The complement of this statesman's
views is that there is no issuy on which
the Democracy can possibly make a flght
but the Issue of free silver at 16 to 1.
There is an Issue which, according to
Senator Hanna, is, pure and simple, po
litical. Some might regard it .is a finan
cial issue, as the trust might be regarded
as an Industrial and economic Question,
or as the question of imperialism might
be looked on as relating to the perma
nence of accepted understandings of tho
scope and purpose of free government on
this continent. But the issue of silver is,
pure and simple, a political Issue, and
the only one which Is destined to receive
any consideration on the part of the
American people in 1900.
In the din of uncomplimentary refer
ences to the gentleman from Ohio no one
ha 3 ever heard the slightest intimation
that Senator Hanna was a fool, or that
he wai not a very skillful politician, es
pecially when "the resources of civiliza
tion" are at his disposal in tho generous
degree which he is understood to regard
as needful to success. His forecast of the
political situation of 1900 is thertfore wor
thy of more than passing attention. Dem
ocrats may learn something by consid
eration of it. As the senator played no
inconsiderable part in bringing the great
issues of the trusts and imperialism to
the front, he can of course discover noth
ing in either condition which should call
for any serious controversy among tho
people as to their perpetuation.
When Senator Hanna returns from
France some months hence, entirely
cured of his rheumatism, as we sincere- i
ly hope he will, he Is likely to discover
that those two Important considerations
of trusts and imperialism occupy a
place quite as Important in the minds of
the American people as political issues as
that which he now accords to the question
of silver.
»
OUR AMERICAN ROYALISTS.
The late lamented Ward McAllister was
the high authority through > which the
American people have been able to es
tablish the exact limit In numbers to the
representatives of the real pure-blood
American aristocracy. Not all the glided
youth of society by any means could be
regarded as belonging to the charmed
four hundred. The remainder of them
had to be content with revolving on the
outskirts of this charmed circle. This lat
ter, we believe, represented the social
status of the junior members of the Gould
household at the time of the demise of the
arbiter of American social ton. But it
has been reserved for at least one of the
offspring of the opulent Jay Gould to
achieve a measure of social distinction
which must harrow the souls of the four
hundred with envy. She now belongs*not
only to the jeunesse doree, but to the
jeunesse royale. Nor is she a member
alone. She is a leader of the Young Roy
alist party of France, and has, more
over, developed a military genius in be
half of royalty which, while it may not
eventually evolve into that resplendent
typ9 so eloquently portrayed by Arch
bishop Ireland in the cathedral of Or
leans, is not unlikely to secure her at
least the eminence of a matron, if not a
maid, of honor when once more the
French people have restored a Bourbon,
an Orleans or a Bonaparte to the throne
of his ancestors.
"When the four hundred of New York
read the thrilling details of that scene at
the Auteull race course in which the
former Miss Anna Gould so valiantly led
the forces of the Young Royalists march
ing up and down the lawn, crying at the
top of her voice, "Vive l'armee!" while her
brother-in-law was engaged in the highly
patriotic proceeding, from the French
point of view, of breaking his jewel-head
ed cane over the head of a policeman,
there will doubtless dawn upon them vis
ions of social eminence which even the
throbbing brain of McAllister could not
conceive of.
President Loubet will doubtless take
notice that the representative of the
American aristocracy within his domin
ions has declared against revision and in
favor of the army, and that there are
still left full four hundred of her kind
who, if ever the crisis is reached
which may restore the French monarchy,
are ready to chai-ge to the onset on be
half of royalty in a manner which will
entirely overshadow that charge of the
gallant six hundred of which a cer
tain poet sang. Led by the Comtesse de
Castellane there are possibilities of fame
and social distinction for this band which
this wretched republic holds no possibility
of. With the entire four hundred landed on
French soil, Dreyfus might be securely
locked in the fastnesses of Devil's island
never to see the face of civilization again,
Emil Zola be condemned to herd all his
remaining days with the most obnoxious
of his own characters, Dv Paty de Clam
be released from durance vile and an end
be brought forever to the enforced exile
of that prince of patriots and good fel
lows, the Count Esterhazy.
Americans as a rule are not In favor of
the re-establishment of the French em
pire, but in view of all that has been
achieved by their countrywoman, the late
Mlys Gould, there is but little doubt that,
emulating the spirit of sacrifice which
led Artemus Ward to send all his wife's
relations to the war, they would consent
to have their noble four hundred en
rolled at any moment in the cause of
which the Comtesse de Castellane is now
the recognized leader in France.
Here is what one may expect from an
anti-trust plank in the next national
Republican platform. The Mark Han
na Republican convention at Columbus,
0., placed an anti-trust plank in its plat
form. Then it turned around and de
feated for renomination Attorney Gen
eral Monnett, who has been enforcing
the state anti-trust law against the
Standard Oil company.
In his inaugural address President Mc-
Kinley said: "Reform in the civil servlca
must go on." But the same McKinley
has caused it to go off—about 4,000
points.
Because McKlnley blundered, the best
young blood of the country must fight
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1899.
out the Filipino war to the bitter end.
But will this country permit Mr. Mc-
Klnley to blunder through four years of
a second term?
The people who have profited the most
by Mr. McKlnley's recent civil service
order are Boss Hanna, Boss Quay and
Bess Platt. And the motto still holds
good, "A man is known by the company
he keeps."
The Mormon church is said to be gain-
Ing in Arizona. If the Mormons would
capture Arizona and take it out of the
Union, the United States, of America
would not be very great losers thereby.
Mr. Peffer writes about "Populism, Its
Rise and Fall," as though it were all over
with the People's party. Mr. Donnelly
and Mr. Barker, or vice versa, will be
likely to flle an early demurrer.
Having paused for a while on "the
threshold of life" the commencement
graduate can now. "get a move on him
self" and begin to hustle for a "job."
The "cheap skate" who will steal a
bicycle when he can buy a new one for
$22.50 is going to be listed pretty soon
as the mean man of the community.
The banana trust survived only three
short months, but the banana peel con
tinues to transact business on the curb..
Not to be outdone by New York, staid
old Boston comes to the front with a
missing boy.
The Republican speakership of the next
he.use appears to have been settled out
of court.
After all there is no occasion for Sena
tor Foraker to Nash his teeth in impo
tent rage.
Just now the hysterical Parisians ap
pear to be in a state of a bas everything
in sight.
A rubber collar is the newest thing. It
is probably invented to fit the rubber
neck.
The ink trust, at least, la as black as it
is painted.
GLEANED BY A GIEL.
There is an old lrlshirian in the city
who enjoys the distinction of having been,
in days gone by, valet to' Lord Marlbor
ough. From this high estate he has come
to be a "man of all work" in a down
town boarding house in ihe land of the
free. Sometimes he grows reminiscent
and then rivals a trashy novel in his
tales of dukes and duchesses, lords and
ladies of the realm. He never fails to
wind up with, "An' sura, there was a
toime when Moike was as good as the
bist of them." Aside from attending to
the furnace and grounds, he performs the
very enviable duty of answering the door
bell to admit such of the boarders as
happen to forget their latch keys when
going out in the evening. There is a
lady at the house who one night went out
with a friend to the theater. Mike, who
usually- retires at an early hour, was
awakened by a loud peal of the door bell.
He arose, dressed, and opened the door,
when the young woman sailed by him and
up stairs without a word.
He retired, grumbling under his breath,
"Not even a 'thank you' did she give me
for my trouble."
A few nights afterward the same per
formance was repeated. Mike was en
joying happy dreams of the "land beyant
the sea," when the sharp ringing of the
bell brought him back to glorious Amer
ica, and he again flew to the door. Who
Wa^ there but the young woman so chary
with her thanks. Again she came in and
was about to pass the faithful door tend
er in silence, when Mike, drawing him
self to his full height, said, with Imperi
ous dignity, "Thank you, miss,", and as
her footsteps died away, "I'll teach her
politeness," he added.
It was nearly a week later when he was
again reused to open the door for her.
Scarcely had he admitted her when she
smiled and said, sweetly, "Thank you,
very much, Mike. I'm very sorry to have
troubled you."
, "Arrah, she can learn after all," he
said as he sought his downy couch.
I was reminded last week of Mike's
method of teaching the small courtesies.
Coming up a crowded street one day on
my wheel a pretty girl dressed In a fault
less spring suit suddenly crossed In front
01 me. I slackened speed, but could not
stop until it was too late, and bumped
heavily against her making an ugly,
dirty stripe on her pretty skirt. She
had not seen me coming, and I wonder
that the force of the collision did not
kneck her down. I at once dismounted
and was just collecting my wits to apolo
gize when she said earnestly, "I beg your
pardon," and at once hurried off.
I think I stood there all of two minutes
recovering from the rirst shock of sur
prise her words gave me, and ever since
I have wondered what manner of girl
sho was who could apologize for being
the victim in a bicycle encounter.
There is a girl in town who Is bright
and pretty and very lovable, but she has
one affectation which amounts to a
fault. .She possesses an overwhelming
desire to exhibit her knewledge, espe
cially of modern languages. Now, the
truth is, she has never studied French
in her life, but has picked up phrases
here and there which she trots out op
portunely and otherwise. It is much
easier to write such things than to use
them in conversation, for there Is the
pronunciation, you know, which Is the
most difficult part of using the lan
guage.
She has a pretty passion for writing
notes to her friends, and everyone of
them is sure to contain a phrase or two
of French. Most of the friends so fa
vored regard the phrases with respectful
awe, and do not strive to unravel their
meaning.
Among the recipients of her missives
was a drug clerk, comparatively young
in yeara. but very old in brutality. He
didn't believe she read French any bet
ter than he did, and conceived a fiendish
plan for testing her ability.
On the day of Mansfield's last appear
ance In "Cyrano" here, the young man
secured the services of a French scholar
and had him write In somewhat simple,
but lengthy terms, an invitation to at
tend the play that night. He then rang
up a messenger boy and dispatched him
with the note, telling him to wait for an
answer. Within an hour the boy re
turned with a dainty envelope.
The young man tore it open and took
out a sheet of paper bearing the brief
message:
"Mon cher ami: Will let you know to
morrow."
"Tomorrow will be a little late," he
soliloquized, "but if she wasn't so short
on French I'd be that way on a few dol
lars." -Beth.
SMAKT SHOBT STORIES.
At an assemblage of noted men a year
or two ago, a lawyer who conducts the
legal business of a great railway system
tried to "guy the parson," in the person
of the late Bishop Williams, of Connecti
cut, by malicious quizzing. At lust he
3aid: "Why don't you get thosa railway
managers to give you a pass over their
roads, bishop? Yau can pay for it by giv
ing them entrance tickets Into heaven "
"Oh, no," gcntiy replied the bishop; ; 'l
would not part them so far from their
counsel in the other world,"
Not long ago a musical society in a »ur
burban town was going to give a perform
ance of an oratorio, Tho manager, after
he had begun to figure up tho expense
became doubtful of the society's ability
or willingness to pay all tho Items. After
a consultation with the director of tho
chorus the latter gentlemtn said to the
leader of the orchestra, who was a pro
fessional musician:
"We've got to keep down our expenses
and I thought I would set you to leave
out the trombones. You know they
Have only four measures In the entire
oratorio, and if we leave them out no
one will be any tlie wiser."
The leader of the' orchestra was ex
tremely shocked. Assuming a tragic at
titude, he exclaimed:
'"That would be an insult to the com
poser!"
The chorus director reflected a moment,
and then said cheerfully:
"Oh, nuver mind him; he's dead!"
DRAMATIC
METROPOLITAN.
An ovation was^glVfcn the Neill Stock
company last nigjg on its return for the
opening of a summer engagement, every
one of the old members being given a
most enthusiastic raueption upon his or
her iirst appeara&ce. The company has
been kept up to W standard of excel
leme.and. Indeed, -»th*' changes in person
nel have bten few, although some of the
younger members?, evince a greater ease
of manner than was their wont last sea
son.
The selection of'''The Senator" for tha
opening bill was wbrtliy of the company,
although it can hardly be charged that
Mr. Neill was selAshl'ln the matter. His
Hannibal Rivers, while it is a careful
study of one of the most popular charac
ters the modern American drama has
offered and in every sense of the word
a delightful impersonation, is not the
glove-fitting exemplification of the bluff
Western politician that it would be if it
shared the fidelity of some other roles
which Mr. Neill has been seen in. The
make-up was a disappointment at first.
Indeed, it is rot until the later scenes that
Mr. Neill's interest in Hannibal's affaira
really becomes 1-felike.
Miss Edythe Chapman was distinctly
popular, and even, more than usually
.charming as the sprightly Mrs.^ Hillary,
lobbyist, and susceptible young widow.
Herachel Mayall'a ' Count Ernst yon
Stahl v/as a refined study of the distin
guished roue.
Joseph B. Everham was very accepta
ble in Ling Sing, secretary of the Chinese
legation, and Fred J. Butler was excel
lent as $llas Denman, a relic of the days
of Webster.
; George Leon Bloomquist, as Richard
Vance, the senator's 1 private secretary,
had a more ambitious role than he has
been seen in here. Mr. Bloomqulst fills
it with considerable dash, although hard
ly possessed of the assumed importance
which dignifies the usual private secre
tary of a Washington bright light. Ills
breezy character, no doubt. Is more de
lightful than the other, and better adapt
ed to the exigencies of the play. Perhaps
only one in 400 of them has the in
spiration of a Josie so charming as San
dol Mllliken. , s ..
Robert Morris, a*: the Imperturbable
Lieut. Schuyler, was stolid enough to suit
the most exacting, j&nd while setting on*
the uniform with*not a little becoming
robustness, presented'.>the additional ar
tistic awkwardness df the role in its
evening dress sceries.-.(
Emmett ShackeSfowl's Sharpies?, the
scheming lobbyist/!* one of the best char
acter parts he hay appeared in locally. It
was very creditably- dbne.
Agnes Maynard'S Mitf. Schuyler was, as
might have been-* expected, refined and
well rendered, and Miss Lilla Vane was
a winsome and capable' -Mabel, although
some of her longer speeches were spoiled
by an obvious lack^ofi rehearsal.
Angela Dolores was seen to advantage
as Mrs. Armstrong;.aoomparatlvely small
part, but one with'fsome opportunities for
overdoing that were tiot availed of by
Miss Dolores. 9C.~<i&
Sandol Aiilliken.the tiew feminine mem
ber of the company, is, as has been lntt
mat3d, a winsome young woman and de
lightful in her ingenue role of last even
ing. ■■ . ; .
J. C. Mylott, another new member, was
the Secretary of State Armstrong, and
Frederick Wallace 'Rastus.
'The Senator" Is excellently staged. The
ball room scene was especially elaborate
and attractive.
"The Senator* will continue for the
week, with the usual matinees.
IRISH WIT. ..
A. prisoner in the iiimerlok jail refused
flatly to work in the'treadmill and was
brought before the governor for discipline.
"What's your objection?" he asked. "Me
go on the treadmill!" -he exclaimed.
"Never, son!—ld leave the jail first!"
"Come down this minute," roared an
angejr farmer to a boy he had just caught
in one of his apple treerg| "Come ilown
and I'll give- you a lickj^g, you bla'
guard!" "Sure, I wouldn't come down if
you gave me a dozen," said the boy.
A young man went to a kindly hearted
old squire for a recommendation. An
elaborate one was written and read to
him. He took it with thanks, but did not
move. "What's the matter with it?"
roared the squire. "Oh, nothin' sorr,"
said the lad, quickly. "Well, then, why
don't you go?" "Sure, sorr, I thought on
the stringth of a recommlnd like that
you'd be wanting to hire me."
And old believed he had hot
been suited by his. early marriage and he
told Mr. McDinagh: "I'll nlver marry so
young again if I wor to live to the age
of Methusalem." v .
A week after the death of the wife of
one of his tenants" a landlord heard that
the widower was to marry-again immedi
ately. Meeting the mdn soon afterward
he learned that the report was correct.
"But your wife has hardly been dead a
week 1'" remonstrated the landlord. "Sure,
sor," was tho bewildering reply, "she's
as dead as she ever will be."
Perfectly Harmless.
Litchfield Independent,
The New Tork Ilerakt has been Investi
gating the recent., Republican anti-trust
enactments in the. various states, and
finds among other such laws that have"
been looked into that the Minnesota law
enacted last winter is perfectly harm
less—to the trusts. Of course. You might
as well expect blood from a turnip as
effective anti-trust legislation from the
Republican party.
New National Air.
Winona Herald.
Since the advent of the American troops
in Manila the popular tune, "A Hot Time
In the Old Town," has been played by the
regimental bands until the natives have
grown to regard it as the national air.
Tn view of the conditions existing there
It is remarkably appropriate.
A Tip From the Country.
Taylor's Falls Journal.
The state fair management appear to
be getting ready to go into the show
business next fall. They had better con
fine themselves to daylight exhibits. The
crowds want to be in the cities nights,
and the evening programmes should be
given there.
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More Acceptable Ways.
Austin Transcript.
The Dewey fund ..now, being raised may
be all right, as it is, surely Intended to be,
but for ourselves we would prefer to see
such a movement left out. There surely
can be more acceptable ways of showing
appreciation and.^honpr to a high
minded hero like-'Admiral Dewey than
with gold. j
A • SlKlit to Behold.
GracevlUe Enterprise. -.c
It js reported ,that postmasters of the
United States wilY be* .required to . wear
a uniform hereafter, O consisting of light
blue trousers with red braid running
down the legs,, a white, blouse with gold
shoulder straps, : and a skull cap with a
silver star .'. In fronjt. 9 This will be daz
zling for the male^. 3ut the female P.
M.'b will be a sighj, wprth going to see.
af+" ■
•'Pride Minnesota."
■ Bert Kridler, of Graceville, Minn.," has
written and dedicated to the Thirteenth
Minnesota . a very ; clever two-stepV en
titled "Pride of Minnesota." The out
side ■ cover bears the figure Minnesota
and the flag of. the nation in colors. . ;.
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' A Mild Joke.
Still-water ; Gaaette. /- 'A \ '
- Several: of .'the newspaper boys are
•Jollying Brother Pease, telling what an
*■ excellent governor 'he would make* ' ' '
SMALL DEBT HANGING
HAPPINESS OF MV( AI.KSI'KR COk
. LJOt.K IS NOT-AS YET QUITE
■■■'i:';'\' : COMPLETE "-/:;;/: '/.
MERRY/ ■ CLASS r. DAY =■:FROLICS
Neverthelem*, Were Enjoyed by the
School l.iiNi Evening;— There Was
a l.nrm- Attendance .of " the
.Friends of the Institution "Which
'lit Year Graduate* Its Largest
•;"'■ Class Vet..' ,~ -> ' •'•;-.- ' ■;. '
A meeting of the board of trustees of
Macalester college was held at the Com
mercial club yesterday '' afternoon, and
plans partially completed for the coming
year. The following members of th-3
board were present: Rev. A. B. Hel
drum, Rev. M. D. Edwards, Rev. W. C.
Covert, Prof. Thomas Shaw, T. H. Dick
son, E. C. Strlngar, R. C. Jefferson, W.
B. Dean, Dr. Davis and Dr. Wallace. - ,
The board are very close to raising the
college debt which has long, hung over
the institution, but there still remain a
few creditors who have not come In
under the plan for settlement, and it is
for these that the board has been wait
ing.
It was intended to announce at com-
mencement that the debt had been raised,
but owing to unforeseen events this was
found to be impossible. Dr. Wallace has
spent the greater part of a year work
ing up Interest among the denomination
and outside friends, and was quite suc
cessful, but the last $2,000 seems very
hard to secure.
The board will know within a short
time just where it stands, and Dr. Wal
lace will make his final report.
PROPHECY AND A PLAY.
They Were the Features of Macal.
eater'a < la»s Day.
Proud classmen, their sweethearts, and
many admiring friends assembled in the
auditorium of Macalester college last
evening and witnessed the senior class
play. As one of the brightest events in
the school year, and perhaps the bright
est "class day" was, like many previous
occasions of its kind, with its sentiment
of school life, sweet girl students and
large bouquets from an appreciative au
dience. But the class day exercises at
Macalester last night were distinctively
the most successful in many respects of
any that has ever been held within the
cherished walls of the Presbyterian,, In
stitution. The college this year gradu
ates the largest class In its history, with
a larger precentage who will follow the
ministry.
The programme was opened with a se
lection by the college orchestra, followed
by a historical sketch of the class of 1899
by Miss Almira Lewis. The class was
not, she said, the finished product, as it
would not be finished until life's Journey
was run. She gave a briefer history of
the record of every member of the class,
how some of them had attained distinc
tion as public officials by holding the
very important positions pf judge of elec
tion and dog catcher. Some had become
proficient as bottle washers, and to mar
riageable'misses they were highly com
mended. The paper was replete with in
teresting incidents of college life.
The greater part of the evening* was
taken up with the class play, entitled
"After Commencement." The play dealt
with the trials and mishaps of four Mac
alester graduates while on a camping
trip. George Curtis, the class treasurer,
was falsely accused of appropriating col
lege money, and it was not until he made
his apearance in the camp, disguised as
a< ttamp. that he was cleared of the
charge and the real culprit apprehended.
The theft of the money was first an
nounced through the G1 ob c and caused
a profound sensation in college circles "
Paul Doeltz essayed the role of Jrtf*
Armstrong, a Globe reporter, and he
secured a "scoop" on the "oldest and
dryest," which came out a day later with
their stale story. The plot furnished a
vehicle for some very clever specialty
work, and the boya kept the audience in
a state of merriment during the progress
of the play. The following had speaking
parts: Bert Travis, Elmer Smits, Walter
Augur, Hugh Alexander, George Stanley.
Charley Clark, George Edson, James
fnd rr|a ym Tprnn Sey JamieSOn ' Ra'Ph Clar*
IN THE HOT REGIONS.
St. Lonis Suffers From the Fervency
. of Old Sol.
ST. LOUIS, June 5.-At 3 o'clock this
alternoon the thermometer rose to 96 in
the shade, the highest reached this sum
mer, and remained at that point for sev
eral hours. There were two cases of
heat prostrations at the city hospital It
is thought both will recover.
TOLEDO, 0., June 5.-This was the
hottest June day in Toledo in the his
tory of the weather bureau, the ther
mometer reaching 95«4. One sunstroke
is reported.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 5.-Today
was the hottest day for this early in
June that has been known in Springfield
since . the weather bureau was estab
lished here, the thermometers on the
streets In the business part of the city
reaching a maximum of 95 and 96 de
grees in the . shade. A breeze was the
only thing that prevented sunstrokes.
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CANADA UNCONCERNED.
I* Disposed to Uphold Her Members
of Joint High Commission.
OTTAWA, On June s.—ln the house of
commons today Sir Wilfred .Laurier pre
sented the protocol of the Anglo-Ameri
can conference on the Alaskan boundary
question. There is nothing in what the
premier read to the house which was not
covered by the cables on the subject.
From the discussion which followed the
presentation of the document It was ap
parent that the opinion was universal
in the house that the British commission
era had done the right thing in refusing
to continue the work of the commission
until the boundary question was settled,
and also in refusing .to accept the propo
sition for arbitration made by tho Unit-'
ed states. Nothing less than what the
British commisisoners .;; proposed would
have been satisfactory, to Canada. -
DE BARAS GUILTY.
Are So Declared by Chicago Jury
After Three Hour*' Deliberation.
CHICAGO, June s.—Baron Edgar de
Bara and his wife Fanny were today
found guilty in the United States district
court of having used the United States
mails to defraud residents of Great
Britain. The jury returned a verdict of
"guilty" in both eases, after a delibera
tion of thre hours. In their verdict they
found the defendants guilty according to
three counts ouch and eight indictments
of two counts each. The extreme
penalty for the total of twenty-flve
counts is a fine of $12,000 and twelve
years' imprisonment.
Judge Kohlsaat reserved sentence until
the arguments for a new trial are made
by the defendant's attorney. The de
Baras were charged with soliciting money
for a bogus phonograph scheme.
Both prisoners received the verdict
quietly and expressed themselves as con
fident of a new trial and final acqult-
- Daughters of Confederacy. -
i WASHINGTON. June The United
Daughters of the Confederacy will hold
their . annual reunion at Glen. Echo, .* near
this y city, Wednesday and Thursday of
this week. President McKinley today ac
cepted an invitation to be present on the
last day, and also granted the use of
the Fort Meyer band for the reunion.
WHOLE TOWN BOUGHT.
( Itlxenn of Mountain View, Ok. T.,
Pay $34,380 for a Rival Village.
EL, RENO, Okla., June s.—Mountain
View, Okla., the new terminal town on
the Chicasha extension of the Rock
Island that was organized in a day, has
broken another record in town enterprise
today.
There has existed a rival town a mile
and a half west, and it was deemed ad
visable to consolidate them. After a
week's diplomacy the protocol was to
day signed and the towna are now one.
The consideration was raised by the
citizens of Mount View, and amounted
in total to $34,380, and now "Oakdale,"
the rival town, is on wheels and strung
out on the road to Mountain View. Thi3
is probably the first case of buying a
whole town outright that the annala of
the West record.
MUST HAVE TROOPS
<'unf luiied from Flr»t Page.
military operations. For prudential rea
sons the authorities are keeping from the
public the important telegrams passing
between here and Manila regarding
questions of policy and contemplated
military movements.
GRAVE ISSUE ON.
Nothing; Given Out an to the Mid
night White House Conference.
WASHINGTON, June s.—No definite in
fomation today as to the subject of dis
cussion during the conference at the
"White house late last night, between the
president, Acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn and Adjt. Gen. Corbtn. The
lattsr refuses to refer to the matter in
any manner. Mr. Meiklejohn says the
dispatches received referred exclusively
to future military movements, which it
would be impolitic to make public at this
time.
Secretary Hay was a party to the con
ference, a fact not generally known last
night. It is believed that advices wer-3
received from President Schufman, of the
Philippine commission. The conference
prepared some instructions to govern tho
conduct of the officers in the Philippines
in accordance with the suggestions con
tained in the cable advices, and these
were promptly cabled to Manila. The fact
that the secretary of state was called
Into the conference, by the president is
taken as an indication that the subjects
discussed were not purely military in
character, but related In some manm.r
to large questions of policy connected
with the Philippines; perhaps, relating
again to some fresh overtures from the
insurgents. The matter Ik said to be in
such shape that publication at this time
would defat the object in view.
ON THB OLYMPIA.
Admiral Dewer l» Readr for the
Trip to America.
HONG KONG, June s.—Admiral Dewey
left the Peak hotel and returned to the
Olympla yesterday. This morning he
paid farewell calls to the governor, Gen.
Gascelgne and the commanders of the
warships in the harbor.
Admiral Dewey's health has been con
siderably benefited by his residence at
the Peak. He has refused all social in
vitations and has taken a perfect rest.
He appears somewhat haggard from the
effects of the continual strain he has
been under and of the climate.
The Olympic will sail at 4 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, but Admiral Dewey
will not give a farewell dinner, nor will
he accept one. It is hoped that the quiet
change and the voyage will quite re
store him to health by the time he
reaches New York. The details of the
ports at which he will call are still un
decided, but it is probable that stops will
be madj at Singapore and Colombo. The
admirar seems anxious to avoid all dis
play and merely to seek rest. His officers
and crew are elated at the prospect of
a return home.
SULTAN WILL FIGHT.
Sulu. Chieftain Will Turn Hit Gun*
V^; Upon the Americans.
NEW YORK. June 5.-A dispatch from
Hong Kong says: "The sultan of Sulu
who -it was supposed was favorably dis
posed toward the United States, it now
turns out. has imported a large quantity
of^arms rom Singapore, via Sandaken.
with a view to resist the Americans.
These arms he has stored on the island
of Siasi, and he is raising a force of Se
■J£ yS *at. ,Slnga »ore- " is believed that
i?n« -T^ 01 °. f the SUltan to fight the
United States is the result of Bray's mis
sion to Singapore in April."
Manila Mortuary.
WASHINGTON, June 5-Gei Otis re
ports the following deaths since his last
weekly reoort:
Typhoid fever. May William Dora
fey. Private. c. Firt California- MlK*
private. K. Third infantry
Cerebral spinal meningitis, 25th-Cha.rles
Karger, private, M. Third infantry
Strangulated hernia-James M Mercoti
mack private. B. Fourth infantry
Alcoholism, 27th—Patrick Byrnes pri
vate, L, Twentieth infantry ' P
Suppurative typlitis, 'Edward Pat
terson, private, C, Third infanTry-
Suppurative tonsilitis. 2Sth—Lyinan Kel
%- private, D, Second Oregon X
p VFo ISr^^hW^anlry Campbell ' Prlvat«'
FST =; delitie 1 t Sh tTn Tf ar :t hr Ov rn"a3 R° Ck ' Privat*
F ?rTu^lln^ S WilliamS' Prlvate'
Drowned, accidental, June l-Liwreit*
?a°n£y[' corporal, G. Twenty-second In
Drowned on duty, April Frederick
Grabow. private, F. Fourteenth infantry.
Oregon Troops to Start Home.
WASHINGTON. June 5.-Gen. Otis ad
vises the war. department that the Ore
gon regiment will * leave for the United
States this week It will be sent direct to
Portland. Or., for muster out at Van
couver barracks. ?".
ROBBERS SHOW FIGHT.
Posse Pursuing; V. P. Dynamiters
Given a Warm Reception.
OMAHA, Neb., Juno s.—The latest ad
vices from the posse pursuing the robbers
which dynamited a Union Pacific train at
Wilcox, Wyo., came at 4 p. m.* today in
a message from the company's agent at
Casper, Wyo., as follows:
1! 0886, struck» three robbers about
thirty miles north of here last night Ex
changed shots and disabled three of our
horses. Owing to darkness operations
were suspended. Carrier left there soon
after thinks it not possible for them to
escape. Their horses are jaded. Posse
should be coming from the north to meet
them long before they can reach 'Hole In
the Wall.' which ia their stronghold."
JEST ORimtDEE?
Traßlo Fate of a Well Known Mex
ican Bandmaster.
CITY OF MEXICO, June s.—Capt. Lor
enzo Santibanez, the leader of the presi
dential staff band, who has frequently
taken that organization to the United
States, was shot and instantly killed late
Sunday night. Capt. Santibanez was at a
party given at the house of Alejandro
Castillas, who, pretending to Jest at the
expense of Capt. Santibanez, pointed a
pistol at him. The pistol went off and
the bullet entered the left eye of Santi
banez, causing Instant death.
At midnight Castillas was arrested and
the law will deteimine whether it ia a
case of murder or an accident
Gold to Go Abroad.
NEW YORK, June s.—The National
City bank will export $1,000,000 in gold, to
morrow, by the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Grosse, of the North German Lloyd
line. .The gild will probably be taken
from the sub-treasury,, and will be ex
ported in the form of coin.
FARMERS MUST PAY
MANUFACTURERS OF AGRICUL
TURAL, IMPLEMENTS DECIDE
TO ADVANCE PRICES
SCHEDULE WILL BE FIXED
There Will Be an Increase of From
Fifteen to Twenty-Five Per Cenl
In the Various Line* off Farmln H
Implement*—Claimed That the
Advance- in Raw Material. Nece»
--■ Itatea the Move.
CHICAGO, June s.—Farmers and retail
dealers In agricultural implements will
have to pay more for their plows, har
rows, seeders and implements of a kin
dred nature in the future. At a meeting
of the manufacturers of these imple
ments of farm industry, held today, It
was decided to make a general raise in
the price of all agricultural implements.
The Northwestern Plow association ex
tended an invitation to a gathering of
manufacturers of all kindred implements
for the purpose of discussing and formu
lating plans for regulating the prices
of the various implements. W. S.
Thomas, of the Thomas Manufacturing
company, of Springfield, 0., presided over
the meeting.
The manufacturers who were repre
sented at the meeting today were:
Haworth Sons' Manufacturing company,
Decatur, 111.; George W. Brown & Co
Ga esburg 111 • Mulford Heater company*.
Galava. 111.; J. E. Porter company Ot
tawa. 111.; Keystone Manufacturing com
pany. Sterling, 111.; Sterling Manufactur
ing company, Ottumwa, lo.; Ohio Rake
company, Dayton, O.; Stoddard Manu
racturlng company, Dayton, O • O H P
Deuscher company, Hamilton, O.; Mc-
Sherry Manufacturing company. Middle
town, O.; A. C. Evans Manufacturing
company, Springfield, O.; Abram Ell wood
Manufacturing company, Dekalb 111 •'
King and Hamilton company, Ottawli'
111.; Luthy & Co.. Peoria. 111.; Sears Man-'
ufacturing company. Piano, 111.; Rufo
Bros., Manufacturing company. Liberty
Ind.; Ohio Cultivator company, Bellevue
O.; T. P. Mast & Co., Springfield, O.j
American Harrow company, Detroit • E
Bements Sons, Lansing, Mich.; D M*
Osborne & Co., Auburn. N. V.; Thomas
Manufacturing company, Springfield, O ;
Deers-Mansur company, MolTne, 111.;
.Tanesvllle Machine company, Janesville
Wls.
A general advance In prices was ad
vocated, and committees were appointed
to prepare a schedule for the various
kinds of Implements. These committees
will make out their price list during the
summer months and will report to a
meeting to be called next fall.
It is thought a general increase at
from 15 to 25 per cent will be agreed
upon by the committees. Material from
which farming implements are manufac
tured has increased in value to a corre
sponding amount.
TO FIGHT TRUSTS.
(iovernor of Texas Call* for a Con-
fereaoe of State Kxecutlvea.
AUSTIN, Tex., June s.—The governor
today mailed the following communlca-
tiou to the governors of the several states
and territories of the Union:
Austin, Tex., June 5. 1899.—Dear Sir:
After much reflecting I have concluded
that it would not be improper for me to
suggest that a conference of the Kovern
ors and attorney generals of the several
staes and territories be held to consider
the effect which the formation of trusts
is having upon ihe country and, if possi
ble, to agree upon a character of legisla
tion that would not only force those now
in existence into dissolution, but would
also prevent their further creation. I am
firmly of the opinion that if as many a.s
twenty states can be induced to adopt a
uniform policy in refernce to this gen
erally admitted evil and will enforce such
policy with vigor, that relief will surely
and quickly follow. It cannot be doubted
that in this matter state legislation la
necessary, and that uniformity in the way
of enforcement of legislation is indlspen
sible. I have, therefore, to respectfully
suggest to your excellency and to the at
torney general of your state, that a con
ference to consist of the governors and
attorney generals of such states and ter
ritories a3 may see proper to attend be
held at St. Louis on Wednesday the 20th
day of September, 1899, for the purpose of
taking such action as may be deemed
proper respecting the subject mater of
this communication. An early reply, ad
vising me of your views and Intentions, la
requested. I have the honr to be. Very
respectfully. —John D. Sayers.
Anti-Trust Convention Called.
AUSTIN, Tex.. June s.—Gov. Sayres to
day telegraphed all the arov^inors and a
torneys general of the Sauth.rn stages,
announcing that he has cal'ed an an i
trust convention to meet in St. Louis.
Sept. 20, for the purpcs-> of securing con
certed action against trusts.
Tobacco Trust Sued.
LOUISVILLE. June 5.— W. B. Tate be
gan suit against tho Drummond Tobic o
company and others for $12\,i»i damages
today in the common picas court. He ac
cuses the defendants of declaring a boy
cott against his tobacco warehi usi and
ruint. his business.
Trant That Failed.
BOSTON, June s.—The deal which had
for its purpose the consolidation of tho
leading street car works of the country
has fallen through.
PROMOTER FAILS.
Wa« Formerly a Renldent of the
City of Milwaukee.
NEW YORK. June s.—Frank R. Sher
win, promoter of No. 40 Exchange place,
had filed a petition of bankruptcy, with
known liabilities of $164,414 and no as
sets. Among the creditors are United
States Senator Stephen B. Elkins, $14.
--074; Edward M. Knox, hatter, $18,515, and
the Huffman House company, $1,500.
Mr. Sherwin came here from Milwaukee
about twenty years ago and started the
Malson Dore, in Fourteenth street, which
lasted about sixty days. He then tried
banking, and afterward went to New
Mexico, where he was Interested in min
ing: schemes. Later he became president
of the San Miguel Gold Mining company,
of Colorado., He returned to this city
ten years . ago and has been interested
recently In Klondike and Cuban schemes.
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GIRL STUDENTS DROWNED.
Were In Bathing in a Creek Near
Lebanon, 111.
LEBANON. 111., June Miss Ruth
Jepson, of Lebanon; Miss Florence Spies,
of. St. Jacob, and Miss Hallene Jack, of
Beaucoup, 111., students of McKendree
college, were drowned in Silver creek,
two miles north of there, this afternoon.
The young ladies were members of a
party of six who had planned a trip to
Blue Bend, on Silver creek, about two
miles north of Lebanon. They were In
bathing, when Miss Jepson got beyond
her depth. The other two girls went to
her rescue, and all were drowned.
SKAGUAY BANK CLOSES.
Assets Are Said to Be In ExreM of
the Liabilities.
SKAGWAY, Alaska. Jum> 1. via Seat
tle, Wash., June s.—The First Bank of
Skaguay has closed its doors and J. G.
Price has been appointed receiver.- The
liabilities of the bank are estimated at
$10,000; assets, $18,000. « a*»
give: up their <ji ns.
Samoans Are Obeying ruction* "^
of Peace Commissioner*.
APIA," : Samoati' Islands, May Sir—(Via--' '■
Auckland. : N.';Z-.)5-Both- nativo 'factions.- •
the: Mulietoana ond-the-Mataafans,- are ■ '
disarming. Mat a;, fa had aurrernJered 1.800 ;•>
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