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Sunday 15 .75 1.6Q
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Daily nrd Sunday... .35 2.00 4.00
Sunday .75 1.50
Weekly .60 1M
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THE WEATHER.
Minnesota—Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day; colder in extreme eastern portion
Tuesday afternoon; northwesterly winds.
The Dakotas—lncreasing cloudiness
Tuesday; cloudy Wednesday; warmer in
west portion Tuesday afternoon; warmer
Wednesday; variable winds.
Montana—lncreasing cloudiness Tues
day; threatening Wednesday; warmer in
extreme western portion Tuesday after
noon; variable winds.
Wisconsin—Fair Tuesday and Wednes
day; colder Tuesday afternoon or night;
high northwesterly winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United Stages weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. F byons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 21
.Lowest temperature 5
Average temperature 13
Daily range 16
Barometer 30.15
Humidity 76
Precipitation ..'. .01
7 p. m., temperature 20
7 P. m.. wind, northwest; weather, partly
cloudy.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
'SpmHigh *SpmHigh
Battleford ..—6 4 Boston 16 26
Bismarck ... 0 6 Chicago 18" 18
Duluth 18 24Cincinnati ....14 16
Edmonton .. 4 10 Cleveland ....14 16
Havre 6 IS Denver 30 38
Helena 4 6 Detroit 18 18
Huron 6 16 New Orleans..44 46
Medicine H.. 18 20 New York ... .18 22
Minnedosa .. 8 24 Omaha 16 18
Pr. A1b3rt....-6 4 PhUadelom.* .18 22
QuAppelle ..-8 2 Pittsbur* 12 12
Ji lliston .... 0 8 St. Louis ....18 20
Winnipeg ... 8 14 Washington .16 22
Buffalo .... 16 16i
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
•-Below zero.
SOME POSSIBILITIES OV 11>OO.
Human expectation runs high re
tarding the year 1900. Great as are the
■Wonders that have come into being dur
ing the year which has just closed its
books, the world looks forward for much
more wonderful things and more of them
during the coining twelve months. The
event alone will prove whether the un
bounded faith in the possibilities of the
future which distinguishes this genera
tion will be justified.
There are at least a few wonderful
things which are not unlikely to come to
pass during the year 1900. One of these is
the marvel of men taking wings and fly-
Ing into space, to go whither they will
and return how and when they will and
entirely at their leisure. The problem of
aerial navigation has become much sim
plified. France, ever foremost in advances
In this particular line of invention, has
produced some results within the past
year which render it extremely likely that
the only problem in the art still unsolved
•will disappear before we have entered
on the twentieth century. Its inventive
genius has furnished the wings. May it
not be that Yankee invention will teach
the world, even in the brief space of a
year, how to use its wings with perfect
safety?
Just such a work as this is now devolv
ing on the ingenious Yankee regarding
the automobile. France has wrought
splendidly in the work of dipensing with
the horse in the less exciting journey of
the country road. With almost absolute
assurance may it not be predicted that
the United states will bring the invention
to such perfection that it will be within
the reach of those who are not expected
to expend a small fortune in the purchase
of a private coach? By whomsoever the
result is to be accomplished, it is cer
tain that the twentieth century will still
be in its youth when the horse has been
completely superseded for purposes of
private conveyance.
The greatest blessing which the new
year may hold within its compass for us
all is the blessing of peace. With the
| proceedings of the peace convention rati
fied by the principal nutions of Europe,
the year 1900 wl!l be certain to live In
history as the most memorable, even If
the last, of the nineteenth century.
Before the twentieth century has
dawned the American republic will have
taken rank as one of the great naval
powers of the world, and the American
flag may, with the dawning of the new
era, become an object as familiar to
those who now gro down in ships to the
Bea as even the British union jack itself.
If this expectation is not realized, it will
be because this people recognize their
vassalage, at least in the domain of for
eign carrying commerce, to foreign pow
ers.
Most of us will live to welcome- the
new century in, as we have lived to wel
come the new year. Then, if French
genius has full play in the direction In
dicated by the press dispatches of the
Globe within the past few days, It may
not be impossible that some of us will
yet live even to usher in the twenty-first
century also. For Is it not recorded that
two scientists of Paris have discovered
the secret of perpetual life and have
sustained the far-sighted wisdom of
Ponce de Leon? While these modest gen
tlemen expressly disclaim having ac
quired theuiivine power of prolonging life
Indefinitely, they are certain that the ad
dition of a trifle of a century or so to the
duration of human life is easily at their
disposal.
But, after all, the year on whose
threshold we stand holds its own secrets.
We can but guess at them. If, however,
it will render as high service to the
cause of human advancement as did the
year which now peacefully slumbers In
the grave of the past, it will have done
well.
«^»~
Emperor William has scored what in
newspaper circles would be called a
"scoop" by inaugurating his new century
a whole ye^ar ahead of the rest of the
world.
LET MR. GAGE RESIGN.
Secretary Gage has so far yielded to
the demands of an aroused public senti
ment that he has abandoned the deposit
in the Standard Oil bank, of New York,
known by the corporate name of the City
National, of his $1,000,000 daily. He had
given that institution the benefit of a
trifle of $17,230,000 in deposits before he
came to an understanding of the truth
thai the alliance between the treasury de
partment and that particular bank did not
meet with enthusiastic public applause.
Now that Mr. Gage has come into at
least partial possession of his senses, the
following provision of the United States
revised statutes does not appear to him
to be so much a matter of remote con
sideration as it did ten days ago:
"No person appointed to the office of
secretary of the treasury, or first comp
troller, or first auditor, or treasurer, or
register, shall directly or indirectly be
concerned or Interested in carrying on the
business of trade or commerce, or be the
owner in whole or in part of any sea
vessel, or purchase by himself or by an
other in trust for him any pubMc lands
or other public property, or be concerned
in the purchase or disposal of any public
securities of any state, or of the United
States."
"No. person appointed to the office of
secretary of the treasury * * * shall
• • * be concerned in the purchase or
disposal of any public securities of any
state.or of the United States." That is'the
language. It is plain enough. Even if
the palpable defiance of all good taste end
just perception of the proprieties of pub
lic life were not sufficient to prevent any
banker whatever from going to the head
of the fiscal department of the govern
ment, this provision of the federal stat
utes certainly cannot be ignored.
Secretary Gage was president of the
First National Bank of Chicago at the
time of his appointment. He resigned, of
course. No doubt. Apart from every
other consideration, it was necessary to
do so, in order to prevent the plain ap
plication of even the letter of the law to
his case. Great men like Mr. Gage are
not wont to stand on trifles such as the
spirit of the law in any direction. Hence
it was conceded the resignation was all
that was required. But it now transpires
that in the list of stockholders of the
First National Bank of Chicago, publish
ed last June and submitted to the board
of assessors of Chicago, Secretary Gage
was down for 700 shares of the stock of
that bank. Since then no notice of pub
lication of their transfer has been given.
Many of us remember the sensation that
was created many years ago when the
nomination of A. T. Stewart for secretary
of the treasury by President Grant was
withdrawn because of the existence of
the provision of law above quoted.
The proper thing for Mr. Gage to do
under all the circumstances is to resign
his office. If he does not, his removal
will be in order. The office which A.
T. Stewart could not hold under the law
he has plainly been holding in violation
of both law and morals.
COMIAti AS A POLITICIAN.
Unless the Washington correspondent
of the Globe is at fault the people of
the Northwest are destined to witness
another "swing aound the circle" by our
good Ghisttan national executive. He
will come, we are informed, in the spring,
when human thought is supposed to
run lightly to love, to spout politics. In
other words, the mission of the good man
is "to enlighten the voters."
Under the preterse of welcoming the re
turning volunteers, President McKinley
last summor started out on an ante-elec
tion stumping tour. It was pure patriot
ism, of course, we were assured, which
had dragged him away fro^m his desk at
the White house. But it was found that
it was a malignant type of party bitter
ness which tipped his tongue in all he
had to say to the home-coming soldiers.
He had no comuunctioa about resorting
to what was no better than an ignoble
party political trick; and he very clearly
showed what the patriotism of the aver
age imperialist politician consists of be
fore he had gone far in the completion
of his itinerary.
Nowhere else did the president violate
the proprieties and decencies of the occa
sion so openly, perhaps, as during his so
journ in these two cities. When Gov. Lind
felt compelled to interfere, as he did. It
is apparent that the case was an extreme
one. At this distance of time the perusal
of President McKinley's speech of so-call
ed welcome creates surprise that any man
possessed of the instincts of a man of re
finement, as it is assumed the president
possesses them, could have been guilty of
the plain violation of hospitality and good
taste which that speech reveals.
It is pleasant to reflect that there Is no
such false pretense indulged in on this
occasion. If the president comes to the
Northwest during his contemplated jour
ney to and from San Francisco, he comes
avowedly as any other imperialist poli
tician might come—to spout. He must di
vest himself of his character of chief ex
ecutive of this people If he comes here In
any such mission. He will not be permit
ted to do as he did so flagrantly last sum
mer, when he so deftly transformed an
occasion which had wrought on the feel
ings and sympathies of an entire nation
Into an opportunity to make political cap
ital for himself and the band of merce
naries with whom his administration Is
Identified In the minds of a large pro
portion of the American people.
The city of St. Paul can well afford
to dispense with the presence of even the
president of the United States when he
chooses beforehand to cast aside all that
renders his office an object of popu'ar love
and veneration.
— .»_
OUR COMEDY OP ERRORS.
"I never recommended," says Comp
troller McCardy to one of his newspa
per organs, "that the insurance fund be
used for operating expenses by the
school board." No; Mr. McCardy never
did. But his party associates, the ma
jority of the council, have so recom
mended, and Mayor Kiefer has acted on
the recommendation by hurriedly ap
proving a resolution which puts an end
to the Insurance fund and transfers the
$30,000 represented by that fund to the
school board. What Mr. McCardy did
was to recommend that $20,000 of that
amount be used for school building pur
poses. The one resolution was just as
legal as the ether, no more and no less,
THK ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1900.
under the operation of the very pro
vision of the city charter which the
comptroller quotes to his ■ newspaper or
gan for ihe enlightenment of a poorly
Informed public.
In the mysterious dispensations of the
city administration under the Republi
can machine one is naturally at a loss
to comprehend just why the Republican
council should fly in the face of the city
charter and of its great expounder, Me-
Cardy, by doing as it has done. There
Is no longer any surprise to be felt by
anyone as to any action or recommenda
tion of the impeccable Mr. McCardy, of
course. And 30 he may be dismissed
from the proposition, at least in its
present bearings. But what can we
say for the council and the mayor? What
are they driving at in going in direct
opposition not only to McCardy, but to
the advioe and opinion of the city's legal
adviser, Mr. Markham?
McCardy has declared that every dol
lar of that $30,000 was taken from the
general fund. The city attorney in
sists that there is no authority to take
a dollar from the general fund for the
support of the schools. In his sugges
tion that the insurance fund be used for
school purposes Mr. Markham express
ly declared that he "assumed" that that
fund was not derived from that source.
Of course the assumption was false,
whether or not Mr. Markham knew it
when he made it.
For all practical^ purposes, then, Mc-
Cardy and Markham are in agreement.
But look at where they stand respective
ly with reterence to the council. Mc-
Cardy says he will not make the transfer
of that $30,000 to the school fund until
the court? order him to do so. If the
courts are to so order him, it will only
be after Mr. Markham has applied to the
courts to do so. Will Mr. Markham
do the bidding of the council and tha
mayor and apply for a mandamus to
compel McCardy to do what he (Mark
ham) has advised the council they have
no legal authority to do? That is a
conundrum which of course it would re
quire a mind profoundly schooled in the
mysteries of the Republican machine to
give the answer to.
The Globe rather believes that it
can distinguish the lineaments of the
particular Ethiopian who withholds him
self from general view behind this ap
parently irreconcilable difference among
the directors of the local Republican
machine. The time has not quite ar
rived yet, in the progress of the de
lightful comedy of errors which at pres
ent occupies thjs local political boards,
to drag the sable gentleman into the
light.
To the Third regiment, so long stationed
at Fort Snelling, Belongs the honor of
the capture of the first lady of the Fili
pino republic.
Aguinaldo believes in the old adage,
"Ladies first." Mrs. Aguinaldo has sur
rendered to the Americans.
A man is not necessarily a dude becausa
he wears rolled-up trousers. They may
be fringed at the bottom.
Probably Mrs. Agulnaldo's real moiivo
In surrendering was to recover her lost
wardrobe. ______
Mr. Maher does not taka much stock
in the belief that there is luck in odd
numbers.
Now it has or it has not, and you can
believe as you please about it.
The lowa Republican machine does not
appear to be out of Gear.
By this time most people have turned
back to the old leaf.
Gen. French found It a happy New
Year.
Have you sworn on again yet?
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
The masquerade incident of the volatile
Lady Babbie in "The Little Minister" has
been condensed and smelted into a most
sympathy-winning play by the author, J.
M. Barrie. But after giving due acknowl
edgment to Mr. Barrie for his fine lit
erary conception of plot and style in the
stirring story of Thrums, one must con
fess that its success as a play is due
wholly to the one central figure, Lady
Babbie, and that even this part has been
created and humanized by a woman-
Maude Adams. For, after a play is finish
ed, the plot evolved, the details picked
in with the most artistic tints; and the
succession of climaxes carefully arranged,
it. still remains for some real actor or act
ress to breathe into it the spirit of life.
Miss Adams did this. In Grace Heyer,
who yesterday carried the leading role at
the Metropolitan.. Maude Adams has a
most worthy and deserving emulator.
Pretty, graceful and wlnrting, the heroine
of the Rintoul Castle escapade achieved
a gratifying success before an audience
that largely exceeded the seating capacity
of the house.
All who have read the book will readily
single out and link together in their minds
the principal events of the play. But they
will miss much of artistic condensation
and concentrated action if they fail to
witness the comedy drama. It is the
story of an honest young man's love for
a supposed gypsy girl, even against what
he believes to be his better judgment.
It is, also, a question whether Gavin Dis
hart does not exhibit more personal
bravery when he is disillusioned and
realizes the real character and position
of his wife than when he defends against
persecution the beautiful gypsy.
Lady Babbie, the daughter of old Lord
Rintoul, acting on a benevolent impulse,
assumes the character of a wandering
gypsy girl. She meets Gavin Dlshart,
"The Little Minister," and falls in lov«
with him as deeply as he with her.
Previous to this episode an arrangement
had been'made to give her, as a bride, to
a. Capt. Halliwell. Meanwhile she is
pursued by English soldiers, and, to save
her from arrest, Dlshart acknowledges
her as his wife in the presence of wit
nesses. In Scotish law, at that date, this
constituted a legal marriage. And here
begins "the tangled web we weave when
first we practice to deceive." Taking up a
straightforward course, under these cir
cumstances, Gavin Dishart follows it to
the end, through trial by fire, the objur
gations of his deacons and the denuncia
tions of Lord Rintoul and Capt. Halli
well, to be rewarded at the curtain's fall
with a prize far more valuable, in a cer
tain worldly sense, than the humble gypsy
girl of the accidental woodland meeting.
It is not certain that the character of
Lady Babbie is a pure comedy part, but
were it more strongly accentuated with
this clement it can be said with truth
that Miss Heyer would not lose in the
slightest. Adolph Jackson, as Gavin Dis
hart, suited the action to the word, the
word to the action, and his physique ad
mirably fits IJie character. He plays the
part as though conscious at all times \liat
he is a clergyman with all worldly
vehemence perfectly under control. Lord
Rintoul, by William Charles Masser,
grains the apex of his situations in the
third act, and sustains himself admirably
throughout. The elders of "The Little
Minister c -church. Thomas Whamond,
Snecky. Hobart, Andrew Mealmaker and
Silva Tosh, taken by Thomas Gibson,
Cecil Kingstone, George Fo-rb.es/and How
ard Morgan, will fully meet the author's
conception of these rigid; Scotch Presby
terians.
A choice bit of sparkling cemedy is
added to the third act by Marion Convere,
as Felice, the French maid of .Lady Bab
bie. Sadie Lauer, as Micha Dow, the boy,
is an earnest little actress who won with
the audience particularly in the second
scene of the second act. Nannie Webster,
in the hands of Ufa. Kate Teneyck, is an
other comedy 'parß that wasiiot unappre
ciated. "The JLitfle Minister" -is a most
wholesome play, pure in tone and elevated
in principle. Indeed, the author could not,
consistently, Jiav^gnacte it less so with his
book at hand from*wjUfchto take the ma
terial. It -will .be'M ,tne Ttfetrbpolitan all
week, with WedßescWy and Saturday
matinees. .",: ty —R.F. S.
George H. Kro&hurst's latest farcical
effusion,"Why BtnfchiLeft Home," will be
presented .at the «raiil opera house week
commencing; n^tfeunfiay night. The cast
includes sucli^q&e.r^.as Frank-Tannehill
Jr., Eugene :%@ina£C. i Jay Williams,
Frederick K&m-tt^ ©ilbert Gardner,
Carina Jordan, Nellie Maskeli', Jennie
Engel, l.ottie Williams, Sa-Her, Rose Hub
bard, Belle Chamberlain and Lizzie May
Ulmer.
Hoyt's latest and best comedy, "A Day
and a Night," packed the Grand opera
house yesterday at both performances.
The first popular-priced matinee will oc
cur tomorrow at 2:30. i
NOTES:
Frank Danz's Symphony orchestra will
inaugurate a series of concerts at the
Metropolitan on Sunday afternoon, Jan.
21, IMW.
The attraction at the Metropolitan for
the first haM of next week will be the
comedy drama of "A Young Wife." The
last iialf will be filled by Otis Skinner in
"The Liars."
——^
BETSY ROSS MEMORIAL.
Money to Preserve tUe Birthplace ot"
Old Glory Will Ec Raised.
The achievement of the American Flag
House and Betsy Ross Memorial associa
tion, in raising the sum of $13,231 in twelve
months by the sale of-10-cent certificates
of membership, toward the fund for the
purchase and preservation of the birth
place of Old Glory, and the erection of
a suitable national memorial in honor of
Betsy Ross, was announced at the an
nual meeting held at- the Flag house,
Philadelphia.
Upon the roll of honor the names of
500,000 people have been recorded as mem
bers of the association, and by adding
their mites have aided in the glorious
demonstration of American patriotism.
The Flag house is :saved from demolition
by the pennies of the people. That each
subscriber participating in the work
might have an ev«r present memory, the
plan for the issuance of the certificates
was adopted; and that a lasting record
of the patriotism of tcjday might be made,
rames of all members are placed on the
roll of honor, which will be kept in the
flag room. No undertaking of such uni
versal scope was ever before inaugurat
ed to effect a patriotic end.
The subscription lists have been sent
by the association to-all 1 states and terri
tories, the Philippine islands, Hawaii,
Puerto Rico and Cuba, and te American
residents in the of the world.
From this solicit.tUon a most gratifying
result has been obtained, and the cer
tificates are to b(j* found wherever Amer
icans dwell. They have been - sent to
Alaska, Patagonia, London and Hong
Kong, and intermediate places, thus en
circling the world from north to south
and t'rom east to west.
The: directors* appreciating .the fact
that loyal Americans at distant points
would be eager to'parricipate In the work,
made it possible to send them the cer
tificates at the expense of the associa
tion, .thus to -maintain the stipulated^
subscription of m •.•entsT by adopting the
plan of raising thirty names on a ci'ub
register, and of sending the thirty certifi
cates in one package io' any address. The
person forming tUe ctub receives a beau
tiful prein.ium. picture in ten colors, size
2£.\28 inches, a roprouiiction of the orig
inal paintng by'Chas: H. Weisgerber,
as a testimonial."
Sixteen thousand Americans have. al
ready earned this testimonial. The requi
site sum of $25,000 lor the purchase and
preservation oi' the Flag house will, it
is jnoro than assured, be secured by
Flag day, June 14, 19&>. and the fund for
the national memorial to Betsy Ross,
the fair maker of the Hag, will be fairly
started.
The officers, directors and charter mem
bers of this association are among the
most distinguished of American states
men, scholars, ecclesiastics, soldiers and
philanthropists. Among them are:
Dr. Edward Brookfc, superintendent ot
public schools, Philadelphia: Adam H.
Fetterolf. president of Girard college;
Hon. John Warramaker, ex-Gov. Robert
E. Pattison, of Renasylvania; Hon. John
Quincy Adams, of New York; Charles H.
Weisgerber, Esq.. painter of the picture,
"Birth of Our Nation's Flag;" Rev. Mor
gan Dix, D. D.; Sup't. John Jasper, of
New York public schools; Gen. Oliver
Otis Howard. U. S. A.; Hon. Ben.l. F.
Tracy, George Canby,: Esq.. grandson of
Betsy Ross; Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan,
Rabbi Krauskopf. President James Mac-
Alister, Ph. D., of Drexel institute, Phil
adelphia; Dr. Thomas Egleston. of Co
lumbia university; Rev. Russeil H. Con
well D D.; Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, Lieut.
Francis A. Adanys, George Clinton Batch
eller, Esq.; Thomas Esq.; Dr. Na
than C. Schaeffer, superintendent of pub
lic instruction, ,s'tate>- of Pennsylvania;
Frederick H. CqzzensL Esq., of Detroit;
Edward Pay son Cone. Esq.; Hon. Lucius
E. Chittenden, Sydney L. Krauss. Esq.;
Gen. Thomas J- Stewart, William A.
Carr, Esq.; Rev. Henry C McCook. Esq.;
Charles W. Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia;
Judge William N. Ashman and Hon. Ed
win S. Stuart.
Ths officers elected for the ensuing year
are: President, Edward Brooks; vice
president, Adam H. Fetterolf; secretary,
John Quincy Adams, and treasurer,
George Clinton Batcheller.
Under the seal of the association, the
first authentic history of the flag will be
issued as early as next March. It will
have the story of the creation of the flag,
told by George Canby, Esq., grandson of
Betsy Ross, and will contain hitherto un
published data, obtained from the records
of the state department, and lithograph
reproductions of ' Colonial and Revolu
tionary flags and the Stars and Stripes in
several forms.
The association has secured the legal
right to erect a suitable monument over
the grave of Betsy Ross, in Mount Mo
riah cemetery, Philadelphia, from her
descendants, who hold the deed to the
family lot.
The gratifying results obtained were
made possible through the co-operation
of the press, and the association extends
Its thanks to the editors who have
brought its patriotic purposes to the no
tice of their constituents.
It is the belief of the directors that
those who have not yet become asso
ciated in the cause t ,wlll hasten to con
summate the ofrje"ctsf v and, at the same
time, assure torfevery, home the distinc
tion of being represented on the roll of
honor.
As a result of a W^iew of the books,
at the close of ithe fl*st year, the states
are representedriiß tHji following order:
Pennsylvania, £24,13f>; New York, 115,110;
New Jersey, 70,290; ■Massachusetts, 17,850;
Maryland, 16,890; Rhode Island. 6,990;
Ohio, 6,830; District 'of Columbia, 4,500;
Illinois, 4,440; Etelawtfre, 3,420; Connecti
cut, 2,910; Indiana; 1/ttO; Michigan. 1,350;
California, 1,170;} Missouri, 900; lowa, S7<>;
New Hampshtre»7so;.Minnesota, 6i<o; Colo
rado, 690; Utah fiOO; Maine, 570; Louisiana,
510; Virginia, #[; Wisconsin, 360; West
Virginia, 330; KSntucfiy. 330; Kansas, 240;
Florida, 180; Vefmont'/'ISO; Tennessee, 15(t;
Georgia, 90; Alfebamm 90; Nebraska, 90;
North Carolina}/ 60; .riNorth Dakota, 6v»;
South Dakota, 60; Texas, 30; Montana, SO;
Idaho, 30; Oregon, 30.^
Tbe /pjlpwing states have a miscel
laneous representation of less than thirty,
the number required for a complete club:
South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Wyoming,
New Mexico, Washington, Arizona,
Nevada: _
California'^ Forests.
An Eastern syndicate is being organ
ized to buy up all of California's famolis
redwood forests.
SOCIfIL SIDE OF WHSHINGTON LIFE
Part Played in If by Women of the North
west—Ghat of the Capital.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 1.-TSpe
cial.)— The reception given by Mrs. Cu3h
rnan K. Davis at her home on X street
was probably, with one exception, the
most brilliant "at home" held in Wash
ington today. The Davis residence is
next door to the home of Mrs. Washing
ton McLean, the mother of Mrs. Dewey,
and there Mrs. Dewey received. A gor
geous throng of diplomats in court dreas
and army and navy men in full dress uni
forms poured from the Dewey reception
to pay their respects to the wife of the
Minnesota senator. Mrs. Davis was as
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Page Morris,
Mrs. Rodrlques, Miss Fletcher, niece of
the Minneapolis congressman, Miss Lam
prey, of St. Paul; Mrs. Farrell, Mrs.
Roach, and the Misses McNaughton and
Marie Collins.
Besides the diplomatic, army and navy
guests, there were many senators and
representatives and high government offi
cials, as well as many Mlnnesotans row
residing in Washington. Altogether it was
one of the mftst notable receptions of the
day, being 'outranked In point of numbers
only by the receptions at the White house
and by that of Mrs. Dewey. Mrs. Davis
alSo assisted Mrs. McKinley in receiving
at the "White house in the morning.
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After today the people who min
gle in official society life in this
capital will begin what is considered one
continual round of pleasure. The presi
dent on Jan. 1 of every year inau
gurates the official society season by
a reception at the executive mansion.
As is well kr.cwn he receives the dip'.o
malic corps, the supreme court justices,
the army, the novy and minor men under
his administration. After the New Year
reception at the White house the mem
bers of the cabinet and their wives fol
low the usual custom in giving weekly
receptions which the general public may
attend. The wives of the senators and
representatives al?o have a receiving day
each we3k, and the custom heretofore in
vogue will be followed this winter.
from the Northwestern states, Mrs.
Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, and
Mrs. W. R. Merriam, wife of the director
of the United States census, will lead in
levish entertainments and receptions dur
ing thia social season. Both of theso
women have admirably equipped resi
dences for eniertaining, and propose to
g:ve the Northwest more representation
than it has heretofore had in oflloial so
ciety circles. The wives of the members
of the lower house from Minnesota are
not society people in the sense that they
■v^ ill endeavor to make a stir in the cap
ital this winter, but the majority will be
"At Home" to their friends from the
Northwest spates.
Mrs. Hansbrough, wife of the senator
from North Dakota, will also figure ex
tc-rsively in a society way thl3 winter.
Mrs. Hansbrough is one of the brightest
of the many bright women who will make
Washington a home this season. Her res.
idencc on Florida c venue will probably be
the scene of many brilliant but small re
ceptions weekly, beginning when the ssa
eon is fully under way.
Mrs. Mac Cumber, the wife of the junior
senator from Noith Dakota, will not at
tempt to rival Mis. Hansbrough in her
entertainment3 this year. Mrs. Mac Cu
mber, however, will receive with pleasure
her friends who visit Washington from
North Dakota.
The representatives from the states
further west than Minnesota have very
few members whos-e wivc3 will figure ex
tensively in Washington society at thia
?of-s.ion of congiess. It will, therefore,
fail.upon the Minnesota a".d North Da
kota devotees to have this section placed
upon a footing with those who cut the
usual swath in society in this capital
when congress is assembled.
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Senate expert* estimate that the contest
over the seat of Clark, of Montana,
charged with having secured his election
by corrupt .means, will cost the govern
ment not -less than $50,0Q0. About eighty
witnesses, fifty of them members of the
les'i&laturo that elected Clark, have been
summoned. Their mileage alone from
Montana to Washington and return will
cost $27,000. They will be allowed $3 per
diem whi!-3 In attendance, or a total of
$240 a day. The committee hopes to get
through with thorn in three days. Three
weeks would probably be nearer to the
time they will be here. Stenographic re
ports of the testimony, printing and oth
er expenses will iun the total up to $50,
--000 at least. Clark's enemies expect these
witnesses to testify to a state of facts
which will- compel the committee to re
port a resolution declaring Clark's seat
vacant. But the senate investigating
committees are ufed to hearing a sena
tor's enemies thunder at a great rate In
the index and then fall down ignobly
when it comes to making good their accu.
sations under cath.
• • •
Representative Bailey, of Texas, now
wears a plug hat of the latest vintage
and a purple tie. Moreover, he has had
hia hair cut. It will be recollected that
in the earty days of this administration
Mr. Bailey gained fleeting notoriety by
declining an Invitation to dine with Presi
dent McKinley, on the ground that ho
could nsver wear the splketailed coat
that is a distinguishing feature of a gen
tleman's evening dress. He adhered to
Ms long-tailed, elouble-breasted frock
crat. His headgear was a broad-brimmed
b!f.ck slouch hat of the genus cowboy.
His neckwear was a white tie. His
straight black hair was worn long, as
Ihat of an Indian. Thus arrayed and ac
coutred, with his smooth-shaven face, h9
looked like an ante-bellum planter, or a
statesman of the olden time.. No one will
now be surprised, to learn that he has
denned full evening ciress and gone to a
banquet of the New York Reform club.
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Senator Mcßride, of Oregon, proposes to
enlarge the pens'on list by granting pen
sions to certain officers and enli3ted men
of the'life saving service, and to the'r
widows and minor children. This is,
without doub\ a most commendable meas
ure, but it will b3 difficult of passage, be
cause it will be considered the entering
wedge to the successful consideration ot
a general civil pension roll which has long
been in conslderat'on In certain quarters.
Civil pension bills, drawn upon lines in
vogue in Englard and Germay, have been
annually intrcduced in the American con
gress during the past decade, but have
never gotten a favorable report. It does
not now appear that tha present congress
will give such a measure favorable con
sideration.
Senator Mcßrlde's bill proposes a pen
sion for every superintendent, keeper of
a crew or member of a crew of the life
saving service of the United States who
has been or may be hereafter disabled
by disease or Injury incurred while in the
actual, performance of. his duty In such
service, and has been or shall hereafter
be honorably discharged. It is proposed
to pension the widow, or, If there be no
widow, the minor children.
The rate, commencement and duration
of pensions of this class shall be gov
erned by the provisions and limitations
of the general pension laws; "and for the
purpose of this act the rank of super
intendent in the life saving service shall
be held equivalent to that of a captain
in the navy, and the rank of a keeper of
a crew In the life saving service shall
be held to be equivalent to that of an
ensign in the navy, and the rank of a
member of a crew in the life saving serv
ice shall be held to be equivalent to that
of a seaman in the navy or a private in
the army: Provided, that no person shall
receive at the same time both a pension
and the pay of his rank and station In the
life saving service, or for the same time
a pension and the extra pay aiiowed to
keepers and members of the crew and
widows and children of such persona by
sections 7 and 8 of the act approved May
4, 1852."
• • •
The Admiral Dewey "loving cup," man
ufactured from contributions from every
section of the United States and even
from the new Insular possessions, of on*
dime, In its completed splendor, . hag
reached Washington and is on exhibi
tion in a window of one of the leading
jewelry firms of the Capital City.
It will be recalled that the testimonial
to Admiral Dewey was started by a
newspaper of New York city, which is
sued a call for contributions of 10-cent
pieces which were to be ultimately melted
and by artificers converted Into a great
monument of silver, useless except as an
ornament as it appears. I-t was stipu
lated In the contract so to speak, that
no one individual should contribute more
than one silver dime. Canadian dimes
were not accepted, though they pass cur
rent In various portions of the United
Spates. The great loving cup was made
from dimes contributed by 70,000 people
md nearly all were melted down and
u.sed In the manufacture of this useless
piece of metal. Those not absolutely
melted to form the pedestal and the
great cup itself were utilized to place
what one might term a frieze around the
cup.
The actual base of the great cup Is of
rosewood, probably about three feet
square. Surmounting this is a great
bowl made of silver, in form reminding
one of an urn, which might be used to
place a palm in during the winter
months. However, that is not its pur
pose. It Is merely the base for the piece
de resistance, the cup itself. When
coupled together, base and cup, It will
reach ceilingward nearly ten feet, and if
Admiral Dewey should ever wish to take
a loving drink from It he would be
obliged first, of course, to fill It—the
dime givers did not obligate themselves
to do this—which would call for at least
ten gallons. Then he would be forced
to secure a stepladder to reach the sum
mit, and a small derrick manned by sev
eral trusty servants to elevate the mon
ster piece of silver to his lips. Its util
ity as a drinking mug is about equal to
that of one of the great smelting pots
in the Carnegie steel works. As a work
of the silversmith's art, however, it is
very beautiful.
The "cup" Itself rests upon four sup
ports, presumably representing dolphins,
though they really have heads reminding
one more of a pug dog. The pug dog
dolphin has scales, and these scales are
formed by placing layers of dimes along
their bodies. The cu^ it might be here
stated, Is an urn-shaped affair and is
surmounted by a figure representing
"Victory." Held aloft In her right hand
is a wreath and to her left breast she
clasps an excellent portrait of the ad
miral. The bowl of the "cup" has en
graved allegorical representations of the
entrance of the Asiatic fleet under Dewey
Into Manila bay, the subsequent fight and
destruction of Admiral Montojo's fleet
and also a representation of the home
where Dewey was born.
The "loving cup" has with it a largo
volume about the size of an ortllnary
newspaper sheet heavily bound in silver,
which contains the names of the "0,000
who contributed to this monstrous piece
of silver. These names are written upon
sheets of vellum.
The whole affair is really a masterpiece,
but of course Its utility is nil. About
all Admiral Dewey could ever do with it
would be to place It as a centerpiece
upon a dining room table, and even at
that he might have to elevate the celling
In his dining room.
The "cup," base and volume containing
the 70,000 names, will be on exhibition
for several days prior to being trans
ferred to the residence of Admiral Dewey.
Just at present the great piece of silver
representing the admiration in which tie
victorious naval conqueror Is held by
70,000 of the citizens of his country 19
being reviewed by hundreds daily.
—J. S. Van Antwerp.
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OPINIONS EDITORS.
Editor Langum is getting all kinds of
abuse from his Republican brethren be
cause he dared to speak well of Reishus'
administration of the grain department.
Langum should learn to always meekly
indorse the screod and falsehoods^ pre
pared by the Republican press bureau.
Instead of expressing his own opinions.
Then he will be lauded as a loyal Repub
lican.-Appletou Press.
• • •
Hon. A. F. Ferris, of Brainerd, wants
to be a delegate to the Republican na
tional convention at Philadelphia. ftut
Philly can't teach that gentleman any
thing about subterranean politics, and It'e
a question what he wants to go there for
except to get inspiration from Quay.— Lit
tls Falls Herald.
• • •
Congressman Eddy announces his can
didacy for renomlnation. About the same
time the opponents to the Mill street fed
eral building site at Fergus Falls de
clared that he can't be. It is too bad
to have a measly public building of
greater importance than all the other
interests in the district. His political
manager Is not helping him a bit in
Otter Tall county.—Moorhead inde
pendent.
• • •
Thers is a suspicion gaining ground
that the Van Sant boom is founded large
\\y on wind, or something else equally
unstable. If v there isn't a solid sub
structure we'll have time to discover It
before the convention, thanks to the In
dustry of the genial captain.—Anoka
Herald.
• • •
If Capt. Van Sant is as strong as his
friends have reason to think he is, it will
benefit rather than harm him to have the
bushes thorough!:/ beaten for the other
candidates, that they may be run
through the separator of political opin
ion and dumped onto the straw pile.—
Goodhue County News.
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Oldest Tree.
The town of Kos, the capital of the
small Turkish island of that name lying
off the coast of Asia Minor, possessor
the oldest tree in the world. Under its
shade Hippocrates inculcated his dis
ciples in his methods and views concent
ing the healing art 2,000 years ago. Tradi
tion carries the age of the tree back to
the time of Aesculapius (of whom Hippo
crates was a lineal descendant), which
would add some 400 years to its age. A
great part of the trunk is built round,
and there is a fountain known as Hippo
crates' Fountain. The circumference »f
the t^unk la 300 feet, and there are two
mean lower branches, which are sup
ported by masonry columns.
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Woman') Rights.
The Turkish woman Is marriageable, at
the age of nine years and by Turkish
law at that age, if married, she 's com
petent to manage her property and dis
pose of one-third of her fortune. The
law allows her to abandon her hus
band's house for just cause and will pro
tect her In so doing. She cannot be com
pelled to labor for the support of her hus
band.
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World* Stiver Product.
This country holds second place among
the nations as a silver producer, her out
put of the white metal last year being
valued at $32,118,400. Mexico surpasses her
as a silver prdducer, her product last year
being worth at current prices $33,475,000.
Taking the United States and Mexico to
gether, they produce 67 per cent of the
world's product of the argentiferous
metal.
Grasshopper Plague.
The authorities In Algeria gave 140,000
toward fighting grasshoppers. In one dis
trict 3,200 camels were employed to carry
the material for burning over the plaoea
where eggs had been deposited.
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Whale Meat a Delicacy.
That the Japanese consider salted whale
meat a delicacy would appear by the
quantities purchased. The whales are
caught off the coaat of Korea, the flesh
and blubber cut up, salted and sent to
Japan for sale as food. Over 2,000,000 lbs
of the whale meat was Imported Into
Nagasaki alone last year.
BILL U MOD IIMDS
PROVIDE® FOR A GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMBST OP COM
MERCE
PUBLIC SERVICE IN NEED OF IT
Treasury Department Now Over
weighted "With Matters* Which Do
Not Properly Detong to It—Other
Mcasnren That Will Be l>Red at
Present Sesalon—Effort to Improve
Revenue Service.'
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 1.-(Spe
clal..t--«'halrman Frye, of the senate cum
merce committee, saya that there are
three bills of Importance ponding before
that committee, which will be favorably
reported to the senate after congress re
a;>sembl:?«. In an ip.t* rview he talked
interestingly abcut these measures, add
ing:
"They are the shipping bill, the bill to
establish a department of commerce and
industries, and the bill for the reorgani
zation of the revenue cutter service on
.'ires similar to the navy."
Replying to a question as to the pros
pect for legislation that will establish a
department of commerce and industry,
Senator Frye said:
"I think ifcere Is a universal demand
from boards of trade and commercial or
ganizations that such a department be
created. Last congress I Introduced a
bill for that purpose, and held several
hearings before the committee on com
merce, at which a very strong sentiment
developed in favor of the bill. Petitions
and memorials ir favor of it flooded both
houses of congress, but other matters
arose which prevented action. I have re
introduced that bill, with some amend
ments widening the scope of the proposed
department, and will use my best en
deavors to secure Its passage. It is now
before the comrr.ittee on commerce, In
charge of a very energetic subcommittee
composed of Senators Nelson, of Minne
sota; Hanna, of Ohio; and Clay, of Geor
gia. I think I am safe in predicting early
and favorable action upon it.
"The necessity of this new department
is so apparent as to require little ex
planation. Any cne who is conversant
with public business knows that the
treasury department Is overweighted with
riafters which do r.ot properly belong to
it. Wo have to eeva to as many as half
a dozen different bureaus in the depart
ment for information we need in connec
tion wiMi bills- before this committee.
"I notice," continued the senatof, "that
there is some agitation for the establish
ment also of a department of mines and
mining. Now there Is no reason in thß
world why all matters relating to mines
and mining could not be referred to a
bureau of the proposed department of
commerce and Industries. They would be
exactly within the province of the latter
department, and I believe that the senti
ment of the majority of the committee
on commerce is In favor of making
mines and mining a bureau of the new
department.
REVENUE SERVICE RELIEF.
"There Is another bill In which I am
very deeply interested," said Senator
Frye, "and which I am going to push
to the limit. This Is the bil} to put the
revenue cutter service on the same foot
ing with the navy. There is no mora
just measure proposed to congress. Tha
committee on commerce, I believe, -Win
make a unanimous report in favor of It:
in fact, the report Is written and ready
to be presented at almost any time.
"No branch of the fublic service has
received as shabby treatment as the rev
enue cutter service. It was only by add
ing an amendment to an appropriation
bill that I secured the retirement of
some thirty revenue cutter officers who
had grown old and gray in the service.
There is no braver lot of men in either
the army or navy. They are always on
duty, without shore assignments, ex
posed to dangers, and In case of war
they are pressed into the naval service.
The records of the last two or thre«
years alone show the most heroic deeds
to have been performed by the officers
and men of this service. Take, for In
stance, the overland trip through Alaska,
in midwinter, to the relief of the ship
wrecked whalers at Point Barrow, in the
Ar.i.r sea, ma«lp by officers of the
revenue cutter Bear. This service Is as
fully entitled to all the provisions of
promotion and retirement as is the navy,
and the pay and allowance of the of
ficers should be the same. I am very
hopeful of favorable action on the part
od ■•us r< i-
Mr. Frye does not appear very san
guine of action on the Nlcaraguan canal
proposition at this season. If the re
habilitation of the Panama Canal com
pany by the infusion of American capi
tal and a New Jersey charter has been
actually accomplished every obstacle
will be thrown in the way'of the Nicara
guan canal scheme.
—J. S. Van Antwerp. .
LAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BerMn—Emperor "William has conferred
the title of prince on Count yon Eulen
burjr. the German ambassador at Vienna.
New Yorte— Tte United States battleship
Texas, frum Norfolk, where she landed
the (lend of the Maine brought hv her
from Cuba for inteiment in the national
cemetery at .Arlington, passed in Sandy
H..< l< at «:50 a. m.
New York—Some anxiety is being felt
for Use coasting steamer Georere Farwell,
fmrn New Orleans, via Port Tampa, for
New York. She carried about seven men
of a crew.
towa <'lty. lo.—Capt. W. W. Marshall,
of Dea Moines, for four years deputy
postmaster ef Den Moines, and had pre
viously been connected with tha D&9Btm
per department of the Chicago. -Burlinff
tou & Quincy railroad, attempted suicide
here la si night by shooting.
Concord. N. H— The srand jury reported
to Jud^e Aldrich today. No indictment
was Found against Senator Ga!Hnj?er,
charged with violating the civil service
laws in isolioiiiiiK subscriptions for cam
paign purposes lrom federal otnceholders.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
PADTTAH, Ky. p Jan. I.—John W. Ba
ker, griiidmasteT in Kentucky of tho
Aoetatt Order of United Workmen, died
today Of dropsy, at the age of flfty-flve.
Mr. Baker was manager of the W. M.
Clarke Tobacco company. He leaves a
widow, one son and a daughter.
LONDON". Jan. I.—Frank Sheppard, of
the American variety team of Wood &
Sheppiird, died Sunday night from pneu
monla. lie had been preparing to return
to tlu- I'nited States after a two years'
visit to Europe.
YORK, Pa.. Jan. I.—George V. Metzel.
founder of the Improved Order of Hepto
s-aphs, dieil suddenly at his home at
Stewartstuwn this morning. He was aged
seventy-five years. On Dec. 13 he cele
brated his golden wedding. Deceased was
a native of Baltimore, but had resided in
this county the past twenty-five years.
OAKLAND. C'al., Jan. I.—Douglass B.
Woodworth, ex-member of the Canadian
parliament, of late a practicing attorney,
who resided near this city; died today
from Injuries received a week ago, when
his horses ran away, throwing him out I
of his carriage. He was a native of Can
ada, ajteq ftfty-six years. He was a mem
ber of the Canadian parliament for fif
teen years.
Party Convention Called.
CHICAGO, Jan. I.—The national com
mittee of the Christian Political uniqn,
the new organization formed by the c<Jn
ference of Christian men and women who
have been in session here for the past
two days, held its first meeting today
and Issued an address calling for a na
tional assembly of representatives of the
new party to meet at Rock Island, 111.,
May 30, 1000.
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RoHnlttn Noblemen.
Russia has 650,000 princes and other
hereditary nobles.