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CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
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Daily and Sunday... 50 2.75 6.00
Bunday 15 .75 1.60
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Bonday .75 1.50
Weekly 75 1.00
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WEATHEH FOR TODAY.
Minnesota— Fair Friday, and probably
Saturday; variable winds.
Wisconsin— Fair Friday and probably
Saturday; fresh northeasterly winds.
lowa— Fair Friday and probably Satur
day; variable winds.
North Dakota — Fair Friday and proba
bly Saturday; variable winds.
South Dakota— Fair Friday and proba
bly Saturday; variable winds.
Montana— Fair Friday and Saturday;
warmer Saturday; winds shifting to
southerly.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau. St. Pnal,
P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock lust night.
' Barometer corrected for temperature
end elevation.
Highest temperature 40
Lowest temperature S8
Average temperature » 39
Daily range 1
Barometer 30.22
Humidity 77
Precipitation 0
7 p, in., wind, north; weather, cloudy.
RIVER BULLETIN.
Danger Stage Change In
Station. Line. 8 A.M. 24 Hours.
Si. Paul H 5.0 —0.1
Davenport 15 3.6 0.0
Kansas City 21 6.5 *0.3
La Crosse . 10 4.4 0.0
Memphis 33 2.9 *0.1
St. Louis 30 6.5 *0.3
—Fall. *Rlse.
" YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
mUigh "SpmHigh
Battleford ...34 4L 1 Buffalo 36 42
Bismarck — 3<; 44 Boston 42 48
Duluth 38 i 0 Cleveland 42 41
Edmonton ...38 46 Denver 42 44
Havre 38 52 1 Gal vest on ....70 72
Helena :!4 42|Jaeksonville .72 82
Huron n 4t> Montreal 34 38
Minnedosa ...36 48 New Orleans. 7o 78
Prince AlbertSO 42 New York 44 48
Qu'Appelle ...32 4>j i'arkersburg .44 56
Swift Current 34 f»0 Pittsburg 42 48
Williston ;'4 4S S. Francisco. .56 58
{Winnipeg ....^4 34jSt. Louis 44 50
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
HELL MERITED HOMJIt.
Whether or not the Scriptural saying
that a prophet is not without honor save
In his own country and in his own house
be in the general sense true, the distin
guished hro*hbishop of- St. Paul has sue
': "Llemoiiijtrating that in his indi
vidual f;V£p it has no" application what
ever. We testimonial of admiration and
gooo" Will bestowed on him Wednesday
evening by his fellow townsmen must
luive been quite as gratifying to him as
it will prove to be to his many friends
ami admirers throughout the state.
Archbishop Ireland has desjrved well of
the people of St. Paul. His love and de
votion toward the community with which
he has so long been identified has mani
fested itself in many ways. He has
brou,: hi to the city of his residence much
of honor and distinction as the result of
his emin< nee in his calling and of the
great esteem in which he is held in oth.r
■ !1 as his own.
Wednesday's reception was both time
ly and well merited. Arehbisuop Ireland
posses, os in an exceptional degree the es
teem of his fellow Americans outside the
ranks of his own church. More than that,
he Is exceptional among the representa
tives of the American Christian ministry,
in that his influence for good reaches far
beyond the immediate environments of his
spiritual labors. But more completely
than if had ever before been done did
Judge Flandrau, at the Commercial c'.ub,
present the considerations which render
so secure the hold which Archbishop
Ireland has on the affections of the peo
ple of his own city. Here he has lived
for almost fifty years. They have watch
ed his comings and his goings. As citi
zen and pries) they have had the amp'.est
opportunities for passing judgment upon
his conduct. They know that his is no I
mere lip patriotism; but that when the
crisis came In the life of the American
nation ho passed from the peace and com
fort of life in St. Paul and took his place
beside the s >ldiers of the republic.
It needed no formal reception to give
expression to the regard in which the
archbißß p Is h"ld among u^. Yet it would
have been peculiarly inapt had we, among
whom he has lived and labored so long,
remained silent and impassive while trib
titea of admiration and respect were be
ing b stowed upon him on two continents
by those to whom he must in the nature
of things have been prac icaly a stranger.
W I WATIRAI, PARENT.
Henry Watteraon has advised Democ
racy that it will be useless to make trusts
an issue in the next campaign, because
the Rei üblicana can shut "Down with th>
trusts!" loudor than can the Democrats.
Why Mr. Watterson should tender such
advice is not easy to understand. Why
should not Democracy raise its voice
against "trusts," and when did Watterson
learn that Democracy had lost its voice?
Whatever may be advised or thought by
him will not in all probability prevent
the Democrats from making a fierce cam
paign against the evil of trusts, and it is
the opinion of many in the party that this
question, if pressed home upon the Re
publican party, will be most disastrous
for it.
"I don't know how it is," remarked a
distinguished Republican on his return
from Europe recently, "but somehow or
other the people seem to associate the Re
publican party with trusts."
And that, is just it. Not all promoters
and members of trusts nre Republicans,
but the policy^ of that party has fostered
thc-m and made their present dimensions
possible. If it v>aa formerly accepted as
true by Republicans that not all Demo
crats were horse thieves, but that all
horse thieves were Democrats, it can to
day be accepted as more serious truth
that all Republicans are not interested in
trusts, but all trusts are Republican in
their interests.
The people know this, and all the talk
and all the campaign bawling of Repub
lican papers and speakers could not efface
that knowlidga. Many Republican poli
ticians are not in a position to attack the
tiusts. and In Minnesota we have notable
examples of this kind in the persons of
Congressman Tawney, of the First dis
trict, and Congressman Morris, of the
Sixth district. Their anxiety to protect
the poor, down-trodden lumbermen led
them to strain every nerve to have a
prohibitive duty imposed on lumber im
ported. , They succeeded and placed the
whole Northwest e.t the mercy of a gi
gantic combination of the big lumbar
firms. And now Mr. Tawney Is howling
for the abolition of trusts, and Page
Morris juins in the chorus. As M. Balzac
very justly remarks in one of his stories:
" Unhappy man, would you destroy the
father of your own children?" For the
Republican party to turn upon and rend
the trusts would be a revolting spectacle
and an act of cannibalism.
TIIK COUNTY SURVEYOR'S PLEA.
The Globe has felt called on from
time to time to refer to the administra- >
tlon of the office of county surveyor of
this county In terms not at all compli
mentary. This it has done at intervals
for nearly two years past. It has not
been alone in its criticisms of that admin
istration. Mayor Kief er's references to the
same matter have been distinctly critical,
if not condemnatory, as have those of
a former deputy public examiner. Both
of these gentlemen, it is almost needless
to point out, represent cne party to which j
County Surveyor Johnson belongs, and
to which the Globe is in opposition.
No consideration of party politics, nor
any other consideration short of its un
derstanding of the public well being,
could have induced the Globe to print
anything reflecting in the slightest meas
ure on the official conuuet of the county
surveyor. That gentleman has done this
paper the honor of a personal call with
a view to explaining the unfounded char
acter of the prevailing criticism. He has
insisted that the only legitimate cause
of public complaint lies in a clerical er
ror which distinguished one of his bills.
In all other respects, he insists, his con
duct of the office of county surveyor is
beyond all reproach.
It is of course easy to be unjust toward
a public official. It may be that Mr.
Johnson has never received a dollar or
enabled any other person to receive one
from the county funds, through his of
fice, to which a legal claim did not exist.
That Is not really the point of the
matter, however, as .Mr, Johnson might
have learned at any time during the past
two years had he thought the matter
worthy of serious concern. The main
fault found with the present administra
tion of the county surveyor's office is that
it is to a marked degree a family affair.
No official with a becoming sense of the
decencies of public life and of his obliga
tions to the general public, whose servant
he is by virtue of his election or appoint
ment, will put his relatives in place, or
will so conduct his office as to make it
peculiarly a source of income to himself
and his relatives. Mr. Johnson's father
is his first deputy, and he admits hiring
his own brother from time to time. The
teams about which so much has been
said, Mr. Johnson admits, are owned by
himself, and the use of them is paid for
by the county at the rate of $3 a day,
while, as he insists, he Is authorized by
the county commissioners to charge for
each at the rate of $3.50 a day. For this
forbearance we will leave the reader to
judge how much credit the county sur
veyor is entitled to; but, granting him
the full credit of saving the county the
sum of 50 cents a day on each of those
teams, it aoes seem as If Mr. Johnson
might let some other worthy taxpayer of
the county have a chance to draw even
$3 a day from the county treasury for the
usj of his team when needed. It would
also seem as If good taste, if no more
serious consideration, might have in
fluenced him to go outside his own im
mediate family for his assistants.
It remains a question which the county
attorney should determine whether the
hiring of his relatives and his teams is
within the scope of his powers, since
doubts have been expressed on this sub
ject. But, power or no power, there is
sufficient in the acknowledged facts to
indicate that County Surveyor Johnson
has succeeded in drawing quite a liberal
revenue from his office for his own and
his relatives' use, and that the office has
received careful cultivation in that be
half Against any such tendency on the
part of any public official the Globe
will always be heard protesting, no mat
ter what the party politics of the official
involved may be.
The claim which the county surveyor
urges on this paper, that $4 a day is not
a sufficient compensation for the dis
charge of his official duties, if it were
well founded, might necessitate Mr. John
son's resignation. It is certainly a very
unworthy plea made in any other con
nection.
13KWEY1S SEXSITIVEXESS.
The feeling expressed by Admiral Dewey
on the subject of his transfer to his wife
of the home recently presented to him
by the American people shows little more
than the extreme sensitiveness of the
man. The comments on the transaction
made by certain sensation mongers were
beyond all doubt mean and degrading
in the extreme. They sprung from sec
tarian bitterness and showed all the pol
lution of their source. But that a man
to honor whom the American people have
gone to such lengths should regard com
ment of the kind as seriously as Admiral
Dewey regards these stupid stories seems
incomprehensible.
To resign and go abroad, as the admiral
threatens to do, would be equivalent to
holding the American people responsible
for the contemptible conduct of a few ill
mannered newspaper writers and of those
bigoted creatures who accepted at once
as true the intimation that the transfer
was made with a view to the conveyance
of the property by Mrs. Dewey to the
authorities of the Catholic religion.
Our dispatches today show that the
transfer was made in such a manner as
assured the inheritance of the property
by Admiral Dewey's son, thus practically
placing it out of the power of either thp
admiral or his wife to convey thereafter
anything more than a life interest in the
property. Why Admiral Dewey did not
choose to regard the publication of that
record as a sufficient answer to the im-
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1899.
putations cast on him and Mrs. Dewey is
not quite plain. No more effective answer
oould surely have been given. So far from
the transaction admitting of the base
construction put upon it, it belies ail
thought of even the possibility of such a
disposition of the house by the admiral or
his wife at any time whatever in the fu
ture.
The entire miserable affair has merely
shown, what nobody needed demonstra
tion of, that the newspaper calling means
nothing more dignified or noble to cer
tain persons following it than mere scan
dal-mongering, and that there are a num
ber of people in this world, who doubtless
regard themselves as good Christiana,
whose bigoted souls enable them to be
lieve anything, however false or ridicu
lous on its face, concernVig others, which
agrees with their own perverted views.
,
RAH)I.\(; THE SOLID SOUTH.
It is now many years since the Ameri
can people bestowed their merited re
! buke on Republican national politicians
i as the result of their effort to impose
the burdens of the infamous force bill
on the necks of the Southern people. Had
that rebuke never been administered we
would have had paternalism in govern
; ment presenting itself to view in its mO3t
militant form whenever a national elec
tion took place. But the rebuke seems
to have passed from recollection of the
' new school of imperialist politicians, and
I the baiting of white Democrats In the
direction of their rights as citizens is
not unlikely to be advanced during the
coming session of congress as a part of
the imperialist political programme.
Notwithstanding the temporary defec
tion of states like Kentucky and Mary
land it is at well established as any
political proposition can be that the
Southern slates cere likely, during this
generation at 'east, to remain faithful
to their Democratic traditions and his
tory. Their electoral votes will always
remain the aucleus of Democratic
strength in presidential contests. Un
der such circumstances it naturally pre
sents itself to the judgment of the more
adventurous imperialist politicians as a
splendid stroke of policy to reduce if
possible Southern representation in con
gress and in the electoral college. The
way of doing this is quite simple. It
needs little more than a reasonable sup
ply of those peculiar qualities which have
won for statesmen like Messrs. Hanna,
Quay and Platt their present high emi
nence in the councils of the nation.
The lineaments of the colored gentle
man in this particular political wood pi «
will be readily distinguished after even a
scant perusal of the fourteenth amend
ment to the federal constitution, as fol
lows:
Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several states according to
their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persona in each state,
excluding Indians not taxed. But when
the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for president and vice
president of the United States * * • is
denied to any of the male inhabitants of
such state, being twenty-one years of
age and citizens of the United States,
or in any way abridged, except for par
ticipation in rebellion or other crime, the
basis of representation therein shall be
reduced in the proportion which the num
ber of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twenty
one years of age in such state.
Now, the right to vote, if not actually
denied, is certainly abridged in many
Southern states. The several states have
the right to abridge the exercise of the
suffrage in any manner not inconsistent
with a republican form of government,
and as they deem necessary to their own
well-being. Accordingly the illiterate,
the criminal and the pauper classes
among the Southern negroes are very ef
fectively prevented from asserting them
selves too strongly in political affairs on
election day. If the representation of
Southern constituencies in which the ne
gro is thus excluded can be cut off as
the fourteenth amendment says it may
be, that troublesome factor of the
vote of the "Solid South" may, of course,
be made much less troublesome.
The Globe doubts whether those who
are engaged in engineering this under; ak
ing have counted well the certain cost
of it to themselves and their party. But
it is safe to say that they will not have
proceeded very far in their undertaking
before they have thoroughly realized
how extremely hard and dangerous a
task they have set their energies to ac
complishing.
B»
Mollneux may be tried In time, but
every juror selected should be presented
with a "How to Live 100 Years" manual.
Dewey has not repeated the famous re
mark of the late Mr. Vanderbilt, but it
is an even bet he has it clearly in mind.
If those lowa Indians insist on being
unruly, the police will be compelled to
arrest them for disorderly conduct.
A Rome dispatch announces that the
head of the Mafia has been found and that
the gentleman is still wearing It. ,
The lower house of the Georgia legis
lature has passed a prohibition law.
There is still hope for Kentucky.
Ipdian summer is lingering along in a
way to indicate that the whole weather
tribe is off the reservation.
The fact that Herat has been seized by
Russia does not mean that Victoria has
lost her bonnet.
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
METROPOLITAN.
The Neill company began the last half
week of their engagement in St. Paul at
the Metropolitan opera house last night,
presenting, as their farewoll production!
the four-act romantic drama, "Amy Rob
sart." The play is a dramatization of
Scott's novel. "Kenilworth," and in gen
eral follows very closely the story of the
book, although the characters of Michael
Lambourne and Wayland Smith in the
novel are merged in the one character
of Wayland Lambourne In the p'.ay. The
Countess Amy in the play is not mur
dered, but insteed, the villain, i Richard
Variiey, is hurled to death through the
trap which he had designed for his
victim.
The scene opens in the tavern of old
Giles Goslin, where Lambourne, on a
drunken wager, proposes to discover the
secret of Comner Castle and the mys
terious prisoner. The second scrne is laid
in Comner castle, where Edward Trea
silian, who has accompanied Lambourn?,
finds his formsr sweetheart, Amy Rob
sart, for whom he has been searching,
kept there in seclusion b/ the Farl of
Leicester, to whom she 13 s^cret'y mar
ried.
Then comes the sudden anival of Rich
ard Varney, his quarrel and duel wi f h
Trersllian, and the flight of the latter,
Leicester's arrival and interview with
Amy, his hasty departure when Varney
warns him of his danger, Varney's attack
on Amy and her rescue by Lambourne.
The closo of the first act finds Tressillan
on his way to tha home of-Str Hugh Rob
sart, Amy's father, and Leicester hasten
ing to the court of Queen Elizabeth to
parry tha attack which he knows is sure
to come.
The second act opens in Queen Eliza
beth's throne room. Tressilian, who be
lieves that Varney Is the villain who has
wronged Amy, has made a charge to this
effect to the queen. Varney, to prevent
the exposure of fats master's marriage,
pleads guilty. H^l eunr'ing flattery wins
hi?, forgivenesif fcipthe queen, but places
Leicester in «jfcr> : -posirjon of beini? a
favored suito^Qr.. the hand of his sov
ereign. In thtt> position the earl dares not
avow hiH maijglugd to another; to avoid
exposure Va^fev.~; plots to poison Amy.
The second seen£ shows the old inn,
where Tressiftan is planning to rescue
Amy. In t:<<>j this! scene Varney forces
Amy tci take Mm fjirfgon he nas prepared,
and flees to »oic3bter's castle of Kenil
worth. Amy'igvlfe is saved by an anti
drte which JS^raßturne, disguised as a
peddler, tndu<£s nj<|r to take. The fourth
acer.e shows the posten gate by moon
light, and Amy's flight to Kenilworth.
The third apt shows the Earl of Leices
ter's castle of Kenilworth, with Queen
Elizabeth arid all her train on a royal
visit to tho earl, and ha has arranged a
royal reception for his sovereign.
The fourth iact shows Amy In Varney's
power at Comner castle, his fiendish plot
for her destruction, Leicester's timely ar
rival and Varney's terrible death. The
play ends with Amy safe in her hus
band's arms, her trials at an end, ac
knowledged before all the world as the
Countess of Leicester, his lawful wife.
Mr. Neill, as Leicester, gives a finished,
courtly interpretation. Handsome, grace
ful and distinguished, he added another
to his long list of triumphs In this city.
The honors of the evening belong to
Miss Edythe Chapman, in the title role;
thi» talented lady's remarkable talent
was never shown in a more favorable
light than in her Amy.
Miss Grace Mac Lamkin, as Queen
Elizabeth, was beautlfu 1 and statuesque,
and in her stronger scenes proved herself
a splendid actress, intelligent, forceful
and convincing. The work of Robert
Morris, as VVaylt.nd Lambourne, was de
lightful.
As a scenic production "Amy Robsart"
easily ranks a3 the best the NeiU com
pany ha 3 ever presented in this city. The
old inn, the interior of Comner castle, the
throne room of Queen Elizabeth, Kenil
worth castle, Comner Towers and the
moonlight scone of the old postern gate
are fine examples, of scenic art.
The performance Saturday night will
mark the closa of the company's engage
ment in this city.
GRAND.
The merry attaches and guests of the
Hotel Topsy Turvy are nightly holding
hilarious times at the Grand opara house.
Only three more performances, including
a Saturday matinee, will be given by this
clever company.
"We Uns of Tennessee," a melodrama
of life in Tennessee, and filled with thrill
ing incidents of the late war and of the
encampment at Chickarnauga Fark, is to
be presented at ; the Grand next week.
SCHUBERT CLUB.
Herbert Battery the Chicago violinist,
who plays this afternoon at the Schubert
musicale in the Grand opera house, will
bring with him Howard Wells, the pian
ist. The latter will play Mr. Butler's ac
companiments and two solo groups be
sides, an improvisation by MacDow^ll
and a scherzo by Chopin; poetic tone pic
tures by Grieg and a Liszt polonaise.
Mr. Butler, whb plays with Jessica Da
Wolf this afternoon, has just returned
from Berlin. The German Times, of Ber
lin, says:
"Of the violinist, Mr. Herbert Butler, I
have had ocpasion to sp.eak before. He
is unquestionably very talented. In tha
Paganini Concert and the tender and
beautiful Romanza by Marguerite Mel
ville Mr. Butler secured a hearty and
well deserved success."
One •of th« most attractive of the art
ists In the Schubert club series of con
certs Is Miss Lenora Jackson, who
makes her debut in America, after a
prolonged study abroad, early-in January
with the Philharmonic Society of New
York. Miss Jackson is an American girl,
born in Illinois, and has received her
education as a musician largely through
the generosity of Mrs. Potter Palmer and
other wealthy Chicago ladies. Mirs Jack
son has won the coveted Mendelssohn
prize of 1,500 marks, and has played with
nearly every great orchestra in Europe,
a remarkable record for so young an
artist. At her every appearance, whether
in London, Berlin, Paris or one of the
smaller towns, she has been accorded the
most enthusiastic praise, and even be
fore her arrival in America tho various
clubs and societies are offering large bo
nuses to secure her. She will appear in
St. Paul Feb. 8, with the Schubert Club
Choral society.
THE CHERRY SISTERS.
The Cherry Sisters opened a three
nights' engagement last evening at Rau
denbush hall. The audience was small,
but encored every number on the rather
varied programme, and appeared to en
joy the whole affair immensely.
"The words and music of the entire pro
gramme were composed and written by
the Cherry Sisters," announced the man
ager from the stage, and then the cur
tain rose upon the three Miss Cherries,
attired becomingly in cherry-colored cos
turr.es. The trio sang a merry song to
the tune of "Boom-ta ra ra" that awak
ened the full sympathies of the audience.
There was a lightning change and then
the two larger Cherry Sisters appeared in
masculine garb, and sang, "When I Can
Be a Lady Like Other Folks Do." Hazel
Jackson and Ruby JacKson, two little
tots, did a very clever cakewaik. The
little Cherry si3ter played "Nellie Gray"
on an accordeon. Miss Addie Cherry
spoke a. piece.
The second part opened with the orig
inal drama, "The Gypsy's Warning," with
tha following cast: Cavalier, Addie
Cherry; Gypey,. Effle Cherry; Lady, Jessie
Cherry, according to tne programme.
Clad in dark red bloomers, Addie took the
center of the stage, accompanied by the
blushing Lady.- In an outburst of song
the Cavalier", who was understood to be
a most immoral person, pleaded with the
Lady to fly with him. Before they flew
the Gypsy aJppeared in the rear, and took
an inning, in which she sang of the per
fidy of cavaliers and of "the cold, cold
grave." This frightened the Lady, who
told her fears while the pianist played
low. sad music, and then fled affrighted
from the stage, leaving the baffled Cav
alier in the lurch.
There were more songs and a little
dance before the chef d'oeuvre of the
performance, "Trilby," was performed.
The performance closed with tableaux,
"America Crowning Cuba" and "Good
Night."
PEOPLE'S CHURCH.
Thousands of people Insist that the
most enjoyable of all music is four su
perb male voices carefully trained to en
semble work. The Boston Temple quar
tette is the par-excellence of this class
of music. For many years they have
been received In the principal cities as
the foremost male quartette of America.
At Sioux City, not long ago, the audi
ence was so enthusiastic that every one
of the regular numbers was twice en
cored, making a programme of thirty
numbers, instead of ten, as originally
planned. At the English opera house, in
Indianapolis, there was almost a repeti
tion of this remarkable record, the ut
most enthusiasm prevailing. Miss Bur
nett, the beautiful and accomplished
young lady who accompanies the quar
tette, is a dramatic reader of very su
perior talent. A brilliant public career
has already opened to her, and she is
winning frekh 'laurels every day. The
Boston Temple" 1 - quartette sings at the
People's chuYcHj'in the Y. M. C. A. series,
tonight. '" '"
Hi ,11
Plnlnti'n* Vv.nrili-d a Dollar.
The Jury 4n the case of Stauffacher &
Co. against f^aira Stolkstad yesterday re
turned a vwdict awarding the plaintiff
$1. The plainti/rs sued to recover $253.85,
alleged to irave'been overdrawn by ihe
defendant wniH*' employed by them as
salesman and collector. Stolkstad put In
a counter claim for services of $110.
VAN SAW REDIVIVUS
WINONA CAPTAIN NOT OAST DOWN
BY MEHRIAM-WELSON-EVANS
COMBINE
SATJK RAPIDS' POSTOFFICE
It Begins to Look as Though the
Recommendation Recently Made
Was the Beginning of Trouble
for Congressman Morris — State
Democratic Organization to Meet
Abont Jan. X),
Van Sanf 3 friends say that they have
tho Republican nomination for governor
as good as won, In spite of the efforts
of the Merriam-Nelson combination to
knock him out of It by drawiivg other
candidates into the field, to break his
forces up early and lessen the strength
of his attack in the convention. The
Globe has remarked heretofore upon
the situation in the First and Second dis
tricts, where the Winona man is assured
the practically unanimous support of Re
publicans.
They even claim that all this talk about
Bixby for leader should be done in whis
pers, If the Evansonians do not want to
be the laughing- stock of the community,
and they point out the drubbing which
Tarns was given in the primaries in his
own county two year 3 ago.
Ooodhue county, it is claimed, is for
Van Sant, and this, If true, gives him a
st:ut in the Third district, which, with a
good following in Ramsey county, ought
to make him comparatively oblivious to
what becomes of Hennepin's solid delega
tion, particularly if, as is reported, Will
iam Henry Is sighing to return to the
field of battle.
They say that since the last election
William Henry has been doing some
thinking, and has decided that he was
cut by his own party. This deliberate re
flection is generally of the same tenor as
the conclusion reached by other observers
a year ago, so thus far it Is not entirely
distinctive in thought. But William
Henry goes further. He has studied
these returns carefully, and he ha? shown
the deductions he has made to John
Steele and Jred Wright and both those
crafty political geniuses have approved
the mayor's conclusion— viz., that the cut
ting was done 'n districts where the Re
publicans should have been strong, but
where he was mined by the apathy of his
party associates. It will be remembered
that the war cry of the Eustis committee
was:
'Hurrah for the head of the ticket!
Our gallant leader is in the thick of the
fight! Let the tail of the ticket go."
The result was that the tail of the
ticket kept on going — its own way, and
was elected, while the head of the ticket
fell under the sharp ax of the public will,
and Gov. Llnd It was who took care of
the tail of tho ticket— but not the Repub
lican ticket.
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In connection with the Jackson day
banquet to be given in Minneapolis Jan.
8, at which William Jennings Bryan will
be present and which, it is expected, will
draw hundreds of prominent Democrats
from various parts of the state, the Dem
ocratic organization is planning a meet
ing for Jan. 10. at which the work for
the next season's campaign will be rough
ly laid out.
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Julius H. Block, who seems to have the
Republicans lined up for the state troas
urership, was in the city yesterday.
Julius does not liko this hot fight for the
gubernatorial normnaticn, as it might re
suit in the nomination for treasurer being
made trading stock in spire of all the
promises that have been made him in the
psst.
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Col. J. J. Thornton, of St. James, was
at the Merchants' yesterday.
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Blow holes are becoming apparent In
Page Morris' armor plate, and It is pos
sible that he may not have as easy a
time as he thought in landing the nomina
tion for congress in the Sixth district
again. The Sauk Rapids postmastership,
for which Chester A. Cobourn has been
recommended by the Duluth congress
man, is a thorn in the side of a consid
erable element of the Republican party
at that place, the chief objection being
a dark chapter in his history about four
years ago. Besides, there were eleven
candidates for the place. Anticipating a
vigorous contest, Mr. Morris concluded
tv let the present postmaster serve until
the end of his term in April next, when
new petitions would be called for. Not
withstanding this plan, which was gen
erally accepted by the workers of the
party, a few Republicans circulated a pe
tition for Cobourn, some of the signers'
party fealt>- being questioned now. A
letter from the Rapids says:
"The faithful Republicans of this place
who have fought the battles of the Re
publican party in this county for years,
do not appear to be satisfied with Morris'
action in the matter, for he could have
selected from the local Republicans of
undoubted fealty to the party a Repub
lican whose character is not smirched
and who would have been more satisfac
tory to the Republicans and the people at
large, and whose appointment would have
added strength to Morris' candidacy
for re-election as congressman."
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We have not heard a solitary farmer
say a word against the state grain in
spector. In fact, they take it for grant
ed the local wheat buyers do them jus
tice, and yet we see a lot of Republican
editors lying about the new grain in
spector. ATaout the onlj' thing that
Reishus has done is to fire some help at
the St. Paul office thai wasn't needed.
Under the Clausen regime he had a lot of
extra pencil sharpeners that the new in
spector thought wasn't needed. See.
—Sleepy Eye Herald.
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The I amberton Star avers that Georee
W. Somervtlle will not step out of the
race for congress unless McCleary prom
ises that two years more will b^ »i?i
tively his last and farewell run. George
wants to run while the fame of his car
poration fee bill Is fresh In the public
mind.
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The same paper is suspicious of the fact
that W. R. Merriam is advocating: a
Minneapolis man for governor and sug
gests that there is an Ethiopian some
where in the wood pile.
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EXPLOSION OF GAS.
One Man Killed and Six Others Hen;
Injured.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.— By the explosion
of gas in a trench at Broadway and
Canal streets today Charles O'Neill, In
the employ of the Metropolitan Street
Railway company, lost his life and six
others were Injured. The report of the
explosion wps terrific. Gas had accumu
lated in the trench, which was covered
with four-inch planks. Between them
was a network of gas. water and sewer
pipes and electrical conduits. The trench
was dug by the Metropolitan company
and sixteen men were at work in and
around It.
A sheet of flame suddenly shot up twen
ty feet, and in a moment the air was
filled with flying planks and broken g'a-s,
all the windows of the buildings in the
vicinity Deing shattered by the concus
sion. O'Neill's skull was crushed in. A
double truck was lifted several feet frcm
the ground and enveloped In flames and
the driver was hurled to the ground, but
not badly injured. Broadway and Canal
street were crowded with cars, wagons
and pedestrians, and it was at first
thought that a more serious calamity
had occurred.
A crowded Broadway cab'e car passed
along the edge of the trench a moment
before the explosion. The passengers
all escaped ininjured.
A policeman was Internally injured.
Two of the laborers were struck by fly-
Ing timbers and rendered unconscious,
while the others Injured were cut and
burned.
SECOND PBOTEST.
Chinese Minister Objects to Exclu
. sion in Philippines.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Wu Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister, has again en
tered a protest because of the action of
Gen Otis In excluding Chinese from the
Philippines. Instructions have been sent to
Gen. Otis to carry out the provisions of
the Chinese law as applied to this coun
try. It Is believed by the authorities that
Gen. Otis will modify his regulations so
as to admit merchants and others who
belong to the unrestricted class of China
men who are allowed to enter the Unitsd
States.
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TECHNICAL DEFENSE.
Attorney for St. Louis Midwife Seeks
to M»hnli Indictments.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 23.— Attorney
Alphonse Howe, representing Mrs. Bara
berger, the midwife who is In Jail under
several Indictments charging murder and
manslaughter, this afternoon filed mo
tions to quash the three indictments for
manslaughter. Judge Spencer took the
motions under advisement. The motions
allege In eight clauses that the indict
ments are defective, in mat they do not
specifically charge a crime; they do, not
inform the defendant of the charges she
Is to answer; the time when the offenses
were committed Is not definitely set, and
manslaughter Is alleged without a quali
fying degree being mentioned.
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VILLAGE SWEPT AWAY.
Heavy Rains in Washington Cansc
Disastrous Floods.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 23.— The heavy
fall of rain has caused the Nooksak
river to overflow In Whatcom county.
At the mouth of the river is an Immense
log jam two miles long. This has caused
the river to find a new outlet. The
channel has swept through Lumml vil
lage, which has been almost wiped out.
The village contained 200 families, being
the head of the Lumml reservation.
Churches, school houses and stores were
swept away. The Indians have lost their
possessions, including the winter's store
of smoked salmon and jerked beef. The
flood struck the village Monday night,
and the inhabitants were saved from
drowning only by the use of boats and
canoes.
GIVEN AN OVATION.
Lieut. Caldwell, Admiral Dewey's
Secretary, Visits His Home.
QUINCY, 111., Nov. 23.-Lieut. H. B.
Caldwell, Admiral Dewey's naval secre
tary, arrived home at 10 a. m. A large
number of citizens escorted him to the
home of his mother. The buildings along
the line of march were handsomely deco
rated in his honor. Tonight, at a ban
quet, Lieut. Caldwell was presented
with a silver loving cup, and tomorrow
evening a public reception will be given
in his honor.
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BETTEB PAY ASKED.
Locomotive Firemen Are Seeking- an
Advance in Wages,
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 23.— The meet
ing of the protective board of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen held here
during the past two days has developed
into a demand for higher wages. A com
mittee from the board called on General
Manager L. F. Lore, of the Pennsylvania
lines west, and proposed a higher rate
of wages for the firemen. The demand
was taken into consideration, but no an
swer was- given, and until the railroad
officers are heard from the men will not
say what they may do.
MICHIGAN T2AGEDY.
Prominent Business Men Found
De«d and Dying.
STOCKBRIDGS, Mich., Nov. I.3.— Frank
and George Bailey, prominent business
men of this village, were found today in
the rear of their bicycle and jewelry
store, both shot through the bead. George
was dead and Frank was dying. It is
thought that Fran-k, who had been under
a doctor's care for several days with a
mental trouble, shot his bother and then
himself. Frank left a letter which gives
little explanation for the deed, other than
saying that he believed some tragedy was
about to befall him and his brother, and
giving directions for the disposal of their
property and remains.
TO PRESENT A FLAG.
Gettysburg: Relief Corps the Recip
ient of the Banner.
A flag will be presented to Gettysburg
Women's Relief corps by Judge William
Louis Kelly in behalf of a number of
citizens of St. Paul at the post hall. Fair
field avenue and South Wabasha street,
this evening. The programme for the
eveaiing is as follows:
Bugle Calls of the Army Joseph Groh
Chief Bugler Thirteenth Minnesota Infan
try.
"Artillery In Civil War"—
Capt. Adolph Schill, Captain Battery X,
First Michigan Artillery.
Piano Solo Selected
Miss Cassey St. Clair.
"At Mac Arthur's Headquarters in
Luzon" Clinton S. College
Vocal Solo "Where Roses Gleam"
Miss B. Steiger.
Recitation "The Old. Man and Jim"
Mrs. Harvey L. Mills.
Vocal Solo Selected
Otto Bolllnger.
Trio Instrumental
Messrs. Groh and Weir Bros.
"Fourth of July Speech by a Tipler"—
J. B. St. Clair
Vocal Quartette Selected
Misses Steyfer and Wood, and Messrs.
Bollinwrer.
The Young Athletes. By the Masters Groh
(a) "What I Know of the Military Mail
Service During; the Civil War."
(b) Flag presentation.
Judg# William Louis Kelly.
Solo "The Star Spangled Banner"
Miss Elizabeth H. Wood.
"The Women's Relief Corps" —
Mrs. C. W. Fisher
Vocal Solo John F. Qehan
"What I Saw in Chlekamau^a, Cuba
and Porto Rico" Otto Bollinger
Trio— lnstrumental Selected
"America" By the Audience
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.
Portland, Or.— The British residents
of Portland have raised $500 for the fund
for the widows and orphans of the Brit
ish soldiers who were killed in South
Africa.
London— ln the bankruptcy ecwrt toflay,
a receiving or&ST was made against the
Earl of Yarmouth.
Racine, Wis.— Owing to a dis.^KT'i rrrertt
over a new scale of wages, 2iK) mould rs
struck today.
Washington— Col. J:imes W. Powell. U.
S. A., has be=>n detailed as pr< ft-Fsor of
military iscience and tactics at the college
of St. Francis Xavier. Nrw Yo~k tiiy.
OAcngo — After a sharp debate today
tho American Livestock ssibciattoa went
out or' existence by merging into the larg
er, though newer organisation known as
the National Liv-.-stock association.
Dublin— A conference of the Nationalist
members of parliament was held at the
Mansion house here today with the object
of bringing about ; reunion of the dif
ferent Irish factions.
N»-w Orleans — 3en. Nelson A. Miles,
with his party, arrived here today. After
an Inspection of Forts Jackson and St.
Ihilip, Gen. Miles will leave, for Atlanta
and thence proceed to Washington.
Kenosha, Wis. -Antonio Biuno, known
in this city as "King of the Italian?."
was murdered today at the corner of Mid
dle and South Chicago streets. The po
lice are hunting for an Italian named VU,
who is suspected of the crime. f
COMPLIMENT TO DIAZ
FOREIGN RBSIUEXTS OF MEXICO
DEMONSTHATE IN FAVOR OF
HIS CANDIDACY
MEXICANS GAVE THEM CHEEKS
President Diaas Seemed Greatly Af
fected by This Evidence of Con
fidence and Esteem _ Asserted
That He Is Too Old te Attempt
Another Pour Year* in Presiden
tial Chair— \o(n!»le PulllcaJ Event.
CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 23.-One of the
most notable political demonstrations In
the history of Mexico occurred here this
afternoon when the foreign residents of
this and adjoining: countl a marched in a
procession up the thoroughfare of San
Francisco street to the national palace to
urge President Diaz to accept the nomi
nation for re-election by tho Liberal
party, whoso convention will assemble
early in the coming year. Several
thousand Frenchmen. Germans, Ameri
cans, Englishmen, Belgiana. Austrian*
and Italians took part. The American
colony represented every mercantile,
banking and other interest. Houses and
business edifices were handsomely adorn
ed with flags and federal emblems, and
the American and English nag 3 were con
spicuous. The demonstration was viewed
by an enormous crowd of Mexican?, who
tendered the foreigners most cordial
treatment.
Gen. Diaz replied to his callers in a
brief but eloquent speech, In which he
deprecated the idea that a man of his age
should be selected t ocarry on the ex
ecutive department of the government for
another four years. He referred to the
high character of the participants in thij
signiilcant demonstration, and intimated
that he should listen to the manifestation
of the people's will, shown later on. He
was frequently interrupted by cheers.
The president was much touched by the
demonstration.
CHECK TO FESTIVITIES.
Death of Prince.** Meiuinger Daring;
Emperor's Visit.
WINDSOR, Engr., Nov. 23.— Emperor
William, the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Connaught and Prince Christian of
Sehleswig-Holstein shot in the Great
park this morning, near Cumberland
lodge, where they iunched. The two young
German princes visited the houses of
parliament in London in the afternoon.
There was a strictly family dinner at
the castle this evening, but the queen
was not present, owing to the death of
the Princess of Meiningen. For the same
reason the military band will not play at
the castle during the remainder of the
imperial visit.
The secretary of state for the colonies,
Joseph Chamberlain, arrived at the castla
on a flying visit during the day, which,
in view of his recent visit to Hatfield
hous-e, the residence of the premier, is
causing- much speculation. Mr. Chamber
lain, immediately after his arrival, irter
viowed Count Yon Hatzfeltlt-WHdenberg,
the German ambassador, .suUsequently
conferring with Count yon But-low, tho
German minister of forelgr affairs.
Emperor Willh'm en hJs return from
shooting summoned Count yon Hatzfeldt
to a leng audience. Mr. Cbamb'rlain re
turned to London without Focir.g the
queen, who was out driving.
Mr. Chamberlain also had an interview
with Emperor William.
AMUSING ADMISSION,
German Count Says Amerlffi.ii Mili
tia Is a Mystery.
BERLIN, Nov. 23.— The trial was begun
here today of Max Schiemaugk, who da
scribes himself aa a former major of Unit
ed States volunteers, on charges of ob
taining money under false pretenses. Evi
dence was produced showing that the ac
cused had assumed fictitious titles and
had carried out a series of BY"*Tidle3 in
Berlin.
It appeared according to the testimony
that he was born in Germany, served
as a private in the German army until
ISS9, and committed many dishonorable
actions.
In view of his claim that he was elect
ed a major of a regiment of United States
volunteers during the Spanish-American
war, the court endeavored to find in Ber
lin seme person reliably Informed regard
ing the American military system. This
attempt proving unsuccessful the judge
sent for Count yon Goetzen, formerly mil
itary attache to the German embassy in
Washington, who was commissioned by
Emperor William to accompany the
American troops during the war for pur
poses of observation and official report.
The count, however, said that the Ameri
can militia system had always been a
mystery to him.
FOUR HUNDRED KILLED.
British-Egyptian Forces Have an
Encounter With Dervishes.
CAIRO. Nov. 23.— G-n. Wingate. with
an Egyptian force, moved from Fakikohi
yesterday to attack the force of Afimed
Fedil, reported to be at Neft-sa (Pr ■: s-a\
twenty-three miles from the river Nile,
on the road to Geniel (GimehV The sir
dar. Gen. Kitchener, has telegraphed to
Lord Cromer, the British minister, as fol
lows:
"Oradurman, Nov. 23.— Wlrrgate found
Neflssa evacuated, push d otj to Abrtaadll,
four mi!es further, and found Fedil'a
forces encamped. They were forthwith
engaged by the mounted troops under
Mahon. with four Maxims and two purs
and the Jehadieh under Gorringe. The
dervishes charged with nil their old dash
to within eighty yards of the guns. Win
gate, with the infantry, arrived in time
to support Aiahon and cleared the whole
camp. The dervishe* bMted through the
bush, pursued by the mounted troops.
Wir.gate estimates Fedil's forces at 2.500
men, of whom 400 were killed."
MAY CAUSE TROITTLE.
Gerinn.nß Complain of Action of Sun
to Dominic*) (iKvernment.
SANTO DOMTNGO, Nov. 23.— The min
ister of justice has stopped the s*le -:f thi
late President Haareanx'a real estate on
the ground that it belongs to the govern
ment. Germans hold mortgages on the
real estate. The German consul has pr .>
--tested against the action of the minister
of justice.
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GEN. WOOD CALLED.
Cannot Say Why He Is Called to
Wn*hinsrton.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 23.-Tn ac
cordance with a cable order to report in
Washington at the first opportunity. Gen.
Wood, military governor of this province,
accompanied by Lieut. Brooks, will start
for New York tomorrow by the transport
McPherson. He SHys he does not know
why he has been summoned, but suggests
as probable a conference- based opoo his
recent suggestion that the American
troops should be withdrawn and replaced
by Cuban troops, officered by Americans.
V-iirjjslin After Standard Oil.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 23.— Proceedings
were begun In the supreme court by At
torney General Smythe today against
the Standard Oil company. The court
is asked to deny the company the rteht
of doing business in Nebraska on the
ground that it is a trust and is engaged
iB * Csas.piracyr against trade and busl-