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CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Canter. 1 1 mo I 6 mos I U mo«
Dally onlyT. 15 $2.25 $4.00
Daily and Sunday... 60 £.75 5.00
Sunday IS .75 | IJO
COUNTRT SUBSCRIPTIONS.
' By~MaIJT I Imo I 6 rooa I 12 mos
•JJailv only '& | U. 60 *3.W
Dally ard Sunday... .35 2.00 4.00
Bunday 75 1.60
Weekly .60 1.00
Entered at Postofflce at St. Paul. Minn.,
•a Eecond-Class Matte-. Address all
tommunleaticns nnd make all Remit
tances payable to THE r.uOBE CO., St.
P«iul. Minn. Anonymous communica
tion not notloed. Rejected manuscripts
Will net ho returned unless accompanied
PRANCH OFKICKS.
Now York 19 Sprue* St.
Chicago..Room 609, No. «7 Washington St.
THE WEATHER.
Minr.esoia—Pair Wednesday; Thursday
fair and probably colder; variable winds.
Wisconsin—Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; fresh west to northwest winds, di
minishing.
North Dakota—Fair Wednesday; Thurs
day fair and probably colder; variable
winds.
South Dakota—Fair Wednesday; Thurs
day fair and probably colder; variable
winds.
lowa—Fair Wednesday and Thursday;
southerly winds.
Montana—Fair Wednesday and Thurs
day; probably colder Thursday; variable
winds.
ST. PAUL..
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
■ Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 2S
Lowest temperature 7
Average temperature 18
Daily range 21
Barometer 30.19
Humidity 63
Precipitation 0
7 p. m., temperature 20
1 p. m., wind, west; weather, clear.
SNOW AND ICE REPORT.
Depth of snow on ground and thickness
of Ice in inches, Jan. 1, 8 p. m.:
Snow. Ice.
St. Paul T 12.5
Bismarck 3 6.0
Duluth T 10.0
Escanaba T 6.0
Havre T
Helena 3
Huron 1 —
La Crosse 9 10.0
Milwaukee 1 2.0
Moorhead 1 12.0
Willistoii 3 16.0
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
♦SpmHighl •Spmlligh
Battleford ..—4 0 Cheyenne ....30 52
Bismarck ... 10 10 Chicago 22 28
Calgary 10 lOiOincMnnati ...22 28
Duluth' 18 26;cieveland ....22 22
Edmonton .. 2 12|Denver 40 50
Jfavre 16 16,Galveston ....42 42
Helena 16 18|Montgomery .30 34
Huron 12 24 Montreal 8 12
Mcd Hat.... 16 20 New Orleans.3B 40
Minnedosa ..10 28 New Y0rk....22 20
Pr. Albert...— 2 4 Omaha 24 26
Qu'AppeHe . 6 16 Philadelphia .22 26
S. Current .. 16 32 Pittsburg ....24 24
WilliPton .... 8 12 Pueblo 34 40
Winnipeg ... 4 14 St. Louis ....26 30
Boston 26 30
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
—Below zero.
GRIGGS' REFI'SAL TO I'KOSECITE.
The opinion recently given by Attorney
General Griggs on the application of cer
tain Chicago shippers, that he prosecute
for conspiracy under the Sherman anti
trust law certain railroad corporations
operating north of the Ohio and Potomac
rivers and east of the Mississippi, seems
on its face to be a very sensible and well
reasoned document.
The shippers in this case complained
that certain changes made by tl# rail
roads in existing freight classifications
were certain to result in the creation of
unreasonable charges under the law and
In unjust discrimination against small
and in favor of large shippers and
against certain localities in favor of
others. They appealed to the interstate
commerce commission, and during the
progress of the appeal demanded of the
railroads affected that they should post
pone the operation of the proposed
changes. This the railroads refused to
agree to. The shippers thereupon asked
the interstate commerce commission to
certify the facts to the attorney gen
eral with a view to the prosecution of
the railroads under the anti-trust law.
This law. It will be remembered, has
been found effective in putting an end
to combinations among railroads which
are in restraint of trade. A recent de
cision of the federal supreme court
Bhows also that the anti-trust law is ef
fective in preventing like combinations
or conspiracies, when properly prose
cuted, on the part of other corporations.
? The shippers, apparently impressed with
J the decision given so recently by the su
preme court in the case of the Addison
-> Steel company, proceeded to secure a
% legal remedy for complaints which had
I not been yet passed upon by the inter
j. state commerce commission, the tribunal
:f which the law invests in the first instance
with Jurisdiction over them. The attor
ney general very plainly declares that
the shippers' application to have him
prosecute is absurd.
This expression will be considered a
bit strong; but, in the nature of the ap
plication, it seems fully warranted. If
the shippers had waited for the adjudi
cation of the commission on the questions
raised, it might have become the duty of
the attorney general under the law to
proceed with the prosecution they sought,
although tills appears somewhat in doubt
considering the undisputed facts brought
out before the commission and certified
to the attorney general. The complaint
was one of unjust discrimination and un
reasonable charges. That question still
remains undetermined, owing to the ac
tion of the shippers in passing their com
plaint over the heads of the interstate
commerce commission.
The ground, however, on which Attor
ney General Griggs bases his opinion
and his characterization of the applica
tion as absurd is that the railroads in
question acted not only conjointly in
the changes that they made in the former
classification, but they also acted sepa
rately and independently. Each of the
roads interested ratified the new classi
fication suggested by the Joint commit
tee, thereby, according to Mr. Griggs,
negativing the assumption of the ship
pers that there was such a conspiracy as
would be within the purview of the anti
trust law.
The shippers have, of course, still their
remedy of submitting the offensive sched
ules of rates to the commission, and of
compelling the roads, through that body,
to alter their classification if the charge
of unreasonableness or discrimination Is
sustained. For all practical purposes
this remedy would appear to be sufficient,
at least for all their present purposes.
GO AHEAD, DOCTOR.
Whatever may finally roma of Dr.
Ohage's action In proceeding to collect
city garbage through his department, it
Is fairly certain that his action will re
ceive the approval of the house holders
of the city. They don't care a fig for
contractors or coundlmen in the trans
action. They desire to have their gar
bage promptly removed, and they doubt
less feel that their wishes in that direc
tion are more likely to find fulfillment
through tho health department than
through the contracting scavengers.
Many will be disposed, perhaps, to
doubt whether the nuisance which the
doctor proceeds to abate is just as pro
nounced as it would undoubtedly be under
different conditions of temperature. As
the head of the health department, the
only agancy of local government really
concerned in the problem. Dr. Ohage ap
pears to us to be entirely right in his
action. The council has not acted. The
contracts for the past year have expired.
No provision is made for the protection
of the general health or for the doing of
the work pending the arrival of the two
bodies of the council at an agreement.
No one is justified In assuming that such
an agreement will be arrived at within
any reasonable time, or, indeed, will be
arrived at at all.
Dr. Ohage simply recognizes the ex
istence of a public danger, more or less
serious, and proceeds under his construc
tion of his official duties to do that which
is now left undone, and would, not un
likely, ba indefinitely left undone but for
his intervention.
Of course, we are certain to havo
another delightful object lesson on the
worthlessness of the provisions of our
city charter In certain given directions,
and probably another siege of liti
gation. But we are well used to that
kind of thing, and nobody will take alarm
over the prospect.
ll' Dr. Ohage and his assistants are j
willing to take the risk of having their
bills paid when presented, of course that
settles that aspect of the matter. They
will have an opportunity at any rate to
show what thf^y can do. If the council
will only be obliging enough to leave
its differences unsettled long enough,
we can all be qualified to pass an opinion j
on actual experience on the claims and
pretensions put forward by Dr. Ohage as
to his ability and willingness to do the
work to the public satisfaction.
Something has been said about the
health commissioner using his position in
the matter for the promotion of the po
litical interests of Mayor KLefer. The
Globe respectfully suggests that that
sort of thing is pure fudge, unless we are
to believe that Dr. Ohage is at once a
very cheap sort of sanitarian and poli
tician. There is nothing in the doctor's
official career to ju3tify any suc-h view,
and there Is a good deal to establish its
absurdity.
THE LEGISIiATI'RCS—THAT'S !HE.
One of the most remarkable features of
imperialist methods In political life is the
way In which a few great men take
charge of affairs. The head of the na
tional administration, the Hon. Marcus
Aurelius Hanna, has already disposed of
the succession to the office made vacant
by the death of Vice President Hobart.
He declined to give his sanction recently,
as the Globe pointed out, to a New
York imperialist statesman named Wood
ruff becoming a candidate for the
place. According to Mr. Hanna, Wood
ruff was too young. Besides this dis
qualification, Senator Hanna further
pointed out to Mr. Woodruff that he could
not have the place because it had already
been bestowed on Secretary Root. The
action of the next national convention of
the imperialists on the vice presidential
nomination, it will be thus seen, Is ef
fectually settled six months or so be
fore the event.
Senator Hanna is not alone in the
plenary powers which he exercises. Ha
can" only act, of course, within the im«
mediate sphere of his influence and juris
diction. He is the master mind in na
tional concerns. He is al9o, of course,
the master in Ohio. Tn purely internal
affairs the great me n of the several
states, of course, are in control when
they do not interfere absolutely with na
tional concerns. Platt is the master In
New York. Quay is the same in Penn
sylvania. Each of these great man rep
resents all the departments of the state
government, as is generally understood.
Quay has shown his authority in acts
alone. He Is not a loquacious man. His
present appearance in the senate shows
to what simple proportions the problem
of state government in Pennsylvania has
been reduced by him.
Mr. Quay's friend, Mr. Flatt, breaks
out In speech more frequently than his
great compeer in Pennsylvania. He en
lightens the public from time to time be
forehand what the governor and <vhat
the legislature will or will not do in a
given event. His latest declaration of
this kind Is Interesting. It relates to
the work of the Mazet committee. Ths
Mazeteers' lawyer, Mr. Moss, recently
Incurred the great man's disfavor by
proposing to * put him on the stand In
connection with the $50,000,000 pro
posed Ramapo steal, whereat, it will
be remembered, the Maaeteers adjourned
precipitately and without day, leaving
Lawyer Moss in the air.
But Lawyer Moss did not propose to be
thus summarily disposed oT, and pro
ceeded, without consulting Mr. Platt, to
prepare the report of the committee to
the legislature. This proceeding the leg
islature, In the person of Mr. Platt, ob
jects to, putting the objection In the fol
lowing very plain terms:
"I never met Mr. Moss. I should say,
though, that he la laboring under the
impression that, in making his report of
the Mazet Investigation, he is speaking
for the committee He is mistaken if he
thinks the legislature will view it in any
such light. Mr. Moss is not the commii -
tee. As I understand it, the legislatuie
expects the committee to report, not Mr.
Mosk. It te the committee's report that
the legislature wants."
Nothing can be much simpler than this.
Of course, in these sentences, Mr. Platt
seems to distinguish between himself
and the legislature. But this is the
mcrcat formality, which he adopts to
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 190O<
overcome the feelings with which old
fashioned folks might regard his open
avowal of the Identity between himself
and the legislature. Louis XIV. of
France used to say: "The state; that's
me." Mr. Platt has not yet reached that
point. Indeed none of the master minds
of imperialism has as yet adopted the
simplicity of speech which distinguished
Le Grand Monarque. But American
Imperialism Is yet young. It proceeds
precisely on the same lines. Ere long,
no doubt, beset as the country Is by un
scrupulous traitors, it will become neces
sary for these great men to openly re
duce the ait of government to ita ele
mental principles.
REPUBLICAN METHODS IS FEDER
AL APPOINTMENTS.
The St. Paul Dispatch of Monday even-
Ing published on its front page a lung
article purporting to be from that paper's
special correspondent at Washington,
dealing with the report of the appoint
ment of Ell S. Warner, of St. Paul, as
United States surveyor general for Min
nesota, The article is chiefly remarkable
for the things it does not say, and It af
fords the public some slight Insight into
the manner In which federal patronage is
distributed by those in power. The
writer of the article, presuming that he
is the Washington correspondent of the
Dispatch, must, of course, know from ob
servation how such things are done, and
his statement that Senator Nelson on a
former occasion deliberately presented
the name of Eli S. Warner as a candidate
for United States marshal to Senator
Davis for his concurrence, knowing that
that concurrence could not be obtained,
will be interesting reading to the un
sophisticated readers of the Dispatch.
And the further statement in the
article, that Senator Nels-'-on, in now
leccmmending Mi-. Warner for the office
of surveyor general, Is not actuated b3 r
love, esteem or friendship, but by fear
of Mr. Warner's powerful political in
fluence being cast against him when the
.senator come 3up for re-eloction, will be.
an eye opener for all who know the
junior senator from Minnesota. From
the tone of the article the reader is given
to understand that with Mr. Warner's
support Senator Nelson's re-election is
assured and without Warner he is a
"gone coon."
Thera is, perhaps, a faint suggestion In
this "Washington special," and It may
perchance have been dictated, or perhaps
written by a victim of disappointed am
bition, but It is highly probable, as in the
case of other gentry, that when politi
cians disagree the truth will come out.
Ramsey county has had another can
didate than Mr. Warner for the office
of surveyor general. This candidate la a
gentleman -whose record as a Republican
partisan is absolutely above reproach and
whose faithfulness to Republican prin
ciples Is so well known that it has baoome
prcyerbial. As there is not more than one
such in the county it is not necessary to
name him, but his identity may be
guc-ssed by the suggestion that lie has
probably been in more or less close com
munion with the writer of this Dis
patch article for many years.
As between this faithful one and Ell S.
Warner, whose political merits are so
disclosed by the Dispatch, the Republi
cans of Ramsey county could have but
one choice. Citizens who are not sup
posed to be politicians and do not under
stand the qualifications required in an ap
pointee to a federal office may think that
this particular office, which pays a salary
of only $1,800 a year, could be filled by
some person of experience In the work of
land surveying and draughtsmanship,
and that an Individual's ability to make
and unmake United States senators Is not
the most desirable evidence of fitness for
the office.
Maybe the Dispatch article does Mr.
Warner more than justice, and his polit
ical influence may not be so great as 13
therein alleged. It is quite pos
sible that Wr. Warner's malign
j influence at the time of Sen
ator Nelson's election, five years ago,
was not so perceptible as the Dispatch
would have its readers believe, although
among his lieutenants at that time were
some exceedingly choice spirits—not alco
holic spirits—but Republican spirits. In
politics, however, the will Is often gladly
! accepted for the deed, when it comes from
j the opposition.
It is quite possible that Mr. Waincr
i may not accept this office—it may not be ;
i profitable for him, from a business stand
i point, to do so. In such a contingency
| the Dispatch correspondent, whether at
: Washington or elsewhere, might be easily
i placated by Senator Nelson recommend
ing the man of his choice—which would
i not Interfere with the arrangement the
' Dispatch alleges to exist, of Senator
I Davis refusing to concur.
But there is another feature in regard
I to Senator Nelson's attitude towards the
! anxious seekers for the office of United
States surveyor genex-al which the Dis
patch does not make clear in its severely
ingenuous article. One of the candidates
! for appointment, having written to Sena
tor Nelson, received answer that the
senator could not promise him his sup
port, a3 he was under an '"Implied prom
ise" to support another candidate- Now
comes Eli S. Warner, who is announced
as Senator Nelson's appointee, and de
clares that the appointment comes to him
as a surprise— that he h«3 not sought it
and did not expect it—so that evidently he
is not the candidate who held the "im
plied promise" of Senator Nelson. Per
haps the Washington correspondent of
the Dispatch can throw some light on
this phase of the case.
Mr. Croker has had one of his legs
broken, but it is still an even venture he
never had either of them pulled.
With the rain of bullets at Sunny Sido
laager, reported by Col. Pilcher, there
should have been a rainbow.
Now that the drainage canal is in use,
the Chir-.neo river will probably be graded
and used for a boulevard.
" !
Peter Ma her v.as probably not the only
man who was knocked out by a punch
on New Year's day. j
With ail the Highlander pjtsoners the |
Boers should not Jack for "Hot Scotch"
in this fesfal season.
With an additional $3,000,000 Chicago
university should be able to worry along
for a few weeks.
Mr. Quay has hoisted the wigwag mes
sage: "The machine expects every man
to forget his duty."
Mr. Pingree denies that Ec will bolt,
but admits that he has the bit In his
teeth.
Maher probably,has the moat brilliant
list of losings in Jl-J? history of the prize
ring.
The fact thst|tt»isTiot a leap year
does not interest Mr. Roberts, of Utah.
Gov. Leary, ha-^hg abolished slavery in
Guam, might try 'his hand on Sulu.
If Dewey wflr j»me, St. Paul will try
to furnish hinr thel ice to cut.
Gen. French, seemingly, always has
good luck with his mules.
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
METROPOLITAN.
"The Little Minister" is playing to big
business at the this week. A
popular price matinee will bo given this
afternoon. .
Otis Skinner in "Tho Liars" will be the
attraction at the Metropolitan for the
last half of next week, commencing
Thursday, Jan. 11.
Tillotson's new comedy drama, "A
Young Wife," will be presented for the
first time in this city at the Metropolitan
opera house Sunday evening, Jan. 7, by
the original New York cast.
GRAND.
The local popularity of the Hoytian
farce is being evidenced at the Grand this
week by the excellent attendance that Is
being accorded his latest and one of his
most laughable creations, "A Day and A
Night." Today at 2:30 will occur the first
popular priced afternoon performance of
the engagement.
George H. Broadhursfs gleeful plenti
tude, as he aply describes it, "Why Smith
Left Home," will be seen at the Grand
the coming week.
EPISTLES TO ST. PATTL.
Frederick L. McGhee, the colored law
yer and *rood Democrat, tells a story on
himself that developed while he wag re
turning from an Eastern trip recently. On
a Baltimore & Ohio train en route to Chi
cago he met former Secretary of the
Treasury ex-Gov.'- Foster, of Ohio,
The pair fell to discussing the negro In
politics. Mr. McGhee ventured the opin
ion that the negro voters were gradually
allying themselves to the Democratic
party.
"That kind of talk is rubbish," declared
the ex-member of President Harrison's
cabinet. You can't drive a nigger into
the Democratic party, unless it is one
of those sneaking, but at the knees nig
gers, that is after Democratic money or
some other consideration."
The conversation progressed for an hour
longer, when tfte p&lr parted at Chicago.
"By the way, governor," remarked Mr.
McGhee, after shaking hands with the
Ohioan, "I had almost forgotten to tell
you that I am one of those 'sneaking,
out at the knees niggers' you mentioned.
I've been working for the Democratic
party and voting that ticket for some
years."
"What?" blustered Gov. Foster. "I mis
took you all along for an educated color
ed gentleman. But perhaps my asser
tion does not apply to every 'nigger' in
the Democratic party after all."
SMART SHORT STORIES.
The following'story is told of an M. P.
who, -wishing to conciliate a voter, sent
h!m a pineapple from iris hothouse:
"I hope you liked it," he said to the old
man, When he met^him a few days after
ward.
"Well, yes, thankee; pretty well. But I
suppose we sort of people are not used to
them fine things and don't know how to
eat 'em."
"How did you eat it, then?" asked the
M. P.
"Well," said the old man, "we boiled
en." •
"Boiled it!" sighed the M. P., in horror,
thinking of his pineapple.
"Yes; we boiled 'en with a leg of mut
ton."
• • •
An enthusiastic young golfer at a dinner
party started'off with the whitebait to
enumerate to his partner the details of a
match that he had been playing that day.
It was not until the dessert was brought
on that he suddenly bethought himself
that he had been doing all the talking; in
deed, the young Vady had not said a sin
gle word during- the progress of the meal.
It was possible-that she was not inter
ested in the subject—incredible, but still
possible. "I am afraid I have been bor
ing you with .this talk of the shop," he
said, in a half, apology.
"Oh, no; not at all," was the pretty
maiden's response'; "only, what is golf?"
The witness was a stupid-looking
Swede. The cross-examining attorney
was a smart yquqg man, whose object
was to disconcert, the witness and dis- j
j credit his testimony. "What did you say |
your name was?" was the first question, j
"Yahn" — veny deliberately—"Pederson."
"John Peterson, oh? Old man Peter's son,
I suppose. Now, Peterson, answer this
question carefully.' Are you a married j
man?" "Ay tank'sio. Ah was married." j
"So you think because you got married j
that you are a married man, do you? j
That's funny. Now tell the gentlemen j
of this exceptionally intelligent jury
whom you married." "Who ah married?
Ah married a woman." "See here, sir, j
don't you know any better than to trifle j
with this court? Of course you married
a woman; did you ever hear of any ono
marrying a man?" "Yes. Mah sister
d:d."
FOINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A stingy man flatters himself that he is
an economist.
The average girl loves to figure In a
pressing engagement.
You can't measure a man's religion by
the length of his face.
When the money market is tight the
gold cure should be resorted to.
A dollar dinner is an aggravation to
the man With a 50-cent purse.
The dude is considered a soft thing by
the hardened man of the world.
Many a man who is not ashamed of his
faults is ashamed to confess them.
A handkerchief is usually one of the
chief symptoms of a cold in the head.
Some men have to sit down and think
in order to ascertain where they stand.
Tastes diffSr. ''Some people can see
beauty in a glass, while others
can't. &•
The averages BaY is given to gum
chewing, but^che^ig gum Is seldom giv
en to a baby-£. „">.
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A NEW YfcAR PROPOSAL.
"What resolrtfionlMiiaye I vowed to keep
the coming arear?
Come, sit beside aie. maiden fair, and
straightway &f>u shall hear:
I've pledged- rny|eif to choose • one girl
from cut th«f throng so fray.
And love her'witn an honest love forever
and foroß#e.M<
iO' Ho
I'll -work foubber fyith brain and brawn,
with all jny jnight and main,
I'ntil I've won her everything that hon
esty can gain;
T'll fill "her life with all thafs good, till
life itself is done—
And while we train cur minds and hearts
we'll not neglect the fun.
Now tell m.*. won't you. maiden fair,
what you have vowed to do—
For I've laid bare my inmost soul to no
one but to you?"
"I've made no pledges," she jeplieJ in so
demure a ion^, (
"But If you don't object. I*ll try to help
you keep your own!"
—Leslie's Monthly.
Chat of the Capital*
Washington Oo«slp, Politician*
Otherwise, for the Reader!
of tho Globs.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 2.—(Spe
cial.)—President McKlnley may be com
pelled to sanction the passage of a bill
carrying appropriations of fTOm $15,000,000
to $20,000,000 for water way improvements
throughout the various sections of the
country.
It was only a week or two ago that
Chairman Burton, of. the house river
and harbor committee, announced that no
river and harbor bill would be forth
coming at the present session of congress.
Tins announcement on the part of tho
chairman of the house committee created
consternation among the rew members
of the present house and caused consider
able worry among interested members of
the senate.
Shortly after the chairman of the house
committee on rivers and harbors made
his announcement public, the president,
Speaker Henderson and Chairman Burton
were flooded with petitions, letters, and
requests of every sort to permit some
measure lo pass at this congress provid
ing: money to continue, if not to further,
improvements in the interests of water
ways all over the country. Without
doubt members of congress have been
instrumental in having these petitions
sent to the three men who have th<?
power to permit or prevent the passage
of a msasure of this kind at the first
session of the Fifty-sixth congress,
Chairman Frye, of the senate com
merce committee, has always been a
strong advocate of appropriating 1 money
for the betterment of waterway improve
ments whenever it could bs shown that
the appropriations asked for were not
injudicious. Senator Frye is this year of
the sara? opinion p.nd will be a strong ad
v< cate in pushing forward any fair meas
ure presented by senators asking for ap
propriations of this kind which may come
before his committee, submitted by mem
bers of the house and approved by the
lower branch.
It is estimated by the war department
that a river and harbor bill for an ap
propriation not to exceed $15,000,000 will
cover all the expenses a3ked for by
various representatives during this ses
sion, and if the bill can be held within
this limit It is now predicted that Chair
man Burton will agree to it. Speaker
Henderson will consent, und that the
president will approve the measure.
So much evidence has been presented
to President McKinley, the speaker of
the house and Chairman Burton that it
would be unwise to cut off these ap
propriations that the interested members
now snem satisfied that measures not
considered unreasonable by the river and
harl.or committee will be adopted, the
house will consent to a legitimate ex
penditure of money for this work, and if
so, President McKinley will not veto any
measure of this kind having the sanction
cf both houses.
The chrysanthemum is apparently
rapidly becoming the favorite flower prac
tically all over the world. United States
Consul John C. Covert sends an inter
esting account to the state department
of a chrysanthemum exhibition which
has been held in Lyons, France. He
says, writing under the date of Nov. 22:
At the chrysanthemum exhibition
which has been in progress in this city
during: the last two weeks 2,000 different
varieties were exhibited by fifty horti
culturists in and around Lyon3. A prom
inent exhibitor places the number of dis
tinct varieties cultivated in Prance at
from S.OOO to 10,000. They are kept in
large houses open on all sides, but roofed
to prevent damage from rain. They
flower in November in prreat variety of
form of petal. It is said here to be ex
tremely difficult to produce two different
shades of exactly the same form; there
fore, the exhibition is exceedingly rich
in variety, leaves of tubular shape, flat,
pointed, rounded at the end, curved in
and down at tile sides, with ascendine:
and descending ""■ points, undulating." etc..
being shown. Some plants were over
three feet high, bearing but three large
flowers. One plant bore fifty blossoms!
Every horticulturist in and around
Lyons has now at least 1,000 to 1,500 dif
ferent varieties of chrysanthemums. They
are sold as house ornaments, and are very
largely used in decorating graves. Many
thousands of them ar« sold on All Saints'
day and the Day of the Dead, which fall
on the Ist and 2d of November.
Consul Thompson writes as follows to
the state department relative to railway
projects in Yucatan:
By reason of the present high price of
sisal hemp, the principal product and
article of export for this district. Yuca
tan i 3 enjoying: a season of great pros
perity. There Is a plethora of money.
Many commercial and other schemes are
being projected, particularly In railroad
and kindred enterprises. Every one of
the present railroad companies Is com
mencing to purchase large quantities of
rolling stock, rails, etc. Several new rail
roads are planned, with every prospect of
success. I have helped divert many or
ders to the United States, and if our
manufacturing interests in this class of
supplies care to enter the field here, there
never will be a better chance. That they
may be placed in immediate communica
tion with their possible future customers
I srive below a list of the various com
panies that are purchasing or intend to
purchase heavily of materials in their re
spective lines: Merlda a Peto Ferrocaril
Rpdulfo Canton, president: Merlda a Pro
greso Via Ancha, Joaquin Peon r presi
dent; Merida a Tamal, Joaquin Peon
president; Merida a Valladolld Via An
firosta. Gen. Francisco Canton, president-
Sud Oriental de Yucatan. Rafael Peon v
Losa. president; Electric Light Company
of Merida (Companla de L,uz Electrica de
Merida). Rafael Peon, president. Other
companies and projects are in process of
formation, and. as they become of inter
est to our merchants and manufacturers
1 will give the department due informa
tion.
Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Hawaiian, Phil
ippine and Snmoan islands, their com
merce, conditions arrl producing and con
suming power, are the subject of a mono
graph just issued by the treasury in re
sponse to the renewed demand for in
formation regarding those islands. In
thi3 volume, two previous editions of
which have been entirely exhausted, an
effort has been made to picture present
physical' conditions, as well as the pres
entation of statistics of commerce, and
the prospective producing and consuming
power of the Islands. Their present con
suming power is estimated in round terms
at $100,000,000. about equally divided be
tween the products of agriculture and
manufactures. The imports into Cuba in
1892, when normal conditions of prosperity
prevailed, were |02,10T,C52; those of Puerto
Rico, in lS9t?. $3,656,578; those of the Ha
waiian islan-.ls, in 1888, $11,650,890; of the
Philippine islands, in 1896, $28,815,075,
while those of the Samoan islands, in 1595,
were $4!8,£>40, the chief commercial value
of these islands being as a harbor and
port of repair, refuge and supplies.
The exports of the Islands have, in
years of prosperity, exceeded consider
ably their imports. In 18.92 Cuba's exports
were 583,0)8,228, against $52,101,682 of im
ports; those of the Hawaiian Islands, in
1898. $17,316,744, against $11,650,590 of im
ports, and those of the Philippines, in
1&%, $33.-}51.48-$. against $28,815,075 of im
ports. Puerto Rico's exports usually
about equal her imports, the density cf
population in that island requiring large
importations of manufactures and the
agricultural products of the temperate
zone. The exportations of these islands
consist chie'.ly of sugar, tobacco, coffee,
tropical fruits, and in the case of the
Philippines hemp. From Cuba the sugar
exports, under noriiia.l conditions, formed
fully four-fii'ths of the total value of ar
ticles exported. From the Hawaiian isl
ands sugar forms probably nine-tenths
of the total exportations. From the Phil
ippines exports of sugar and hemp are
about equai- in value, together forming
about four-fifths of the normal exporta
tions; while- from Puerto Rico coffee i.s
the largest item of export, its exporta
tion having been, in 1898. more than three
times as g;eat in value as sugar, and
forming considerably more than one-half
the total exports of the islands.
That the producing capacity of certain
of these Jsiands, especially Cuba' and the
Philippines, may be greatly increased by
Ihe creation of improved methods of in
terr.al communicativn cannot be doubted.
Of the 35,1)00,000 acres composing the isl-
and of Cuba, not more than 2,000,000 have
ever been under cultivation. There are
17,000,000 acres of virgin forest and 9,000,
--000 acres of fertile plains which have only
served up to this time as pasturage, and
as most of this land Is extremery fertile
Its producing capabilities, when reached
by roads and railways, are almost be
yond present conjecture.
—J. S. Van Antwerp.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Thomas Rigney.
one of the original members of the prod
uce exchange, one of the founders of
the Traders and Importers' bank, of
which he was also a director, and one of
the men most influential in putting
through the reciprocity treaty with Can
ada before the Civil war. died at his
home here today in his eighty-eighth
year, of pneumonia.
EOSTON, Jan. 2.—Jacob C. Rogers, a
prominent banker and for many years
the representative of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
of New York, died suddenly at his home
today. Mr. Rogers was* seventy-two
years of age.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-Maj. Gen. Ze
nas R. Bliss, U. S. A., retired, died at
Providence hospital, in this city, today,
after an Illness of some weeks. He was
a native of Rhode Island. He had a dis
tinguished military record during the
war of the Rebellion and was twice bre
vetted for gallant and meritorious serv
ices at Fredericksburg and the Wilder
ness.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—John Albert,
widely- known as a maker of violins, is
dead at his home in this city, aged nine
ty-one years.
, DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
Washington—Secretary Root has taken
measures to break the corner in hemp.
Sydney. N. S. W.—The sold yield for
1899 in New Bouth Wales was 509.418
ounces, an increase of 108,925 ounces over
1898.
St. Petersburg—An earthquake yester
day destroyed ten villages in the Alchal
kalak district of the Rovernment of
Tiflls.
New York—The New York China,
Glass and Toy company, commercially
rated as having: a capital of $50,000 to
$75,000, today assigned for the beneflt-of
creditors.
Pittsburgh Pa.—The wages of 25.000 men
in Plttsburg were advanced from 5 to 10
per cent, and in some cases even a greater
percentage. Of these 14,000 are employed
by the Carnegie Steel company.
Atlantic, lo.— The little town of Mas
sena. In the southeastern part of this
county, was half wiped out by fire of
incendiary origin which broke out shortly
after midnight. The loss will be about
wo.ooo.
New York—James M. Crafts has re
signed the presidency of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
New York—The anxiety for the overdue
coasting- steamer George Farwell was re
lieved today by the report received by
Ray & Plckett, her agents, of her arrival
at Newport News for coal, and sailing
thence yesterday for New York.
SIX FEET OF SNOW.
IHlMnrd Ku^liig In Section* of the
Ea*t
DUNKIRK, N. V., Jan. 2.—A blizzard la
rag-Ing in Chautauqua county today. No
trains have readied Dunkirk on the
Western New York & Pennsylvania
road, as the drifts between Mayville and
3ilver Creek are ten feet deep. Trains on
the Nickel Plate road are using th«
tracks of the Lake Shore between Brock
ton and Buffalo. Lake Shore trains are
going through, but are late about two
hours. Traffic over several stage routes
is blocked. In many places the snow is
six feet deep on a level.
Receivership* Announced.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. 2.—Charles H.
Chappel, of Chicago, and James H. Hop
kins, of St. Louis, were today appointed
receivers of the Omaha & St. Louis
Railroad company, th« Omaha, Kansas
City & Eastern Railroad company and
the Kansas City & Northern Connecting
Railroad company by Judge Thayer, of
the United States court for the Eighth
circuit. The bills of'compladnt were riled
against defendant railroads, and submit
ted to the consideration of Judge Thai"
er in chambers. One was brought by the
receivers of the Pittsburg & Gulf road,
and the other, a cross bill, was filed by
the Missouri Railway Construction com
pany. The averments of both bills were
substantially the same. Each alleged that
the defendants were in debt to them in
certain sums, the aggegate amount be
ing $500,000; that the companies were In
solvent and unable to meet their obliga
tions.
Populist* Indorse Bryan.
TNDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 2.—The
state central committees representing the
People's party, the wing recognized by
the national committee, and the free sil
ver Republicans met today In answer to
notices sent out two weeks ago by the
chairman of the free silver Republican
organization, and state chairman of tho
People's party. The joint meeting waa
for the purpose of reviewing the situa
tion and outlining a plan of campaign.
As a result of the conference, the rep
resentatives of both organizations pledged
themselves !n favor of 18 to 1 and the re
nominatlon of William J. Bryan. They
also indorsed the Chicago platform and
condemned the gold standard policy of
the Republican party.
Illinois Central (!miu',cs.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-W. A. Eldredgc to
day became freight claim agent of the
entire Illinois Central system. At the
same time the frelgrht claim offices of the
system's Southern lines were consolidated
with the agency of the Northern and
Western lines, and hereafter all freight
claims will be considered and acted upon
at the company's general ofPces In this
city. The consolidation of the New Or
leans, Louisville and Chicago offices will
bring more than sixty clerks together in
this city.
Wisconsin Prohibition Convention.
MILWAUKEE. Wls.. Jan. 2. —At a
meeting of the Prohibition state central
committee today Mafffson was chosen a*
the place and Aug. 22 as tho. time for
holding the state convention. Delegates
at large to ths national Prohibition con
vention at Chicago June 27 were chosen
os follows: Samuel D. Hastings, of
Green Bay; E. W. Chaffin, of Waukesha;
.t. B. Smith, of Madison, and Ole B.
Olson, of Eau Claire.
Stock Breeders Confer.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Two hundred of the
largest dairymen and stock breeders of
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin held a
meeting hero today and discussed steps to
eecure the abolition of the present law re-
Qu'ring all cattle to be subjected to an
examination for tuberculosis during
which tuberculin is Injected.
Sfnntor Allen Xot a Candidate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Senator Allen,
of Nebraska, in an Interview tonight, au
thorized an absolute dental of reports
that be would be the candidate for the
presidency on the part of the fusion
forces.
Him Twenty Million* Capital.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 2.—Articles
of incorporation have been filed by the
Ontario-Lake Superior company to oper
ate timber lands and engage In trans
portation, and to do irrigating, with a
capital of $20,000,000.
U»ed Gasoline Carelessly.
DES MOINES, 10.. Jan. 2.—Miss Emma
Dye, principal of Lucas' school and one
of the oldest teachers in Dcs Moines,
started to fill the reservoir of ;i gasoline
stove at her home this morninur while tho
stove was lighted. She is expected to die.
Roller Sknte Polo.
MUNCIE. Ind., Jan. 2.—Muneie again
defeated Racine, Wls., at i oiler skate
polo tonight at the "West side rink, the
score being 5 to 1.
Wind Slacker Trust.
To the Editor of the Globe:
For eight years our farmers have had
to pay dearly for each and every wind
stacker that that has been biflt, strictly
because the wind stacker Is absolutely
under the control of a trust. Thla trust
has no factory.but collects heavy fees for
trade marks which are useless in business
and thrives on the ignorance of the
farmer. During all the past summer the
wind stacker trust sought to form a
trust of the leading threshing shops, but
failed, for which we rejoice. I, for one,
hope to see the day and'soon, when the
ignorant farmer will not have to support
the "knay-bob" schemer in luxury,
whether ho hides behind trad a marks on
wind stackers or other goods.
—William Richmond.
Minneapolis, Jan. 1, 1900.
TO SUE FOR PEACE
Continued Front First Page,
recently. It was h» who, on being shown
the battlefield where Duller was defeat
ed In attempting to force a passage of
the Tugela river, and on seeing tha
strength of the Boer fortifications there,
asked the significant question: "Was
there no way around?"
GERMANS SHOW IRRITATION.
BERLIN, Jan. 2.—The press continues
to discuss the capture of the Bundesrath
with some show of irritation. In a semi
official note the Post remarks that In
consequence of the seizure Germany has
taken steps and is expected to deal with
the matter in a "spirit of good official
relations." The Neuste Nachrlchten says:
"There Is every reason to believe the
incident will speedily be closed."
Official circles consider it Imperative
that Great Britain adopt some definite at
titude regarding the whole question of
contraband of war, and are surprised she
has not adopted a firmer policy on the
subject from the beginning.
ANOTHER GERMAN SHIP SEIZED. -
HAMBURG, Jan. 2.—The Hamburger
Correspondenz announces that the Ger
man bark Hans Wagner, of Hamburg,
was seized by the British at Delagoa bay,
on Dec. 21, and that her owners* nave
lodged a complaint with the board of the
foreign office.
COLONIALS DID WELL.
Col. Pitcher's Attack Upon the Doers
a Brilliant Success.
BELMONT. Cape Colony, Monday, Jan.
I.—A dispatch from Dover farm, dated
Jan. 1, says:
"The colonial troops who have been
longing to be allowed to meet the Boers
have at last been given an opportunity
to do so and scored a brilliant success.
The raid conducted by Col. Pllcher was
very difficult, owing to the fact that the
movements of the troops were immediate
ly communicated to the Boers by natives.
In order to prevent this, Col. Pilcher, in
making his forced march from Belmont,
left a British trooper at every farm
house, instructing him not to allow the
natives to leave their huts, the patrols
calling the names of the natives hourly
in order to prevent their escape. In the
maneuver at Cook's farm Col. Pllcher
sent mounted patrols east. One of these,
consisting of four men, commanded by
Lieut. Adie, suddenly encountered four
teen Boers, who opened fire. The lieu
tenant was severely wounded and Pri
vate Butler gave up his horse in order
to carry the lieutenant out of range,
Another private, whose horse had bolted,
pluckily returned to render assistance.
He was wounded in the leg and his horse
was killed.
"Meanwhile Lieut. Ryan, who had
worked magnificently, reported that tlu
veldt on the right of the enemy was
clear, whereupon Maj. de Rougemont or
dered the guns to a trot. They arrived
within 1,500 yards of the laager, unllm
bered and planted five shells in as many
minutes within the laager. Immediately
the enemy could be seen streaming over
the kopje. They were completely sur
prised, but quickly opened a well di
rected fire.
"A representative of the Associated
Press had the privilege of carrying an
order to the Toronto company to double
quick into action. The order was received
with great satisfaction. The company
rushed forward until within 1,000 yards of
tho enemy's position, when It opened a
hot fire upon the kopje and completely
subdued the Boer fire.
"The British artillery shelled the posi
tion with wonderful accuracy, while
Lieut. Ryan, with mounted Infantry,
worked round and completely uncovered
the flre of the Boers, who had been
ensconced in the bushes.
"Meanwhile Col. Pilcher, with tha
Queenslanders, taking advantage of
every cover, made a direct attack, the
Australians moving slowly but surely
and only shouting when they saw the
enemy retiring under their steady- flre.
The Queenslanders behaved with great
coolness, laughing and chaffing even at
the moment of greatest peril."
During the advance the Boer flre sud
denly ceased. Thirty-five Boers hoisted a
white flag and surrendered. A portion of
the Torontos moved across the front of
the guns and entered the laager. Th«
Boers had fled. Fourteen tents, three
wagons, a great store of rifles, ammuni
tion, forage, saddles and camp equipment
and numerous incriminating papers were
captured. The Boers lost six killed and
twelve wounded. The To-rontos stood the
galling flre with admirable patience,
never wasting a shot.
BROKEN RAIL.
It Caused a Wreck in Which Several
Persons Were Injured.
PONTIAC. Mich.. Jan. 2. - The last
coach of a mixed train on the Pontiac,
Ohio & Northern railway, containing
twenty passengers, ran off the track nine
miles north of here tonight and was
overturned. Miss Ella Ohmer, of Detroit,
was internally injured, but Is expected
i to recover. Miss Sheridan, of Cass City,
and Harry Smith, of Pontiac, also re
ceived severe Injuries. The other pas
sengers escaped with bruises and minor
cuts. The accident was caused by a
broken rail.
i nhiiii Cabinet Sworn In.
HAVANA, Jan. 2—The president <*f the
supreme court, Senor Mendoza. in the
ihrone room of the palace, at 10 a. m. to
day, administered the oath of office to
the members of the new cabinet, with the
exception of Senor Vlllalon, the secre
tary of pubille works, who Is unable to
reach here before next Bunds./. The wlt
nessf 3 of the ceremony were: Gen*.
Wood and Chaffee, and Cols. Richards,
Dudley and Black, all In full uniform.
The oath was the ordinary one adminis
tered to all Cuban officials taking office
under the present authority, swearing- al
leginance for the time being to the mil
itary authorities of the United Stmes.
Wisconsin .Warn Completion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—Work has
BO far advanced on the United States bat
tleship Wisconsin that she will make her
trial trip within the next two weeks. Her
main battery of four thlrteen-inch guns
will be the heaviest ever mounted on an
American man-of-war. It is expected
that she will exceed the speed required by
the navy department.
MAMMOTH TUSK.
Specimen \enrly Eleven Feet I.iiiik
Sent Down Prom VlnsUn.
New York Evening Post.
A huge tusk from Alaska has just ar
rived at a Pearl street warehouse. It
was brought from the northern portion
of "he territory by a Norwegian clergy
man, who was detailed in IS*} by the
government to accompany a reindeer ex
pedition into the Yukon county. The tusk
is said by scientific experts of the Uni
versity of Minnesota to be from 3,000 to
5,000 years old.
It was found sticking nut <">f the bank
of a river, absolutely black from age
and outside decay; near It were the teeth
and head of the mammoth, but no skele
ton. As it lies in the warehouse. It pre
sents a circular shape, extending from
base to tip 10 2-3 feet. It Is estimated that
the broken tip had a projection of 50
inches, which would have brought tho
total length to 15 fee-t. In its present con
dition the tusk weighs 175 pounds. The
hollow portion at the larger end Is plain
ly shown. Experts have said that the cir
cumference of the base, now 28 inches,
was formerly larger by a layer of an inch
and a half; but that mucli half-decayed
natter was injudiciously scraped away,
ief vlng the ivory a smooth surface.
The owner dees not desire to make a
commercial disposition of the tusk, but
he has communicated with the Sinith
■KOnian institution in regard to It. Tt ie
.said by experts to be cne of the largest,
if not the largest, tusk in the world.
Brttliili Warn.
Great Britain ha 3 been engaged In ov«r
forty wans, big and little, since the queen
came to the throne in 1537. In fact, there
has hardly been a year without lighting
of some sort.