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CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. . : -.
By Carrier 1 mo 6 mos 12 mos
Daily only 40 $2.25 $4.00
Pally and Sunday 50 2.75 6.00
Sunday 16 .78 1.60
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
•~ By Mall 1 mo 6 mos li mos
Daily.only -„»*, $1.60 $3.00
Dally and Sunday i .S57v ,*.oO^ 400
Sunday .... .... .75 1.50
Weekly .TO I.oft-
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communications and j make —- all..- Remit
tances payable to THE GLOBE CO.. St.
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nications not noticed. Rejected manu
scripts will not- be : returned. unless . ac
companied by postage. .
BRANCH OFFICES.
Hew York 10 Spruce St.
Chicaa-o.Room 609, No. 87 Washington St
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
• Minnesota—Fair Friday and Saturday!
warmer; southwesterly winds.
North Dakota— Fair Friday and Satur
day, warmer; southwesterly winds.
: South Dakota—Fair Friday; probably
fair and warmer Saturday; variable
Winds.
lowa—Fair Friday, except showers in
southern portion; probably fair Saturday;
variable wind*.
Montana— fair Friday and
Saturday;; variable winds.
Wisconsin—Generally fair Friday and
Saturday; light to fresh westerly winds.
ST. PAUL.
yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States.weather bureau, St. Paul,
I*. K. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
-r—Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest . temperature 70
Lowest temperature 67
Average temperature 64
Daily range 13
Barometer 30.03
Humidity 57
Precipitation • 0
7 p. m. temperature 66
7 p. m., wind, north; weather, partly
cloudy.
RIVER AT S A M.
Danger Gauge Change in
Station Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 9.6 »0.4
La Crosse 10 5.2 < *0.3
Davenport 15 7.6 —0.3
St. Louis 30 22.9 —0.9
•Rise. —Fall.
The river will continue rising gradually
In the vicinity of St. Paul from now to
Saturday morning.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
High.'Spm. 1 Hlgh.*Bpm.
Battleford ...77 68 Boston 90 80
Bismarck ....64 64 l Buffalo 66 64
Calgary 70 64 Chicago 70 66
Duluth 64 62 Cincinnati ...84 76
Edmonton ...70 52 Cleveland -....72 -70
Havre 70 68 Denver 64 60
Helena 68 66 Detroit 78 72
Huron .... ...70 64 New Orleans.9o 82
Medicine Hat 72 54 New York ...92 Si
Minnedosa ...64 62 Omaha .. 72 68
Prince Albert 72 68 Philadelphia .94 80
Qu'Appelle ...66 62 Pittsburg ....82 76
S. Current ...68 68 St. Louis ....84 72
Willlston 64 60' Frisco .. „..64 64
Winnipeg ...66 64 Washington .96 8?
'Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
A PASSING SHOWMAN.
Had the late Augustin Daly devoted
himself to accumulation of money with
out care or thought concerning how his
. fellow mortals fared, and had he achlev
. Ed as much success in the. pursuit as a
Gould or a Vanderbilt, how blessed would
bis progeny be to the last' generation!
As it was he pursued the career of a
mere playrlght, one of the mummers of
old. whose duty it was to humor and
j please the public; not one of those fools
; who sought to live in that of lasting
good which he left behind. And hence
he has had his reward.
At a recent meeting of manufacturers
find of persons interested in one way or
another in manufactures in England It
was observed, by way of explanation of
our much-advertised leadership in the
race of paying manufactures, that,
whereas the English built for the future,
we built and made for the hour. To
that which the British manufacturer
turned out in copper we devoted plain
every-day tin, conscious, no doubt, that
there is an exceptionally strong trust in
copper. What the English formed of
the best tempered steel we shaped from
the good old-fashioned pig iron. It may
not last as long, nor look so pretty; but
It serves.
Just like the average American pro
ducer in the realm of industry and com
merce. Augustln Daly has had his hour.
He met the requirements of that hour.
He produced, that which the hour de
manded, whether he did it by paying
royalty to another Inventor or by pre
senting to the trade his own handicraft.
It was all the same. He wrought for
the hour, and he was repaid ln kind. He
met all the needs of his patrons. And
when there was danger that he and his
productions would pall on the patrons;
when they showed a disposition to wan
der off into new fields of trade by the
importation of foreign craftsmen and
otherwise, he rose up and transferred
his plant for the time into the enemy's
territory, and showed the world, just
as American makers are now generally
doing, that he knew his business, and
could, if need be, carry the productive
war full Into Africa.
Augustln Daly was a distinctive prod
uct of his time, just as was everything
he dealt In. He did not make for future
generations. Like Artemus Ward's cir
cus proprietor in the South during the
war, he had no opinions or sentiments;
he wis simply a showman. A man of
talent, one who, had he the light to
guide him that shows the way to great
heights, might have achieved something,
he has passed away to remain unknown
and unthought of by those who follow
him—"a poor player, that struts and
frets his hour upon the stage, and then
is heard no more."
THE CEDAR STREET ORDINANCE.
The Globe has never assumed any
position of hostility toward the move
ment to establish the rail terminus of
the St. Paul & Stillwater railroad line on
Cedar street. It believes that" the or
dinance as signed should have been
passed, and that the street car company
CUght to have fulfilled its requirements.
So believing, the G1 ob cis utterly at a
loss to understand Mayor Klefer's veto.
If the ordinance was a good one to sign
it should be signed without any reference
to the action of the street railway com
pany. If -that concern violated the pro
visions of the ordinance ln Its manner of
laying its rails the power'remained with
the city authorities to make It tear up Its
tracks and either to relay them as the
ordinance required or not at all.
The action of the street railway com
pany cannot be condemned in too severe
terms.* It was guilty of a notorious con
tempt of all public authority In laying its
rails as It Is conceded it did lay them. 7 It
could not have done so In ignorance of
the terms of the ordinance. ''Its action in
proceeding to lay them at all, either as
directed ln the ordinance or otherwise,
while the measure was still in the hands
of the mayor, was nothing less than a
usurpation of public authority by that
corporation. • • ..;■•■
The council will probably pass the or
dinance over the veto. It cannot logic
ally do otherwise. It is not its province
nor that of Mayor Kiefer to punish the
street railway. company*., for . anything it
may have done that It had no right to do:-
That is the province of another depart
ment of our government,-which- it can be
safely left to fulfill. Should the ordinance
go Into effect, despite the action of the
mayor, it will become the duty of the
city authorities to see that its provisions
are respected by the street car company,
and If there Is any provision of law which
makes its action the subject of a penalty,
that the penalty be applied.
THE REPORTER.
The very polite and complimentary ref
erences by Judge Kelly yesterday to
newspaper reporters will, we believe, be
generally concurred in. "There are," ha
said, "no citizens who are entitled, as a
class, to more respect than the reporters
of the dally press. They are, as a rule.
Industrious, honest, painstaking and en
terprising gentlemen, and their woik goes
very largely to. keep up end make the
Interest in the great public papers, and
for which they get decidedly less credit
than they deserve."
There is not a sentiment' embodied la
this language which does not apply with
out the slightest reservation to dally
newspaper reporters, as a class. But lit
tle Is know to the general public of the
exacting and responsible duties which de
volve upon them or of the unceasing vig
ilance, the accuracy and general reliabil
ity which is demanded of them in the
pursuit of their calling. None but superi
or men, morally as well as intellectually,
are today capable of retaining employ
merit on a dally newspaper as reporters.
They are tho agents and representatives
of the public In their pursuit of Intelli
gence of public interest and concern, and
that they are able to discharge the. ex
acting work which is theirs with so little
of Just complaint is in itself very con
vincing testimony of their great personal
worth.
Newspaper men generally will feel very
grateful to Judge Kelly for his kindly
words. There certainly are not many
compliments paid to the reporter; while
the readiness to criticise him has long
manifested Itself. He stands between the
reading public and the aggrieved individ
ual where disagreement exists, and he
discharges his unpleasant functions In
that regard with a high degree of pa
tience and good judgment. He rarely
does his work under conditions which are
even reasonably favorable; but, as a rule,
the greater the inconvenience and the
higher the barriers that stand in the way
of his doing his work, the more certain he
Is to rise to the demands of the occasion.
Without the wit, the mental energy and
ability, the clearness and quickness of
perception which the reporter brings to
his daily task, the newspaper readers of
this country would find much less of en
joyment in the perusal of the news of the
world than they do today. ■ ■■■:. ¥:z?P~-
PUSH THE SELBY PAVING.
The Globe wishes to warn the resi
dents of Selby avenue against a petition
which is being circulated ln opposition to
the paving of that thoroughfare this sea
son. More than 90 per cent of the people
who live ln their own homes on that
street are ardently in favor of the paving
of the avenue without unnecessary delay.
It Is understood that the movement
against the paving Is being engineered
by two or three gentlemen whose homes
face Dayton avenue-, but whose lots run
back to Selby. Let these gentlemen act
as they like about the matter, but every
resident of Selby who wants to see a
beautiful and durable pavement put down
should be on his guard lest the selfish
ness of these opponents of the Improve
ment lead others . to . thoughtlessly act
against their own best interests. There
Is no valid excuse for delaying the as
phalting of Selby another month, and
those who have homes fronting on the
avenue should, by mass meeting or other
wise, Indicate their wishes to the board
of public works ln no uncertain manner.
THE TRUE COURTIER SPIRIT.
The servile among Republican papers,
and that includes most of them, as in
duty bound, applaud the action of the
president in releasing from the merit sys
tem about 10,000 places. Had he extended
the system over as many now unclassi
fied these same papers would have
sounded his praises for the notable proof
that he had not only redeemed his prom
ise to "take no backward step," but had
surpassed his predecessor in extending
the system. Whatever the president does
or does not, these disciples of old Polo
nlus loyally bend the knee and do rever
ence. •"
The Inspired statement accompanying
tho publication of the order of revision
stated that the number of places affected
by It was 4,000, and these mainly confi
dential positions where the very nature
of the work required a more sympathetic
relation than mere officialism. . The Chi
cago Tribune, skeptical of inspired state
ments, and suspecting that other facts
lay under the-gloss of the quasi-official
announcement, Investigated the matter
and found that, instead of 4,000, there
were nearly 10,000 places Included in this
gate-opening order. In no wise is Polo
nlus disconcerted by this discovery or un
covery. This is a billion-dollar country,
he asserts, and, anyway, Cleveland filled
the offices with Democrats before he built
the civil service.wall around them; a very
naive confession of the purpose of the
revislonary order, by the way. That it
was not true, that President Cleveland's
orders retained Republicans In over half
the places, Is a matter of no consequence
to Polonlus. That Cleveland made his In
clusions, that worked exclusion to thou
sands of Democrats, on the eve of an elec
tion, while McKiniey opens the doors for
10,000 workers at the same critical period,
is a . difference which escapes Polonlus.
One paper, committed by past utterance
to the reform, gave qualified approval to
the order on the 4,000 basis, and when it
finds the basis mounting" toward 10,000 be
moans the "backward step";taken by the
president, but charitably assumes that he
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1&99;
was. misled or deceived. The . excuse ac
cuses. It necessitates the belief that the
president signed an order that made the
reform take the "backward step" which
he said would not be taken, without mak
■
ing inquiry as to its scope at tho place
where • the" data are. kept and could have
been easily and quickly supplied. A ref
erence of the matter to the bureau of the
civil service with , a request for a state
ment of the number of places ; that would
be affected by It would have revealed the
broad sweep of the scheme., Possibly the
president believed that but 4,000 places
were thrown to the spoilsman, but if so,
it is but one more bit of evidence of his
weakness:and.unfitness, v 7
GREAT POSSIBILITIES, IF—
The magazine amplifications of the dis
coveries of Prof. Trlpler in the produc
tion and utilization of liquefied air 'are
supplemented by an announcement from
the abundantly capitalized East that a
trust Is formed with sundry millions of
capital to commercially his discovery.
The application of the term "trust" to
this case Is either a misnomer or a super
fluity, for the processor has taken care
to put his invention under the protection
of the patent laws, which give him a
more secure shelter from competition
than can the methods cf the ordinary
trust. No trust can obtain Immunity
from attack during the fourteen years
which a patent Is guaranteed, subject
only to the possibility of some one dis- .
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covering a mechanical equivalent or in
venting something different and better.
The claim of Mr. Tripler that he la
able to develop with three gallons of
liquefied air power that will produce ten
gallons is so defiant and subversive of
what has been always accepted as a fund
amental law of mechanics, the equality
of action and reaction, the impossibility
of a given power to produce an effect
greater than itself without a compensat
ing and equalizing loss, that the mechan
ical world, at least, will await a demon
stration before taking his unsupported
statement for it. But If it proves true
that with even one gallon of his congeal
ed air he can produce another gallon, that
Is to say, If he car utilize all the energy
In his motor, his discovery will be far
more revolutionary in mechanics than
was the discovery of the power and the
application of steam or of electricity.
For inventive genius has thus far failed
to find methods for utilizing more than
a small percentage of tha potential en
ergy in the coal in converting water into
steam, while there Is an enormous waste
in the conversion of the energy in the
'" Ml sjsjl'THflsjiliii iis»"iiiii ■stVlilwO l'tiM% —asossmsscn
boiler to power in the machine. Less than
10 per cent of the energy latent in coal
finds utilization in work. If Tripler's in
vention can utilize in productive force
hall that confined in his frozen air.when
used as a motor,, he will revolutionize the
Industries more completely than they
have ■ been by any preceding discovery
and application of the forces latent in na
ture. Apprehensions raised *by the di
minishing supplies of coal will vanish,
the cost of production will be greatly di
minished, with Ita resultant less
ening of cost of living and - the
betterment of conditions. •'. Incident
ally will follow, as there always
has followed "these advances, an incalcu
lable destruction of wealth represented in
the appliances now used for creating me
chanical power. Until Tripler's company
establishes the commercial utility of his
discovery the mechanical world will, how
ever, remain incredulous.
A Minneapolis paper indulges ln un
seemly levity over the recent decision of
a St. Paul judge that vermin In apart
ments are not a sufficient reason for vio
lation of a lease. Unless it Is strictly
"nominated In the bond," as Shylock
would say, it is the popular impression
that the frisky clmex lectularlus goes
along with the leasehold as "appurte
nances."
Mr. Mansfield recently mislaid his Cy
rano de Bergeraclan nose,. while playing
in Milwaukee, but he promptly comprom
ised the matter by smiting the nose of hl3
dresser, Mr. James Beebe.
Washington dispatches mention that the
new Spanish minister spent a quarter of
an hour with Secretary Hay yesterday.
They do not say whether or not it was
a bad quarter of an hour.. — >
7 The fighting faces of Fltzsimmons and
Jeffries are, heaven knows,' bad enough
looking, but one of them will doubtless
look very much worse after tonight's mill.
A consensus of New York opinion anent
the Fitzsimmons-Jeffries affair appears
to be that if Fltzsimmons wins Jeffries
may as well consider himself defeated.
The Mosquito Indians have begun war,
but they haven't begun it right. They
should have gone into a fight to, a finish
with the mosquitoes of New Jersey.
No, thanks be to providence, the- peo
ple didn't ■"elect" Secretary Alger.' Those
who have gory locks to shake may flaunt
them before Mr. McKiniey.
Perhaps the time will come when they'll
have to locate the whole Chicago fire de
partment alongside the river. , It was on
lire again Wednesday.. •■-.
It would certainly be too bad were
Senator Mason to be.-. cut short In his
brilliant political career by an avalanche
of glucose.-
The French act toward Loubet as if
they wanted to intimate that they would
like a king much better than a nina
spot. . - 77■■-'-'■ -'"--..'
—— ——— .. •*
What with Dreyfus, Marchand, the roy
alists and Anna Gould Castellane. tho
temperature of Paris Is far above nor
mal.
It might be well to suggest to France
to raise a much larger; crop of lea and a
much smaller crop of red pepper.
The president has practically amended
the civil service law to read: "No Dem
ocrat Is fit to fill a public office." ....
7 The only plausible reason for Steve
Crane's dropping into poetry Is that he
wanted some money.
Late advices indicate that Hobson Isn't
getting kissed any oftener than the rest
of the boys. _;
. The public does not fail, to note that
Mr. Mansfield lost not only his nose, but
his temper.' 7 / - '
Decadent French nobility appears to be
usurping the "rights of the canaille.'' \
„ Hon, r Reuben .Waddell: could be elected
mayor of Columbus this morning.
EPISTLES TO ST PAUL.
"Hair's getting pretty long, sir," ob
served a Fourth street. barber . to ' a cus
tomer who had heard the welcome call
of "Next" and slid Into tho chair.. There
was no reply and the barber with 7 soft,
undulating movements-proceeded to soft
en up the man's beard with j a generous
application of foamy lather.
"Better let me cut your hair, sir," con
tinued the tonsorlal artist, persistently. .
"Why?" laconically Inquired the sitter,
through 7 the lather. ■
"Oh, because It* pretty long, sir." ->.
. "How do you know It's too long?"
"Looks that way/ ' . \
. "Is that'the!, longest hair you. ever saw
on a man?" asked the sitter, defiantly.
"Oh, no;. I've seen jays In from the
country with hair considerably ' longer
than yours." >"•
"Oh, -you, have seen i long-haired jays,
have you? I somehow remind you of a
country' Jay, do I? Well, you Just keep
on shaving me, and when you get through
I want to talk'to you." '
The manipulator of'the razor soon fin
ished his Job. combed the man's locks and
he slid out of the chair and paid his bill. i
Then he said * '
"My friend, ay this Is probably the last
time I shall ever get shaved in this shop,
I might as well give, you a lesson. Now,
If every barber'in'.this country—and I've
been ln "every state in the Union—had
asked me to • let him.-cut my hair it
would doubtless",be as. long as that of
the Sutherland sisters. No man ever cut
f my hair i after calling attention to Its
length. It's as much as telling me I
don't know how to take care of myself.
I invariably get my hair cut on my own
motion.-I am the one to know 'when my
hair is too long, 1 and when it isn't. It's
my hair, and I alone am responsible for
my appearance. ■■* More than this, I never
go to barber shops twice where they nag
and hector me to have my hair cut. Then,
again, your language "about my looking
like a jay is really quite.lnsulting. No,
sir, when 'I hay* my hair cut, when I
want tonic, when L:want a shampoo, I
am always the one to suggest "it; You
,may be catering to a trade "that don't
know when to "have their hair out unless
you tell them. '„But. I'm not trotting in
that class of fin do siecle decadents. No,
sir, not by a . Jug full. Good day." " '>.
Oh, mama, but he was hot. 7:,777
A. C. Gunter is a New York merchant.
He comes to St. Paul occasionally on bus
iness and always registers "A..C. : Gunter,
New; York." A , Globe reporter saun
tered up to the register the Merchants
last night and .. espied the signature of
Mr. Gunter. He immediately connected
the name with "Mr. Barnes of New
York," and a number of books written
by the well-known author. In response
to a card Mr. Gunter appeared. .That
gentleman was; a ■well-built man of forty;
of a rather scholastic bearing.
"I am.not the author," he said, "but I
live on the same street in New York with
Mr. Gunter, have the same name, and
we are the only two men in New York
by the name. It Is singular also that I
bear a striking resemblance to : the writer,
and we wear the same sized shoe. I have
been approached'by! reporters all over the
country who have' taken me for Archi
bald Clevering Gunter."
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They were two -carefully brought up
little boys living on Selby hill, but one
was Inclined, from associating with small
bad boys, to be* Jufet a trifle tough. They
were overheard yesterday discussing the
subject of praying and the following col
loquy took plac'eV '
"Say, Jim, do you say your prayers?"
"Naw." ..'..,-• .7
■> "Why not, ain't you scared?"
"L didn't say 'em last night, and I ain't
going to say 'em tonight. Then if nothln*
happens I ain't never going to say 'em."
SLAVERY IN THE PHILIPPINES;
A. Boy's. Pointed Query Regarding
;_• the Declaration of Independence.'-'
To the Editor of the Globe: .".:' '/';"
; Our war \in the Philippines continues
to be "an "• absorbing topic, of, , conversa
tion: Even ' the children are.. discussing
it. If it rbe true, as we read in . the Bi
ble, that "out'of the mouths of babes
and sucklings thou hast perfected
praise," then surely the following ques
tion of a little r twelve-year-old boy is
worthy of serious consideration: "Papa,"
said he, after hearing an account of an
other bloody battle .in the Philippines,
"Papa,;' won't we . have to sign the
Declaration of Independence again after
we are done fighting the Filipinos?" Is
not that a pregnant question? Ponder
It deeply. Can we name a single prin
ciple of the constitution or the Declara
tion of Independence that we are not
violating in our .new possessions? Let
each one read them over carefully for
himself and see. j 7~7 \:
Even the latest amendment to the con
stitution, the one prohibiting slavery,
is being conspicuously contemned. Since
when has it become lawful to traffic In
human beings?..,. To buy and sell human
flesh? Yet It is ; coolly claimed. that we
have bought the Filipinos for. $2 a head,
and President^ McKiniey declares they
must be "whipped" into submission!
Our greatest war was waged under Lin
coln to abolish slavery in the South. To
day the llower; of our aririy is engaged
imdejr McKiniey -trying to subjugate
10,000,000 human beings 10,000 miles from
home. We are .not .satisfied to take the
Philippine islands for $20,000,000, but Shy
lock like, we waht'our pound of human
flesh. Oh! that "another Daniel" might
come to judgment t and declare that un
less we can take that flesh without shed
ding a single drop of 'human' blood we
must forfeit our Claim. Truly this is
one of those things which, as the Irish
man said, "should 7 have been sthopped
before it was commlnced." . : -"""
is It too late,yet to call a halt? ; Why
riot proclaim the Filipinos free even now
and aid and project them all we can?
Can we Imagine they could make a
worse botch of thing.? than we are do
ing? Can we believe that they would
spill each others 7 blood more copiously
than we. are shedding it? Let us give
them a trial before China, or, perhaps,
the Christian powers, tiring of the san
guinary spectacle, step in as we did In
Cuba and declare that this "unseemly
squabbling" in our "colonies" must
cease, and proceed forthwith to give
the Filipinos a- '"stable government,"
whether, we like it or not.
For the most part the Filipinos are in
telligent; they are/ educated; they are
Christians, and they love liberty enough
to die for it. "Give me liberty or give
me death" is plainly written In all their
actions. With the eyes of the ' world
upon them, arid the United States pro
tecting" them, they would" surely show
themselves capable of self-government or
forever hold their peace. —W. F. M.
St. Paul, June 7.; ■"'-"
AT THE THEATERS.
The magnificent stage setting of > the
Neill company's production of "The Sen
ator" at ;. the Metropolitan opera house
this week has .occasioned a; great deal
of. favorable comment. All of the scen
ery was built and, painted especially for
this production. The, setting of the sec
ond act In parflcujair "Is * a splendid ex
ample'■ of scenic art! showing 'a' recep
tion room in tm^'hoAse-of the secretary
of state at Washington, brilliantly .Il
luminated by oveV 300 incandescent lights.
The play itself Kits made a distinct
hit, .and as- presented by the Nelll com
pany the .performance \ ls thoroughly en
joyable. ; Mr. . Neill, i: las Senator Rivers,
is breezy and vigorous, and Miss Chap
man is ideally castas the dashing, sus
ceptible, lady. lobbyist, Mrs. Hillary.
"The Senator* VjwlH, be presented for
the remaining three performances this
week,! tonight, tomorrow night, and a
matinee tomorrow, afternoon.. Next week
the; Neill : company, will offer, two plays
of a widely different", character. For the
first half of the week, commencing Sun
day ;night, 'they will present "The.Danc
ing Girl." a" four-act drama by Henry
Arthur Jones.'; Boqclcault's "London As
surance" villi ■• be the bill for;the latter
half of the,."week;.- commencing Thurs
day. The sale "of seats :is now-open:for
these" two plays- ■„v
STATE PRESS, BERRIES.
The ad smith on the Carver County
News.may not.be even of Hibernian ex
traction, but he writes something which
closely resembles an.lrish bull when he
says:
Bring your eggs and poultry to Wad
. man. . lie 7 can. pay the highest price lv
trade because he ships'direct to consum
ers thereby ; giving farmers the . commis
sion. . - .
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. Death loves a shining mark. Despite the
tears of humanity; It >. singles out the
young, the fair, and the brave, and has
all seasons for its own. Its cruelty and
its mercy, are at once shown in this Item
from the Morton Enterprise:
Ernest Melzlan lost a cow last Friday.
The animal was with " several others ln
the pasture when she was struck by
lightning, killing her instantly. The re
mainder of the herd were uninjured.,. •..■■ .'•
a.a . a '
The country is safe yet. There will be
no dearth of food products this year. It
needs but a perusal of the Dawson Vidette
to convince the most pessimistic that all
la yet well, arid that vegetation has good
luck growing In that part of the country:
Crops of all kinds, weeds Included, are
doing fine in this vicinity.
-a a *
The ball players and cyclists near Alex
andria-should form a union and protest
against long hours and Sunday work. The
Post-News of that place publishes an ink
ling of the; sad condition of affairs where
only rainy Sundays are their days off:
The rain which fell on Sunday made a
holiday for the ball players and cyclists.
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.-.■ When the young people of Hollywood go
home to see their parents they are not in
the habit of making their visits breezy,
out-of-door affairs. The Carver County
News fittingly calls attention to this
peculiarity:'; ' '/! •
Miss Mary Sexton visited under the
parental roof last Sunday.'..:;.-;
Gold All Around IJn.
Rare as gold appears to be to those who
seek for it, it Is nevertheless.one of the
most widely diffused of the metals. It
exists in an amount which the skilled
chemist can trace In nearly all the older
rocks, and in the newer strata which
are derived from them. It is Indeed most
likely that If the reader of these lines
could possess himself of all of this metal
which lies In the earth within the dis
tance of a mile from where he stands,
he would have a larger store than has
ever blessed any placer miner as the re
ward of a lifetime's toll. ':. X,i 77.*-\
The distribution is yet wider, for it
extends to the sea, the waters of which
contain, everywhere, a uniformly small
trace of this substance, amounting, It. is
true, to but a few cents in a ton of the
fluid, but enough to warrant the asser
tion that the ocean holds more of the
precious metal, as well as of its com
panion, silver, than ever will be touch
ed by the hand of men. The propellers
of the ships which convey the throngs
to the Yukon will be likely to stir more
gold than the miners' picks disturb In
its rich fields.—Prof. N. S. Shaler in The
Youth's , Companion.
On the Dispatch.
Belle Plaine Herald. -Vl"
There's a good one on the St. Paul Dis
patch going the rounds of the press.
That great advocate of Republicanism
follows up the wake of its' numerous
prosperity howls, and that men could not
be found In the cities wanting employ
ment, by publishing a testimonial from
a laundry company as to the efficiency
of the Dispatch want "ads." The testi
monial was to the effect that a capable
man was wanted to take care of horses
and wagons, and though the little "ad"
was inserted only once, fully seventy
five or 100 men called the next day and
the rush was still on; many turning away
when they saw the crowds and that they
would be glad to stop them from coming.
That such an army ot men should be
running after a position of this kind in
"these days of unbounded prosperity"
doesn't exactly agree with the Dispatch's
preaching.
Lincoln's Opinion.
Litchfield Independent. ■''■'"..
'•> Abraham Lincoln said that no man is
good enough to govern another man with
out that other man's consent. Some peo
ple in the present day think Lincoln a
back number, to judge from their atti
tude on the Philippine question. Were
Lincoln alive today and reiterated such
sentiments, his ears would tingle from
remarks about "copperhead," "traitor"
and such epithets applied to him by the
imperialistic cohorts.
Thoiaght Not So Hard.
Swift Current Monitor. -'.- 7
President McKiniey, "after a year's
hard thought," according to the . state
ments of his managers on last Monday,
Issued amendments to the civil service
rules which will affect about 4,000 offices
now on the civil service list. The "after
a year's hard thought" statement will be
accepted with a grain of salt. The public
will conclude, that this move was made
only after two years of the hardest kind
of urging from the place hunters' bri
gade. :<7 t ';;'.':''-■ 7 -d""-'
Texas' Old Name.
Indianapolis Journal.
Probably the fact Is not generally
known that Texas was at one time and
for many years called the "New Philip
pines." The first settlement in what is
now Texas was made by French emi
grants In 1685. During the next. twenty
five years there was an Intermittent
struggle between the French and Span
ish for supremacy, resulting in favor of
the latter, and in 1814 the name of the
New Philippines was given to the coun
try. This was its official name In Span
ish records for many years and until the
name of Texas, from a tribe of Indians,
gradually came in vogue.
A Power "Worthy the Name.
Waverly Tribune.
If we could thrash our own trusts as
easily as we did Spain, and if we could
slaughter our monopolies as we do Fili
pinos we would'prove ourselves a "pow
er" worth bragging about!
We'll Wait Awhile.
Winona Herald.
Some newspaper suggests that the
Philippines be changed to the name of
Dewey. It were better to wait until this
Philippine question is settled.
Fame's Drawback*.
Delano Eagle.
If Admiral Dewey Is wise he will tarry
along the way as long as possible and
land in New York in the night time. We
pity the poor fellow's lot when he once
touches American soil.
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Will Let Well Enough Alone.
New Paynesville Press.
Well, Is It so bad as that? John Good
now Is to come home and assist In. run
ning the next Republican campaign. John
is well enough off where he Is; let him
stay there.
• — «S» — ;
Emphatic. Indorsement.*
Elk River News.
Gov. Lind has Appointed Ed. O'Brien,
of Minneapolis, as welghmaster. In order
to emphasize the statement that this Is
a good appointment. It Is only necessary
to say that O'Brien Is a newspaper;man,
and one of the old-time boys, too. -"•
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Popular With Labor. .
Maple Leaf Messenger.
Gov. Lind- Is more popular; with the la
boring .and farming-classes today than
ever, > and that Is saying a good deal. He
will be our next governor If he wants the
position. —,-''•■'■ 7V^ 7.
\ . — ■ .
Most Practical 'Suggestion.
Elk River News. .7
v If popularity and notoriety are the es
sential : requisites of a gubernatorial. can
didate, what's the matter wlthranning ; the
"Thirteenth regiment" ?-V It.is,* and will be
for «the '■' next - three'; months, the whole
! thlnfe In Minnesota*,T. .'| '
IS NOW A DICTATOR
AGUINALDO REPORTED TO HAVE
DISSOLVED THE SO-CALLED
FILIPINO. CONGRESS
VARIOUS REASONS ASSIGNED
Accepted Theory Ist - That- the Rebel'
Chief la Seeking; to Place Himself
la a Position Where He Can Die
■ •', tate Term, of Peace With Anter
lcana, Providian- for His Own
•Safety— of Warships.
LONDON, June B.—Special dispatches
from Manila today say it is reported this
morning that Aguinaldo has dissolved
' the Filipino congress and has proclaimed
himself dictator.;:::";
WASHINGTON, June B.—Officials here
are In doubt as to whether Aguinaldo in
declaring his dictatorship is animated by
a desire to rid himself of refractory gen
erals. Pilar and Luna, or whether he
aims to consolidate in his own hands
the power to make terms of peace. It Is
known from the reports of President
Schurman, of the American Philippine
commission, that these two generals
own only faint allegiance to Aguinaldo
and their attitude towards the peace ne
gotiations has made these negotiations
Ineffectual, the civilian members on the
Filipino side of the joint commission be
ing completely overawed and dominated
by the military element controlled by
these generals. It Is believed here that
if Aguinaldo can bend these men to h!s
will and assume supreme control he will
at once make for peace, being able to
secure "better terms for himself than he
1 would otherwise.
NAVY AT MANILA.
"What the Various Vessels of the
... , Fleet Are Dolus;.
MANILA, June The United States
cruiser Boston has sailed for San. Fran
cisco, by way of Nagasaki, Japan, with
long-service officers and men from the va
rious American warships.
The battleship Oregon will soon be sta
tioned off Dagupan, in the Gulf of Lln
gayen, on blockade duty.
The United States gunboat Albany, one
of the vessels purchased from the Span
iards, and commanded by Ensign W. H.
Standley, has captured three sailing ves
sels and one steamer off the island of
Negros. Nine of these boats (of the Al
bany class) are now In commission and
are doing good service In the shallow wa
ters of the southern islands.
Favorable reports are still being re
ceived frorii the party of fifteen Ameri
cans belonging to the gunboat Yorktown,
headed by Lieut. J. C. Gilmore of that
vessel, captured on April 12 by the Fili
pinos not far from Baler. The prisoners
are receiving fair treatment. '
PHILIPPINE SITUATION.
Summing- Up of Effect' of Recent
Movements of Americans. -
WASHINGTON, June The situation
In the Philippines is described by Gen.
Otis in the following cablegram:
"Manila, June 8. — Adjutant General,
Washington: Result of movements ln
Morong province was to drive insurgents
into mountains, capturing Antlpoll and
other towns in that section with point of
land projecting Into . bay. . They re
treated and scattered before our advance,
leaving twenty-five dead on field. Our
loss, four killed and a few wounded,
mostly slight. City of Morong only on
land route on bay, garrisoned; all troops
withdrawn. Inhabitants of provinces
profess friendship and ask protection;
large numbers wish to enter Manila; re
fuse, 'as city population increasing .too
rapidly. -" Leading natives - throughout
island, including acting insurgent lead
ers, seek permission to send families to
Manila which Is considered the only place
of personal security. —"Otis."
RETURNING VOLUNTEERS.
Gen. Otis Cables Particulars to the
Government.
WASHINGTON, June B.—Gen. Otis ca
bles as follows regarding the return of
volunteers: - ;7S-'
--"Manila. June 8. — Adjutant General.
Washington: Oregon - requests to defer
time of departure until 12th; will leave
for Portland on transports Ohio and New
port. Sixth infantry, upon arrival, will
relieve Callfornlans at Negros. Han
cock sails in a few days with Nebraska
and other troops. "Otis."
READY TO RETURN.
Twentieth Kansas Has Had Enough
of the. Philippines.
KANSAS CITY, June B.—The Star to
day received the following cablegram re
garding the muster out of the Twentieth
Kansas, Gen. Funston's regiment, from
Its special correspondent:
Hong Kong, June. Petitions signed
by nine-tenths of the officers and men
of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, urg
ing muster out and discharge from the
service in San Francisco, have been for
warded to the Star and to Senator Ba
ker. _ . —Steele.
HE SOOT A FILIPINO SCOUT
AND ONE OF THE MINNESOTA SOL
DIERS IS CONSCIENCE-SMIT
TEN. TOO
■ ■ •
He Wants to Know Why a Brown
Mavis Fla-htlng- for Liberty Should
Be Shot by the American Sol
diers.
The following letter has been received
from a member of the Stillwater com
pany now in the Philippines:
Guigulnto. P. 1., April 24, 1899.— We11, I
have lived through seven scraps, and 1
think we have seen the last of our bat
tles. Well, I have killed a man. He was
brown, but. was fighting for liberty and
ln the pursuit of happiness. This life
was ended under the pretense of human:
Maraquina, on the 25th of March, I fired
I was sent out as a scout on the morn
ing of the 20th. ahead of a battalion of
the Minnesota regiment. About one and
a half miles from the railroad we heard a
noise in the woods and I saw a Filipino
scout watching our movements, and I
fired, killing him Instantly, but the other
scouts with him took his gun and retreat
ed. With Hcrford Wilson, of B company,
also a scout, I went to where ho lay and
found that I had shot him through the
breast and heart. I had a Krag rifle
given me that morning, the finest rit*e
mrfOe. and used-by the regulars. At
.Maraquina on the 25th of March, I fired
ninety rounds of ammunition: at Gui
gulnto, April 11, 82 rounds; at .Santa
Mona, April 12, 16 rounds; at Guigulnto
scene, 96 rounds, and every one the last
time at a Filipino. -• /
I know I got one, but I think I hit a
great many more. That is war.. Kill,
burn and destroy. And that, is done to
benefit the natives. What good does
the native -that Is killed derive from this
well meant way of civilizing them. We
fought in 1775 for what the Filipinos are
fighting for. and in 1776 a declaration was
written which the Republican party have
evidently, forgotten. All .- men - were
created equal and were endowed with
certain 'Inalienable rights. We „ have
given them death. *~ Liberty we have tak
en away from them. And. happiness ho
never knew. Since the American army
started from Caloocan, three miles from
Manila, .to . Malolos. overe 7 250,000 people
have been rendered homeless, and 'driven
God knows where. Their houses burn
ed; all . their provisions captured or de
stroyed. . The time for planting the rice
crop .past, and 7starvation; staring. them
in - the . f ace,\ for they will ' have no.-' crop
next season. I want to ask the people
of heathen America If they know what
humanity means.' Our grand army of
Innocent murderers is still advancing
for the cause of gain, but we are Inno
cent. Who is to blame for all this? i»
it a war God would call just? Are the
people en masse to blame or Is It the
administration? . Some one has blunder
edJ^iti X am ,n excellent health
and will .i be on the way home in forty
days and through the darkness I see
fn shrift &nd Hberty of ««on
In sight which I swear by the God of
heaven I will never give - away. again.
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OFFERED TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
So Thorn., Winter Know. HI. » 5 .75
V-.U,y.,": '» Safe.
It was reported to the police at an
Thorns w. th':m?«r,that the till 0 "
Thomas Winter, who keeps a confection
ery store at 249 East Eighth street, had
been robbed of $5.75 under, peculiar "cir
cumstances Wednesday. Winter says a
girl, .apparently 12 to 14 years old. rode
UP on her bicycle and told him a man
named Fish wanted to see him at the
Portland. She offered to take care of tho
Wh^r Wi « h° went to the Portland.
Winter left another little girl In the store
with her, but when he came back the
th^STC WaS K°ne and he WaS short
ONE DATS NEWS IN BRIEF. '
Indianapolis. Ind.-J. M. Francis, rector
of SL Paul's, Evansville, was elected
bishop of this diocese today. elected
Marinette. Wls.-The shingle mills'
strike was settled today, and the men
will return to work Monday morning
San Franclsco-The Bunkerhill and
Mayflower mines were sold here at auc
s3osoo y the Prica realized being
♦va n Fl;anclsco— The Examiner says that
the Pacific Coast Biscuit company, oth
erwise known as th cracker trust, hSs
Sydney, N S. W.-The steamer Marl
posa. Capt Hay ward, has sailed for San
Francisco .having on board £150,000 (^50,
--vw) in gold. -
London — The statement of the
board of trade for the month of May
and^S^^fn 8 ffiJKK? ,n ,mport^
HO S P rin .* 8, S. D.-Three laborers 'on
the Burlington road were killed today by
the overturning of a steam shovel. Their
names were not learned.
St. Louis. Mo.—The United Order of
Boxmakers and Sawyers of America
closed Its annual convention today, after
being in session several days.
Washington— reunion of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy at Glen Echo
ended today. The slim attendance caused
the abandonment of the programme. .
Chicago—About 400 employes of Norton
Bros, tin can factory at Maywood struck
today because twenty-three men were
discharged yesterday for being absent.
New York—The National City bank
will ship 51,000,000 gold to Europe on
steamers sailing Saturday. The total
Stf^Sui shlPPed by this institution is
♦J, 500,000.
New York— session of the Mazet
legislative Investigating committee was
the dullest that has been held, and the
oppressive heat, endured throughout the
day, made the labor unusual.
Carml, III.— wife of Daniel Bott.
of 4 Norris City, this county, was killed
by burglars last night. Bott jumped vout
of bed to defend his property and one of
the burglars shot, at him. The bullet
struck Mrs. Bott. The murderers es
caped.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
ST. PETER. Minn., June B.—Dr. George
L. Ranson died very suddenly last night
of hemorrhage of the brain. He was a
son of Dr. Ranson, of Dodge Center, and
located- here about two years ago, suc
ceeding the late Dr. Collins. He was
married in Minneapolis last January to
Miss May Jones, of that place. --.. ;> ".
BOSTON. June 8.-Gridley James Fox
Bryant died today at the home for aged
men here, aged eighty-six. He was at
one time supervising architect of the
United States. :•-^.
TOPEKA. Kan., June B.—Judge J. S.
Emory, one of the pioneers of the state,
died at his home in Lawrence tonight.
He was at one time United "States attor
ney for this district, and later a member
of th». state board of public works. He
was prominently identified with the early
history of Kansas, coming here in 1854.
Judge Emory was seventy-three years of
age and a native of Maine.
Fountain Murder Trial.
HILLSBORO. N. M., June B.—The de
fense strengthened its alibi this morning,
when Albert Blevin, a Texas & Pacific
railroad fireman who worked near Dog
canon, testified that he was with Lee and
Gillland at Lee's ranch, sixty miles from
the murder scent at the very time Col.
Fountain and"" his son were said to have
been murdered.
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An Unimportant Affair.
WASHINGTON, June B.—Th.' stat' de
partment has received from Consul Gen
eral Kennedy, at Para. Brazil, an expla
nation of the reported trouble at Manoas,
which makes it clear that the affair was
of slight Importance and was followed by
no 111 results.
io :
lowa Miners Strike.
DUBOIS. Pa.. June The miners at
all the mines in this region except those
at Adrian and Dubois were out on strike
today. Only a few men worked at those
two places, and they will be Idle tomor
row.
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ON THE PORTER.
He Got the Worst of It In This Job
Put Up on a Judge.
Philadelphia Record.
In a parlor car coming over from Phila
delphia Saturday was a trio made up of"
Commissioner Burke, of Baltimore; Civil
Justice Goldfogle and Assistant District
Attorney Blumenthal, of this city, the lat
ter having gone to Philadelphia to ad
dress the Political Economy club. Mr.
Burke and Mr. Blumenthal went into the
smoking compartment, while Mr. Blu
menthal said to the porter: "~'C^'
"Do you want to earn a dollar?"
"Yas, sir."
"Well, my friend here and I are keep
ers at the Bloomlngdale Insane asylum
and have that little fellow back there in
Seat No/ 13 In our charge. He gets bad
sometimes, and must be restrained. He
may want to escape. Keep your eye on
him. Should he attempt violence just tell
him 'Grover Cleveland Is In the next car
and will be ln to see you soon.' The poor
fellows mania Is on Cleveland."
All was quiet until the judge started to
ward the observation window.
"Hold up. boss," said the porter. "Don't
you go that way. Grover Cleveland is In
there, and he's coming right out. Now
Just sit down."
Justice Goldfogle yielded. When the
train left Newark he started for the
washroom. The porter laid heavy hands
upon him, saying:
"Didn't I tell you to kep your seat?
Sit down or I'll knock the craziness out
of you."
The justice Is a "scrapper." and- a fight
was on in a minute, in which the porter
got the worst of it. Blumenthal has not
squared matters yet.
■ v" Pease Employed.
Winona Leader. .
_ Hitting at Bryan.. Page Morris- and
Lind keeps the Anoka Union busy these
warm .days. How the sweat must roll
off Pease's bald head!; •'
Peace or Pieces.
Worthlngton Herald.
The suggestion of the Sheldon Sun to
Gen. Otis, that If he cannot make peace
with the Filipinos make pieces of them.
Is not so • bad.-' And; the general seems to
be doing It at a fair rate of speed.
. . Ambiguous.
Indianapolis Journal.
"Hear about Wllloughbee's railway ac
cident? • They say. he • cannot . recover.". ■■ .'
--"Who says— doctor or his lawyer?"
Specifications Called For.
.Indianapolis' Journal.
"Yes, that is Dr. ttloggs."-V^r •.- ;7 -'. \7;.
. "Allopath, homeopath, horse or divin
ity?'