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CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Carrier Imo 6 mos 12 mos
pally only 40 $2.25 $4.00
Dally and Bunday 50 2.75 6.00
Sunday 18 -7S 1.50
COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
' By Mail 1 mo 6 moa 12 moa
Daily only 26 $1.60 |3.00
Dally and Sunday 35 2.00 4.00
Bunday .75 1.50
Weekly 78 100
Jr Entered »t Postoffice at St. Paul. Minn..
ias Second-Class Matter. Address all
*» communications and make all. Remlt-
Jfctances payable to THE. GLORE CO., St.
f Paul, Minnesota. Anonymous conimu
. nlcatlons not noticed. Rejected manu
scripts will net be returned unless ac
companied by poetage.
BRANCH OFFICES.
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WEATHES FOR TODAY.
WASHINGTON, July s.—Forecast for
Thursday:
Minnesota—Fair Thursday, ■with warm
er in northern portion; increasing cloudi
ness Friday; variable winds.
Wisconsin—Generally fair Thursday,
■with warmer in eastern portion; Increas
ing cloudiness Friday; light easterly
winds.
The Dakotas—Fair Thursday, with
•warmer in western portions; increasing
cloudiness Friday; variable winds.
lowa—lncreasing cloudiness Thursday;
threatening, with showers; variable
Tvinds.
Montana—Generally fair and wanner
Thursday; fair Friday; westerly winds.
ST. PAUL,.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
Vnited Slates weather bureau, St. "Paul,
TV F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty
*• four horns ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 84
Lowest temperture 63
Averge temperture 74
Daily range 21
Barometer 29.8S
Humidity 70
Precipitation 03
7 p. m., wind, east; weather, partly
cloudy.
RIVER AT 8 1 M.
Danger Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Reading. 24 hours.
Davenport 13 9.2 ....
Kansas City 21 10.1' ....
La Crosse !') 8.1 —0 2
Memphis 33 15.4
Omaha 18 13.7 ....
St. Louis 30 22.6
St. Paul 14 8.0 —0.3
—Fall.
River forecast till 8 a. m. Friday: The
Mississippi will continue falling "slowly
in the vicinity of St. Paul.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
High*Spm| High»Bpm
Boston «W 76 Chicago 68- 61
■ Battleford ...62 62 Ciwinnati ...80 76
Bismarck ....76 72 Cleveland ...92 70
; Calgary 64 64 Denver 92 88
i Duluth 58 58 Detroit 78 6S
, Havre 72 70 New York ...SO 70
, Helena 74 72 Omaha 86 82
Huron 84 78 Philadelphia .86 80
Medicine I fat.72 68 Pittsburg ....92 78
Minnedusa ..70 66 Rapid .City. 82 74
Prince Albert.GO 62 'Frisco 5(5 52
Qu'Appelle ...70 61 St. Louis ...88 S4
S. Current ...62 58 Washington .86 68
84 78! Buffalo 86 76
Winnipeg ....80 721
♦Washington time (7 p. m.. St. Paul).
A DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
Democrats can learn much If they de
sire from the tone of the Imperialist
speeches which found delivery on Tues
day last. They were many, and they
■were, most of them, halcyon and vocif
erous. Mark Hanna and Chauncey
Dtpew sounded the key-note for the rest
of the oratorical brood, and as a result we
have had a glorification of militarism and
trust ism such as should arouse the fears
of all thoughtful men for the future of
American institutions.
Everything is lovely now in the United
States. If only a few traitors could be.
muzzled, and things let to go just as they
are going in the Industrial concerns of ;h<
country, the pro perity which Is coming
upon us would increase until it had be
come a perfect torrent. It is, moreover,
of course due entirely to the remedial
measures which cur masters, the Im
perialists, have inaugurated, notwith
standing that the only financial or econ
omic legislation enacted was that occas
ioned by the necessity to meet the in
creased expenses of the war, and that de
lightful improvement on the McKinley
tariff bili, now in operation.
This is t lie burden of the imperialistic
Btory just at this time. There is no real
belief in the efficacy or good faith of any
thing: or anybody, however, even among
themselves. But there is on the surface
an entire concurrence in the propositions
laid down. On the other hand, Demo
crats are united in regarding the entire
fabric of imperialism and militarism as
Involving the most serious consequences
to the country. There Is not a policy with
Which the present administration is iden
tified that any true Democrat can
give his adhesion to. Save and except the
needed efforts to restore peace and civil
government to Cuba and the Philippines,
the whole process is a stench in the nos
trils of all whose faith in representative
institutions is not blinded by their par
tisanship.
Why then are Democrats not at one?
There is no essential difference dividing
them. The best minds of the country,
even among leading Republicans, have
ts( rious doubts, and many of them are
openly in opposition to the Republican
policy; yet the discordant note is here
and there heard, showing that there are
those who would rather suffer defeat than
win victories except as they desire to
win them. The admirable address de
livered before the Tammany society on
Tuesday by the Hon. Joseph J. Wlltet
shoves that gentleman to be one of those
who fully appreciate the grave duty
■which rests upon every Democrat in the
serious crisis that confronts the country.
There can be no truer, more timely or
wiser words than the following taken
irom that address:
A great duty confronts us, that of driv
ing from power the party which con
temptuously ignores the rights of the
treat mass of people and makes laws for
the favored -few. And to win this victory
all that is necessary is that we should
come together in the old-time spirit cf
mutual concession and toleration for each
others views. When we stand thus
shoulder to shoulder and our Republican
enemy gives us battle we usually leave
him very much in the condition of those
Spaniards who went up against Dewev's
guns at Manila and Scnley's afsSo
iiut to get together .with the old-time
r ™£TvLVi! old-time enthusiasm!
we must fight the coming campaign on
living issues. The American people are
bo constituted, whether happily or un!
happily, that they prefer to settle the
Questions immediately in front of them
rather than those-*hich may arise in the
future. Happily for us, there are Issue!
rlttht in front of * upon which we can
all be untied. One of these is the tariff
with its monstrosities and absurdities
The need of tariff reform was never more
urewit than it Is today, and every one
tJ-y Sfo7reTief' lO°k to the Demo^atic
There Is net a Democrat who reads
these vvord3, no matter how widely he
thinks he differs In his opinions of party
po'ley from other Democrats, but should
take i hose words to himself, and see
whether he cannot do something, how-
ever slight, to cause such sentiments as
these to prevail among his fellow Demo
crats.
.
STILL "FOR DEFICITS ONLY."
The second year of operation of the fa
mous tariff bill that was to wipe out the
stigma put upon our finances by that
terrible Gorman-Wilson act, stigmatized
by the opposition as a "tariff for deficits
only," has closed with a deficit of over
$88,000,000, or $18,000,000 more than the
greatest deficit under the Cleveland ad
ministration, that of 1594, after a year of
panic and before the enactment of the
tariff bill law of that administration. It
is more than twice the deficit of June 30,
ISl>s, and over four times the deficit arising
under the last year of that much con
temned measure. President McKinley
closes the third fiscal year with a short
age of $88,875,989; President Cleveland
closed his third year with a deficit of
$46,558,909. The treasury of Mr. McKin
ley's administration is helped out with
an income from internal taxation of $273,
--142,490, while the same source gave Mr.
Cleveland's fisc but $143,570,210, a difference
in favor of the former of over $130,000,000.
Had Cleveland's internal revenue equaled
that of his successor he would have turn-
Ed the fiscal year with a surplus of about
$80,000,000.
But, it may be said, we have had, and
have, a war on our hands which has ab
sorbed, during the fiscal year, nearly
$2;W,000,000. True, but tiiere was taken
from the treasury by congress $50,000,000
last year to prepare for that war, and
there was raised on bonds $200,000,000 by
that "popular" loan of laughable memory.
The war expenditure for 1898-99 amount
ed to $320,000,000. The average an
nual expenditure before IS9S was
$50,000,000, which, as it would have
been maintained, should be deduct
ed, leaving the war cost some $220,c00,000,
or $30,000,000 less than the proceeds of the
loan and of the emergency appropriation,
the latter, it will be recalled, being taken
from the cash on hand in the treasury.
In spite of this surplus of war fund over
war cost, of the doubling of internal rev
enue receipts, and of the $11,000,000 re
ceived on account of Central Pacific, this
administration, that was going to re
store solvency to the treasury and re
place deficits with surplus, closes the
year with a shortage of over $;5,000,000.
Republican papers maintain a prudent
silence upon the subject. They no longer
prate about Democratic tariffs for deficits
only; that epigram has ,lost its point for
them. The comparison between their
jubilant predictions, which they based
upon the estimates of the chairman of
the ways and means committee when he
presented his measure to restore sur
pluses in the special session of 1897, and
the performance of his scheme is rather
too painful a topic to dwell upon. Mr.
Dinglty's last estimate, made after de
ducting losses from anticipatory importa
tions, was that his measure would pro
: duce at least $75,000,000 more than the
Wilson act in its first, and over $100,000,
--000 more in its second year. It falls over
I S7",000,«)0 short of doing as predicted this
' year, and exceeds the product of the Wil
| son act in its last year by only $30,000,000.
GERMANY AND AMERK A.
The correspondence between Admiral
Dewey and Admiral yon Diedrichs, which
i the Globe publishes today on the oc
j casion of Dewey's deserved promotion,
places certain very voluble persons, such
as Grand Marshal Halstead and Capt.
Coughlin, in a very dubious position. It
i sustains, moreover, the contention of the
: German-American press of the country
! that the statements made regarding the
' hostile attitude of the German repre
i pentatives at Manila toward the United
States were false and unfounded.
The Globe at no time gave sanction,
direct or indirect, to those statements or
to the foolish attitude assumed by cer
tain of our politicians and newspapers
j toward the German nation. On the con
trary, there was strong inherent evidence
that, like the statement that England
I had saved us from a European coalition
j on behalf of Spain, the reputed hostility
i of Germany toward us was manufactured
to promote the purpose of our political
I Anglo-maniacs.
The maudlin Coughlin has passed Into
his bureaucratic obscurity. There was
much to be said by way of pardon of
him, but in his final disappearance from
public view he is now generally recog
nized a3 merely a talkative and irrespon
sible man, fitted well enough to do the '■
work of a subordinate, but disqualified ]
by temperament from the higher duties i
of public station. He was used as a |
cat's paw, and he fulfilled the role very
saXisfactorialy while he lasted.
It is very gratifying to all Americans I
who recognize the closeness of the bonds '
which unite this people and the Germans I
that this dangerous political fabrication
should receive its death-blow at the
hands otAdmiral Dewey. His voice alone
was necessary to its destruction. The
tone of both Yon Diedrichs' and Dewey's i
letters is that of companionship in arms.
They address each other not In the formal
language of official politeness, but In
that of friends. This is especially notable
in Admiral Dewey's letter, as well as in
the fact that he felt called on to advise
the German commander of his promotion.
Coughlin and the Anglo-American alli
ance are buried in the same ditch. The
relations between the two nations of the
Inited States and Germany, on the other !
hand, were never more cordial than they
are at the present moment. For which
we have largely to thank the good sense
of the head of the German empire, the
faith of our German-Americans citizens
and the refusal of the American peo
ple as a whole to be misled by a junta
of small political marplots.
Is American literature growing in
strength? The query is prompted by the
following sandwiched between two edi
torials in the New York Herald:
Just one ytar ago today.
Trapped in Santiago bay,
Don Cervera made a bold dash to be free
But he didn't get away.
For our Jackies. hip, hurrah!
Sent his war ships to the bottom of the
sea—
Yea, they really made them look like 30c!
"Gen. Shatter," says the Washington
Post, "should be consulted frequently
concerning the additions to the navy."
Gen. Shatter should be consulted' solely
THE ST. FAUL GLOBE, THURSDAY, JULY 6 f 1899.
upon the conditions of the temperature
in his immediate locality.
The Nebraska Populists, it is stated,
will decline to fuse with the Democrats.
Then they are decidedly ungrateful. For
the past five years they have held all the
state offices, with the single exception of
attorney general, and all of them elected
by the aid of Democratic votes.
Chicago isn't saying a word about Its
delightful climate for a minut* On the
Fourth It rained In Chicago an<l was de
lightful in almost every other city and
hamlet In the whole country.
The St. Paul base ball team ended its
fight .for the Western league pennant on
the Fourth. This afternoon it will begin
a life-and-death struggle to keep out of
last place.
Was Gen. Miles mentally sane in July
and August of last year?— New York
Sun.
Has the New York Sun been sane since
the death of Its editor?
It was an unusually quiet Fourth after
all. Only two persons were killed and
5C2 injured in the whole country.
So far the navy department has provid
ed Admiral Dewey with everything but
tan shoes and a shirt waist.
Pingree has come out flat-footed for
MeKlnley. The president's weight of woe
is getting pretty oppressive.
Ex-Senator Peffer's voice Is for war.
Poor old Kansas doesn't seem to have
enough probate courts.
Judged by the wild yelp emanating from
the Republican press, Kentucky has been
autopoebelized.
CENTURY WILL END
Before the Controversy Over It Does,
It In Feared.
To the Editor of the Gle.be:
Reading in the Globe the arguments
set forth by several most excellent and
learned gentlemen as to which year Is to
determine the close of the present cen
tury, and being tilled with a wholesome
fear lest 1 should all too soon be pre
cipitated into another century without
sufficient preparation, and also to deter
mine whether my own calculations are
correct, I beg most respectfully to ask
Mr. J. I. Beaumont how he proposes to
keep a correct count of the years in the
century to follow the present one, if ha
begins the. count with the year 1900?
For instance, he holds that the Chris
tian era begins, as regards time, with
naught, thus, o—l—2—3, etc., while he
holds that the next century begins when
we begin to use the date "1900."
If this is true, the end of the twentieth
century (by exact count of ICO years)
will have arrived when the figures 1999
have bean put down for the first time, or
at the end of the year 1998.
Now, the solution of the question,
"When does this century close?" seems
to me very plain, and 1 will endeavor to
convey my understanding of it In as few
words as possible.
While all seem to agree that one year
In the Christian era had not passed until
the close of the year one, yet all will
admit that during the year one, even from
the first day thereof, it would have been
spoken of, written of, correspondence and
legal documents dated, as the year one;
and the same is true of each succeeding
year, and is true of the present year,
which when it was ushered in was called
the year 1899, but which really does not go
upon record as the year 1599 until the last
day of it has passed, and the milestone
been set up.
How then does this year close the cen
tury? According to exact count it has
closed ninety-nine years of It, and only
when the iist day of the year to follow
this shalrhave passed, and the year 1900
goes upon record as a full, round year,
will we have passed the nineteenth hun
dredth milestone, and the present century
be ended.
—Kate R. Thornton. The Albion.
St. Paul, July 5.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Let us be serious. Mr. John Thomssen.
of Slab Hollow, Minn., has misunder
stood the whole tenor and basso profundo
of my remarks concerning the end of the
nineteenth and the beginning of the twen
tieth century. Although no diagram was
furnished, the article was strictly ironical
in tone and illustrating the fact that,
even if we are not one hundred years
behind In our calendar, there are people
among us who are, at least, one hundred
years behind the times.
There is but one side to the twentieth
century controversy, logically or mathe
matically. If a man owes 1,900 dollars
he is expected to pay 1,900 dollars; not
1,899 dollars and a glimpse into the
future for the odd dollar. Nineteen hun
dred years will not have elapsed until
the nineteen hundredth year shall ha%'e
passed into enternity. The nineteen hun
dredth year. Anno Domini, will have gone
into the dim vista of the past Jan. 1. 1901.
One little minute after that date those
of us then alive will be living in the
twentieth century. Surely this is a plain
mathematical proposition. When we have
lived out the 1,900 th year, then, and not
until then, will the debt of time have
been liquidated; the nineteenth century
rounded out and complete.
—Cyrus Ringbolt.
Stryker, 111.
To the Editor of the Globe:
As Mr. Beaumont has accepted my prem
ises, it devolves upon me to clothe my
conclusions more convincingly, if possible,
which I hope to do with bis help. He
says, "When one year has rolled around
and ended * * * the figure one records
the fact." And here it will be well to
note that the year one "rolled around"
from point 0 to point 1 before it ended.
It is now precisely 8 p. m., July 5, 1899.
If I understand Mr. Beaumont this in
dicates "time past;" that is, 1899 years,
7 months, 5 days and 20 hours of the era
have flown. We must admit that the
twenty hours have gone completely and
we are now on our twenty-first hour of
the fifth day of the seventh month of the
1899 th year, but five months, twenty-six
daj's and nearly 4 hours must elapse be
fore the year 1899 is done, for if the day
and month are incomplete the year must
be also
To quote Mr. Beaumont once more,
"Stations by their numbers in the meas
urements of space always indicate the
units of space or distance past from the
starting point and in Mke manner the
years of our Lord always by their num
bers indicate units or years past, so that
when the figures 1900 appear it will mean
that the nineteenth century has passed.
I wish to call particular attention to these
words. as therein lies Mr. Beau
mont's difficulty. The space which lies
between station^ 9!) and 100 is the KiOth
unit space from The beginning. We agree
on that. The 100 th year i.^ likewise rep
resented by the extension between points
9!< and 100 and not by the point 100. As
soon as we pass point 99 we are in the
year 100. which ends at point 100. In
time rotation, however, the number of
the year 100 appears immediately after
passing: point 99 and continues in "use for
twelve months before reaching point 100.
so the above should be modified
somewhat to give an exact meaning,
thus: When the figures 1900 appear for
the last time (Dec. 31, 1900) it will mean
that the nineteenth century has passed.
Now as a comparison of space and time
measurements let us express in customary
notation the length of a railroad survey
which .-hall correspond to the length of
time past since the beginning of the
Christian i-ra, the unit of spare, 100 feet
the unit of time, one year, and the gen
eral statement for both cases is IX9$
units plus 509-1000 of the unit between 1898
and 1899 or. for the survey. ]S!«.s<tf« st-.i
tions: for the time, 1898.509 years
Technically the point reached by the
survey will be station 1898 plus 50..9 feet,
which means 1898.509 stations. The point
of time attained is July 5, 1889, which
means 1898.569 years.
July 5. 1899. —C. L. Annan.
To the Editor of the Globe: •-
Tn justice to your correspondent, Mr
Annan, and to myself. I desire to say to
the readers of -the Globe that in my
quotation from Mr. Annan's communica
tion which appeared in your columns on
the 23d ulto., and which I used in my
communication . which appeared, under
the above caption, in your issue of -this
date, Mr. Annan is represented to have
stated, in th.» last sentence of that quota
tion, as follows, - namely: .' "Station 1
means that th.>re is no-such unit ■•
tween the starting point £>nd.itself." The
printer, in setting up my copy, which
by the way (so far as the quotation re
ferred to is concerned),■>was a <;lipp'nc
from Mr. Annan's communication Inad
vertently, no doubt, put in the word
"no" before the words: "such unit "• in
lieu of the "word "one.": as it appeared in
thfe copy. As acc;ir««y :In figures -is es
sential in* this - discussion. :'T "call attention
MR. LAWLER'S ADDRESS.
« orr. •*,>,,m(!,-k( Whtt Say* It Brings
Him Near to Republicanism.
To the Editor of the Qlobe:
In thin morning's G lio be appears a re
port or an address delivered, yesterday,
by Hon. Daniel W. Lawler, in which It
strikes me he Verges dangerously near
Republicanism*
. Now- ll app*rs to me a waste of time
to discuss a Jfrot<-ctiv'e tariff, formation
of trusts, goldg&tandard, national banks,
or banks of i*ue, income tax, imperial
ism and expansion, or the- many Indi
vidual questions that separate the Re-
Pu?' ican Partjfc-fnom Democracy.
rbere is onj general proposition that
settles all these^questions. By it one
knows his party's* standing.
The Repubildjan party teaches the doc
trine of raising the individual at the ex
pense of the masses. Democracy believes
211 the reverse, of this proposition.
Apply this to any political question and
you will know' at once which party you
desire to support.
If a protective 'tariff benefits the in
dividual at th.c. expense of the masses,
then it is not- Democracy. If the gold
standard, or $he -Issue of paper money,
exclusively, by, national banks benefits
the individual., at' the expense of the
masses then if W- toot Democracy. If an
income tax benefits the masses at the
expense of the individual, then to favor
it would be good Democratic doctrine.
If the annexation of ten millions of
ignorant people in the Pacific ocean is a
benefit to American institutions and
American labor, then let's all vote for
Hanna's "mortgaged man."
_. ». —J. N. Rogera.
St. Paul, July 5.
TRY IT ON SERVANTS.
A Sußgeatioii to the Civic I.chuim-
by a Merchant.
To the Editor of the Globe:
Apropos of the action of the Civic
league in declaring a boycott against re
tailers who refuse' a half holiday on Sat
urday to their employes, for the sake of
consistency, an humble retailer suggests
that these good ladles go a step farther
and resolve that every servant in their
employ, male and female, be accorded a
Saturday half holiday and a full Sunday
to rest. This action will put them on a
level with their more favored sisters of
the store or shop. Now, .Civics, a rous
ing resolution m adopting this sugges
tion it will relieve you from the imputa
tion of poking your noses into other peo
ple's business, made by cranky, crusty
retailers who are not capable of appre
ciating your large hearted benevolence,
which enables you in a spirit of self
sacrifice to neglect husband and home
and children (if you have any), that you
may the better look into the affairs of
your neighbors and the public. Now for
that resolution emancipating your serv
ants from all labor Saturday afternoon
and Sunday. —A Retailer.
St. Paul, July 5.
DRAMATIC.
METROPOLITAN.
The Boston Lyric company is delighting
! the patrons of-the Metropolitan fMs "•■
■ ■w.'tb a splendfd production of De Wolf
I Hopper's great comic opera success,
"Wang;" the presentation given is first
class and complete in every respect.
When "Wang" was first presented to the
American public, the crisp, sparkling dia
logue, witty and humorous; the lively,
catchy music and songs, and the realism
of the ponderous comedy elephant won
for the opera instantaneous popularity.
"The Man in tMe Moon," "A Pretty Girl,
A Shady Nook" and "Baby, Baby" were
sung, whistled and played in every city in
the land, and "Wang" played to big busi
ness everywhere. It will be presented here
for the remainder oT the week, with the
usual popular-price matinee Saturday aft
ernoon. The engagement of the Boston
Lyric company closes Saturday night,
when they return to Minneapolis.
The Metropolitan will be dark for two
weeks, commencing Sunday evening, ow
ing to a booking of the Neill company in
Winnipeg, which could not be canceled
or postponed; the Neills will return to
the Twin Cities at its close.
CYCLONE STRIKES H NEBRASKA
PASSES WITHSTH ,TWO MILES OF
THE TOWN OF AINSWOBTH,
."UOVIXfJ NORTH
Mrs. William Lroekmlller, a Farm
er's Wife, I* Caught in the Kuii.s
of Her Home and Horribly Man.
Kled.
AINSWORTH, Neb., July 5.-A de
structive cyclone passed Ainsworth two
miles to the north this afternoon, killing
one woman and tearing houses, barns,
fences and bridges into kindling wood.
The cyclone seemed to form fifteen miles
northeast of Ainsworth. It waa first no
ticed about 4 o'clock, and was headed
in a direct line for this city, finally pass
ing just north and breaking about three
miles east. Its first destructive work was
on the farm of John Strohm, demolishing
everything in sight. Luckily, the family
took to a cave and no one was Injured.
It struck the house of William Lock
miller, a mile >io the east. Mrs. Lock
miller had sought refuge in the cellar
with three small children. Her oldest
son not coming, and fearing that he
might be killed in. the barn, where he
was working, ,Mrs. Lockmlller started
to call him just as the cyclone reached
them. As she arived at the door the
house was moved from its foundation
and she was crushed into a lifeless mass
and her body nearly severed in twain at
the waist. The children, however, were
unhurt, the cloud doing no' further dam
age than moving the house a few feet.
The farm of Rev. ,T. W. De Long, about
two miles north of: town, waa next vis
ited. Here the tornado remained alm&st
stationary for a few moments, while its
tail swung around to the east of the
house, striking the outbuildings and
whirling them in a confused mass over
the prairie to the north, leaving the
house intact. A moment later it envel
oped the house in a cloud, and when it
cleared away not even the foundation
was left standing. Rev. De Long and
family, consisting of wife and three chil
dren, had taken refuge in the cellar and
were unhurt.
The farm houses of George Brown and
W. H. Hurrtng were completely demol
ished. _
FIGHT ON SCALPERS.
Injunction Issurd AfgalnMt Fourteen
Detroit Broker*.
DETROIT, Mich., July s.—Temporary
Injunctions were issued tod-iy by Judge
Swan in the United States court against
fourteen ticket brokers who have come
to the city within the last few days, se
cured licenses and prepared to do a
brokerage business in Christian Endeavor
excursion tickets. The injunctions were
issued at the instance of the New York
Central and Grand Trunk railroads.
HIS CRKDITORS PROTEST.
X. K. < rH«fii<lei«'» Coarse in Bank-
piipicj Isn't Smooth.
Judge Ix)chren yesterday had under
fonsideration the application of N. E.
Crittenden, oi Pino City, to be discharged
from bankruptcy. N. A. Carson, who
claims to be a cremtor to the amount of
$2,725. entered £ strong protest.
Gom to IJuty in 2Vew York.
Sherman J. Ellison has been appointed
general passenger agent of the Great
Northern in New York city, vice Edward
D. Spencer, resigned. The appointment
is in effect, and H*r. Ellison will leave
Dcs Monies, where he has ;icted as dis
trict passenger agent of the road for
some years, at V>nce.
linker, and I,ark in High.
In the tenth game »' the twentieth
tourney at the St. Paul Chess and Whist
club last evening Baker and Larkin made
the high score.
.^b-
Quakers . Helenas, Player*.
PHILADELPHIA. July: The Phila
delphia base ball club-today save Pitcher
Wheeler -and .'ex-Infielder Fultz ten days'
notice of release. "
ONE LOSE WESTERNER
EAST SEEMS TO HAVE THE GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ITS FAVOR
ITE PLAYERS
DOUGLAS IS IN FINE FORM
Now Looked Ipon to Retain the
Title of Champion Amateur
Golfer—Young; Holablrd 1m De
feated by McDonald-Surprise o>f
the Day Wax the Defeat of Wal
ter B. Smith by J. U. Thorp.
ONWENTSIA CLUB GOLF GROUNDS,
Lake Forest, 111., July s.—Only one West
ern man now remains to battle for the
amateur golf championship in the tourna
ment at Onwontsia. Today's game saw
the downfall of four out of five Western
ers who were successful in yesterday's
match games. AYalter Fairbanks, of the
Overland Park club, of Denver, was
vanquished by H. P. Toler, of the Bal
trusol Golf club. D. R. Forgan went
down before the prowess of Champion
Findlay S. Douglas, William Holabirff .Tr.,
the sixteen-year-old player of the Glen
view Golf club, of Chicago, was beaten
by another Westerner, C. B. McDonald,
of the Chicago Golf club, while Walter
B. Smith, of the Onwentsia club, run
ner up in last year's tournament at the
Morris county course, was defeated, after
a hard struggle, by J. G. Thorp, of the
Oakley County club, of Cambridge, Mass.
The playing of Mr. Douglas was prom
inently the feature of the day. Ha de
feated his opponent, D. R. Forgan, the
Onwentsia captain, with ridiculous ease,
and in doing- so established a new compe
tition record for the long Onwentsia
course, going out In the morning in forty
and in In forty, a total of SO for the IS
holes. The performance was by far the
best of the season, and the form dis
played by the champion was so superior
to that shown by the other contestants
that his final victory is regarded by many
as a foregone conclusion. Forgan's play
ing was good, even better perhaps than
he has done lieretofore, but he was so
far outclassed by Douglas that the score
became lopsided during the tirst nine
holes and the large gallery that started
out to see the work of the champion
drifted away to the other contestsr»ts.
Bogey was beaten in the play for the
first, second, third, sixth, eleventh,
twelfth, thirteenth and homo holes, while
the play over the crooked ground form
ing the "boomerang," the seventh hole
was equal to Bogey. Douglas was en
thusiastically cheered as he made the
home hole in three on a particularly
long put.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY.
The biggest surprise of the day was
the defeat of Walter B. Smith, last
year's runner up, by J. G. Thorp. Mr.
Thorp, who was runner up against Whig
ham at Shinnecock Hills, in 1596, has dis
played particularly good form during this
tournament, but Smith had been doing
such good work that he was picked to
win over his Eastern opponent by a ma
jority of the golfers present. Smith
started out well, winning the iirst hole
in 5 and the third in 5. Here, however,
he fell down badly, losing the fourth and
fifth holes by poor puts, and at the
ninth Thorp won on 4. Thorp won the
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth, and
Smith the seventeenth, leaving the score
for the morning's play o up for Thorp.
Mr. Smith played better in the after
noon, but could not overcome the ad
vantage gained by Thorp in the morning
and the play was unfinished at the 35
hole, 2 up for Thorp. Smith was much
disappointed over the result. He said he
fully expected to win, even after Thorp
had outplayed him in the morning, but
he was unable to put accurately, losing
several holes by poor putting, when his
ball was within a yard or two of the
hole.
C. B. McDonald, the Chicago Golf club
expert, defeated his young opponent,
William Holablrd Jr., as was exepected,
but displayed such poor form during the
first nine holes that for a time it looked
as if Hoiabird would win. Holabird did
beautiful work at first, winning the first
hole in 1, the second in 3, the third In 5,
and the fourth in 5. The first three holes
■were better than Bogey, and the boy was
heartily applauded for his work by a
gallery of several hundred. On the fifth
hole, however, McDonald played much
better sjolf, having apparently recovered
from his nervousness, and won the fifth
in 5, the sixth in 4, and the seventh in 5.
During the rest of the morning play and
in the afternoon McDonald played in
splendid form, finally winning on the
thirty-second hole.
AN EASY VICTORY.
Gaidiner G. Hubbard, of the Oakley
Country club, easily defeated his oppo
nent, James A. Tyng, of the Morris
Country club, and in so doing played the.
best golf he has done in the tournament.
Hubbard's drives were long and well
placed, especially during the afternoon,
when a strong east wind militated great
ly against good play, and putting was
remarkably accurate. Tyi)g, on the other
hand, played below his usual form. He
fell down badly on two or three short
puts that should have won holes for him,
and in addition to this had considerable
bad luck in his drives, approaching and
getting into casual water, with which the
course abounded, on two or three occa
sions. Hubbard, however, hal a similar
experience, so the element of luck really
cut little figure in the final result.
Judging from the attendance at the
play during the afternoon, it is probable
that tomorrow's play will be followed
by more lovers of the same than at any
time during the tournament. The rain
ceased this afternoon and the sun and
wind quickly dried up the course, leav
ing it in splendid condition for tomorrow.
Tomorrow's drawings are as follows: • ■
John W. Reid Jr.. St. Andrew's, vs. W.
J. Travis, Oakland Golf club.
I* indlay S. Douglas, Fairfleld Golf club,
vs. G. G. Hubbard, Oakley Country club.
J. G. Thorp, Oakley Country Golf club,
vs. C. B. McDonald, Chicago Golf club.
H. M. Harriman,. Meadowbrook club,
vs. H. P. Toler, Baltrusol Golf club.
SCORES OF TODAY'S PLAY.
Roderick Terry, Ardsley, vs. H. M.
Harriman, Meadowbrook. (Morning
play):
Terry—
Out 5 4 5 4 5 6 & 5 5 —44
In 5 5 6 5 4 5 3 5 3—41—85
Harriman—
Out 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 4—42
In 6 5 7 4 4 5 4 5 3-43—85
(Afternoon):
Terry-
Out 5 4 6 3 6 5 6 4 5—
In ."."•-. ..5 5 5 5 6 4 3 5 6—44—90
Harriman—
Out a 4 3 5 4 5 8 4 4—44
In 6 5 7 4 3 5 3 5 4—42—86
Harriman wins two up.
Afternoon P. Toler Baltrusol, vs. Wal
ter Fairbanks, Overland park:
(Morning):
Fairbanks —
Out C 3 6 4 5 5 5 4 5—16
In 6 5 7 4 5 5 4 a 4—46—02
Toler— - .
Out 5 4 5X4555 7—44
In 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 6 4—43—87
Toler five up.
(Afternoon):
Fairbanks—
Out 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 6-42 .
In ..:.. "..7 675 4 6 3 4—
Toler—
Out 5 5 7 5 4 6 6 5 6—44
In 5 5 7 6 6 5 2 4—
Toler wins two up, one to play.
Findlay S. Douglas, Fairn.-ld. vs. D. R.
Forgan. Onwentsia. Morning:
■ Douglas
Out .. ........4 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 s— lo j
In .. 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 3—4o—SO
Forgan—
Out 5 4 6 5 4 5 7 4 7—
In .. C 6 5 4 6 6 3 6 4—lS—o2
Douglas 9 up. ■■> tVii
Affernoon: ;----....:
Douglas— 53 04 456
Out 5 3 6 4 4 6 6
Forgan— ;■-;"-. .-'-■ ■', . .
Out 5 4 5 5 5-6 7
i Douglas wins 13 up, 11 to play. \ •*!.,".
G. G. Hubbard, Oakley, vs. J. A. Tyng,
Morris county. Morning:
... Hubbard— ; ..-• .••-;.; ..-.;,;.••
Out ....5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 6-42
In ..' 6 6 8 5 5 5 4 4 4—17-89
Tyng— . ;-;. v - v : . -
Out 5 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5^3
In .."..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.& 5 7 5 6 7 4 5 4—92
Hubbard 4 ut>.
Afternoon:
Hubbard—
Out 5 4 6555 56 6—17
In 4 5 6 5 5
Tyng—
Out .. '.... r....5 4 5 6 5 6 5 5 —46-
In .. 5 6 5 6 5-
Hubbard wins 5 up and 4 to play
C. B. McDonald. Chicago, vs. William
Holabird Jr., Glenview. (Morning):
McDonald—
Out ........::......5 4 6 6 5 4., 5-45
In :■: 5 5 6 5 5 P - ~. ♦—14
Horablrd— >--^ -. - •-•*- S»^£ ~\7 r i
Out *■;:..■*?+?....-;..4 3 5 5 6 6 7 5 5-16
lrl ■■ •• ....6 5666 54 5 4—IT
McDonald-two up. (Afternoon)- S,
McDonald— % •. - - ?■
Out ........:;:.....4 46 5 34 6 6 5-43
In ............:....-.-.6 4 5 5 4
Holabird— •.-■ -i •
Out •••••• '.".';.. 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5—
In ....;. „■....5 5 6 6 6 .
McDonald wins. six up. four to play.-
W. J. Travis, Oakland, vs. C. P. Line
weaver, Philadelphia. (Morning):
• Travis- ' -\
Out 5 4 5-56573 4—44
In ..............6 7 7 6 5 6 3 6 4-50-96
Lineweaver two up. (Afternoon): - ■': j
Travis—
put 5 4 6 5 5 6 5 4 5—45
In 4 6665534*
Lineweaver—
put 5 4 6 5 7 5 7 5 5-49
In ...... ...;.... 7 5 5 7 5 6 4 6 •--"*
Travis three up. one to play.
J. G. Thorp, Oakley, vs. W. B. Smith,
Onwentsia (morning)—
Thorp-
Out 6 3 6 4 3 5 5 4 s—ll
In •••- 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4—42—53
W. B. Smith-
Out .... 5 35 6 455 4 8—45
In _- 5 6655544 1 11 89
Thorp 3 up.
Afternoon:
Thorp-
Put .... ....6 4 5 4 5 5 6 5 7—17
In 6 5655644*
Smith-
Out 5 4 6 4 8 4 4 6 5—46
In : 6 5665544*
Thorp wins 2 up, 1 to play.
John Reid Jr., St. Andrews, vs. A. M.
Robblns, St. Andrews. Morning:
Reid—
Out 6 4 7 5 5 4 5 7 4—17
In 6 5 6 6 4 6 3 4 4—14 •
Robbins—
Out 65 7 755 57 6—53
In 6 5 6 5 5 6 3 4 5-45
Reid 5 uj>.
Afternoon:
Reid— - .
Out ..5 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 5—44
In ....5 6 6 5 7 5 3 5 4—46—
Roberts—
Out 5 3 5 4 5 5 6 5 4—42
In 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 1-41 86
Reid wins by 1 up.
LAWN TENNIS.
Middle States Toarnamen t Contln-
ues at Orange, W. J.
NEW YORK, July 5.-The Middle States
lawn tennis championship tournament
was continued at Orange, N. J., this aft
ernoon on the courts of the Orange Ten
nis club. In the championship singles,
third round—J. A. Allen beat S. C. Mil
let; J. P. Paret beat H. H. Miles, R.
Stevens beat W. J. Clothier.
In the championship doubles, prelimi
nary round—C. W. Glazebrood and R. C.
Hills beat H. W. Hagan and R. Wilson;
W. J. Clothier and R. D. Little beat R.
D. Thurber and H. E. Avery.
In the Consolation singles, preliminary
round—S. Franklin beat C. E. Fennessy
by default: R. W. Hills beat A. Codman
by default; C. F. Watson, Jr., beat H. S.
Tilney; first round, J. Kearney, Jr., bent
H. V. Rider by default; M. S. Mark beat
T. J. Grant; C. F. Watson, Jr., beat H.
LitUe; F. B. Hague beat I. Griffin; W. C.
Grant beat H. H. Homans by default; J.
Bramhall beat W. F. Kyle.
L. A. W. FINALS.
Ciose of the Race Meet at Canal
Dover, Ohio.
CANAL DOVEH, 0., July s.—Today
closed the L. A. W. meet here. Rain
threatened when the races were called.
A continous gale blew down the stretch
all the forenoon. It held tho riders
back on the second quarter, but made
fast finishes. There were no accidents
of any consequence. The following are
the summaries of the professional
evt nts:
One-half mile, open, professional—B.
Oldfield, Toledo won. Harry Felter, De
troit, second, F. C. Sehrein, Toledo,
third. Time, 1:09 4-5.
One mile, consolation, professional—R.
E. Walter, Allegheny, first; M. Rutter.-
Canton, second; F. J. Dreher, Cleveland,
third; Harry Wood "Pace," Oberlin,
fourth. Time, 2:19 3-5.
HOYI\<. AT DUBtftl E.
Three Days' Carnival to Be Held In
Angnst.
CHICAGO, July The Dubuque Ath
letic club was organized today at Du
buriue. John P. Lux, of Dubuque, was
made president, and L. M. Houseman, of
Chicago, secretary and general manager.
The opening show will consist of a three
days' carnival, Aug. 29, 30 and 31. Root
and Pyers have been matched to decide
the middle-weight championship of
America. Propositions for matches have
also been made to several of the best
known pugilists, including George Dixon,
Peter Maher and Joe Choynski.
LOST THREE STRAIGHT.
Washbarn Plays the Short String in
■ ,'-'■ ■ ' - .
the Newspaper Tourney.
In the piay in the newspaper men's
billiard tourney at Carney's rooms, early
this morning, Brill, of the Pioneer Press,
handicapped at 40, beat Washburn, of the
Globe, who was at scratch, but only
scored 43.
Ogilvie and Vance, of the Globe, at
100 and 75, respectively, played, the for
mer winning—loo to 56.
PugUiMt O'Leary Dead.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. July 5. — "Con"
O"Leary, a well known pugilist, died to
day from injuries received in a saloon
row a few days ago.
LOST THEIR LIVES.
\ew York Woman and Her i.rmiil-
BOn Drowned,
NEW YORK, July s.—Mrs. M. W. Sim
mons and her grandson, Henry Bartlett,
both of New York, were drowned in the
sound at Oakland beach, near Rye, N. V.,
today.
TOLD IN A LINE.
Tele.tsra.nhic \'ew* Condensed for
Buay Readers.
Columbus, O.—Hon. Allen W. Thurman,
yesterday, denied that he is a candidate
for the vice presidency on the Demo
cratic ticket.
London—The sessions of the interna
tional council of women terminated yes
terday at the residence of the Countess
of Aberdeen, at Watford, where there
was a very large gathering of delegates.
The countess entertained the delegates
at luncheon.
Pittsburg—The proposed strike at the
Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel
company ha* been abandoned. At a
meeting of the local lodge at Homestead,
last night, it was decided that the pres
ent is an inopportunie time to strike. The
work of strengthening the organization
will continue.
Gainesville, Ga. — William .1. Bryan
spoke to 3,000 people at the Chautauqua
here yesterday. He was introduced by
Gov. Candler.
Jefferson City. Mo.—Gov. Stephens has
ordered a special election for Aug. 29 to
fill the seat of the late Congressman
Bland.
Chattanooga, Term.—Pleas Wynn and
Catlett Tipton, the whitecappers, were
hung at Sevierville at 1:02 yesterday for
the murder of old man Whaley and his
wife over a year ago. They both con
fessed, and stated that they were hired
to do the deed by one Bob Catlett.
Washington—A final decision was
reached yesterday by the naval board
of bureau chiefs to put a two-inch nickel
steel protective deck on the six small
cruisers about to be built. / - -
New York—Bids were opened yesterday
for $10,025,000 of New York city 3ȣ Per
cent gold bonds. The tenders ranged all
the way from 105 to 109.201 for all or parts
of the issue, but the bonds will prob
ably go to Farson. Leach & Co.. who bid
100.45- for the entire lssu*.- ....-■
FLOODS ARE RUINOUS"
RKI'ORTS FROM KANSAS FOLLOW
THOSE THAT CAME FROM
TEXAS TOWNS
NOHOSO RIVEB OVERFLOWS..,
Everything: Movable in Path of the
Flood "Is Swept Away— Reports '
From Texan Add to the Horror of
the Situation in the Flood Dis
tricts of That State—l,oss of Life
Han Been Great.
CHANEUTE. Kan., July s.—The Noh<£" ,
so river is out of its banks at this place
and steadily rising. The levees are „
broken at several points, and the bot- *
torn lands for miles up and down tha
river are flooded. Trains on the Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas railroad,from Par
sons and Atchison and Tcpeka and Santa
Pc trains from Pittsbur.?, are compelled to
go by way of Cherryvale, on account of
the flooding of the bridges. Thousands of
dollars 1 worth of wheat in stacks Is float
ing down the river, with barns and out
buildings. The flcort nearly reaches the
high mark of :SBS.
lola, Kan.—All snail rivors In this
section are out of their banks and three
brldsr<»3 have been carried away in Allen
county. Considerable wheat left in the
bottoms was carried away and the losa
in hogs and cattle will amount to
thousands of dollars.
Moline, Kan.—Heavy rains caused th«
bursting of the Santa Fe reservoir near
here. The reservoir covered sixty acres
and held thirty-live feet of water.
DISASTER AI'PAM.IX;.
Fairest Part of Texas Made a WII-
dernemi by Flood*.
HOUSTON, Tex., July 5.—A correspond
ent has Just returned from a voyage
through the flooded districts. The disaster
is appalling. After this flood will come
sickness, undoubtedly, and what a week
ago was the fairest part of Texas is now
almost a God-forsaken wilderness. The
waters of the Brazos have for six days
covered its valley to a depth of from
six to thirty feet, where a week ago
there were on every hand fields of cotton
and corn, and thousands of acres of
■watermelons and cantaloupos today there
Is slimy mud over all the vegetation, and
the bare carcasses of cows, mules, pigs,
dogs and cats, mayhap humans, for many
are missing. The party left Bryan at
sunrise yesterday morning, going to the
Navasota bottoms and to a point about
three miles from Millican. Here they en
countered everywhere an overflow from
the Navasota, which spread out fully two
miles on either side of the Houston &
Texas Central track.
Everythlng is under water from two to
seventeen feet. It looked on all sides like
a great lake, and the water was so high
that for a vast area it completely sub
merged the telegraph and telephone poles
along the line. In truth portions of the
N'Mvasota bottoms are even now a perfect
sea, extending four or five miles wide
at certain points. Hundreds of houses
there are totally submerged, and as many
more are swept from their foundations
and destroyed. The planters of the bot
toms are still moving their help, and
whatever is left of thoir stock, to places
where they can be cared for. They are
all nobly helping each other and seek
ing refuge wherever they can; some seek
ing safety on housetops.
All planters stated that the outside
world has no conception of the floods or
losses incurred by the destruction of
crops, stock and buildings. Nearly every
planter has built boats and sent them
through the flooded districts to render
assistance to the people, and if pos
sible save some of their drowning stock.
The flood district has a length of over
500 miles, a breadth of probably fifty
miles, and in all this vast space damage
incalculable has been done.
The loss to life will never be fully
known, perhaps, the bottoms were thick
ly settled, mostly with negro tenant
farmers; among: these has been the great
est loss of life. To show the damage
done, the following estimates have been
made by men who are in a position to
know: Lives lost from 100 to 300; loss to
farmers, including crops, as well as live
stock, from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000; damage
to railroads and to country bridges $2
-00.000 to J4.000.1W0. These estimates are
taken in the whole area. It is known that
more than sixty people have met their
death; that many bodies have been re
covered; it is not believed that all of
them will ever be recovered.
cause: of floods.
Four Days' Steady Rain, Comments.
Ins .June :*»!.
CAL.VESTON, Tex, July 5.-The Texa*
food situation results from four days*
steady rain, commencing: .June _.., ac
which some points partook of the nature
of cloudbursts. In some cases the rain
fall was twenty Inches, and at several^'
places it was reported as eight laches,
These heavy rainfalls caused rivers to"~
overflow, in some cases reaching the r*
highest point known. In the central part i
of the state the flood reached its height *- _
Saturday and Sunday. The Brazos river :V 6 '
at Waco flooded part of the town, but
there was no loss of life. At Hearne and
Navarota, the same was true. The
Brazos valley at Calv-ert, Robertson
county was flooded so suddenly that plan
tation hands could not reach high ground.
Reports were circulated that fifty people
were drowned. As the waters recede near
Calvert the facts are found to be that
fourteen lives were lost. All of the victims
were negroes, except one. Many head of ■
cattle were drowned. ' Monday the rail
roads In the central part of the state ■<
were in fair condition. AH railroads were
resuming through traffic when on Tues
day the floods reached the southern part
of the state. Tonight the Rood condition
in the lower Brazos valley at Brook.shire
Wall is, Richmond, Rosenberg, Thompson •#■
Duke, Arcola, Fulshear. Chenango and
Columbia is very bad. Wallis reports the
Brazos is ten feet higher than in ISSS,
back water within om« and one-quarter
miles of town is ten feet deep. The San
Antonio and Aransas Pass bridge at
Wallia is two feet under water. The
Southern Pacific road west of Houston Is
washed out near Rosenberg and Rich
mond. The Santa Fe is washed out near
■ Thompson. It is feared when the rise
now at Wai Us gets to Rosenberg and
Thompson Una consequences- will be seri
ous. At 8 o'clock tonight the river Is
rapidly rising- at Thompson. The Col
umbia Tap road is washed out. The In
ternational and Great Northern is open
north, and will be open to San Antonio
tomorrow.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
MELROSE, Mass., July s—Rev D P
Llvermore died at his home, today aged
eighty-one years. Dr. Livermore:s life
work has been mainly along the lines
In which his wife, Mary A. Livermore
has become distinguished.
Dr. Llvermore was a native of Leices
ter. Mass. He studied for the ministry
at Providence, R. 1., and" was ordained In
the Universalist denomination in 1861 In
1857 he conducted a paper called the New
Covenant, at Chicago. He was oastor of
the Second Unlversallst church/ in Chi
cago, and for thirteen years was a mis
sionary in the Northwest. In 1878 h«
came to Melrose, where he has resided
ever since. He received the degree of A
M. from the Lombard university at Gales
burg, 111. He was author of several re
ligious works.
NEW ULM, Minn., July s.—(Special.)—
Cart Schreyer died yesterday evening
of apoplexy after a day illness. lIT,
was an early ■ settler and was sixty-stx
years old. - . _ . ... ' . .
NS?T. RK> July 5--Michael Stahle.
musical .director of Daly's theater/ dloi
suddenly from heart disease tonhrht in
his residence In this city.