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WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota — Threatening Wednesday;
threatening Thursday, with showers in
pxtrema northern portion; southerly
tvlnds, becoming southwesterly.
North Dakota—Threatening Wednesday;
-threatening Thursday, with showers in
pxtreme northern portion; southerly
Svinds, becoming southwesterly.
South Dakota—Fair Wednesday; partly
ploudy Thursday: southwesterly winds.
l owa _p ar tiy cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday; east to southeast winds. -
Montana—Fair Wednesday and Thurs
flay; southeasterly winds.
Wisconsin — Threatening Wednesday,
possibly showers Thursday; fresh north
last 10 east winds.
ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
"United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
f F^ Lyons observer, for the twenty-
Jour hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
• Barometer corrected for temperature
Bnd elevation.
Eighest temperature ~ %>
owest temperature «*
Average temperature •••• z j>
gaily range *
Barometer •••• «?
Humidity 9Jr
JPreclpitatlon # «
T p. m., temperature i Z6
j p. m.. wind, south; leather, cloudy.
SNOW AND ICE REPORT.
Depth of snow on ground and thickness
fcf Ice in inches, rivers and harbors, etc.,
Jan. 16, 8 p. m.(
Snow. Ice.
fit. Paul § 20.0
Bismarck 2 17.0
puluth 4 12-0
IJscanaba ■ 1 10.0
Huron ; .T
jLa Crosse • • 5 7.5
Milwaukee ..., 2 ....
Moorhead 2 21.0
(Willlston 0 16.0
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
*BpmHlgh| 'SpmHigh
Battleford .... 2 10 Cheyenne ....84 40
Bismarck 28 36 Chicago 32 36
Dalgary 34 42Cincinnati ....40 54
Duluth 24 32 Cleveland ....32 34
Mmonton ....20 22Penver 28 36
Savre 40 48 Galveston ....60 62
Helena 40 44' Jacksonville .58 6S
tfuron 2$ 30, Montgomery .60 66
;viedlcine Hat.Bß 48 New Orleans.6o 68
tflnnedosa ... 6 16, New York ....45 43
!?r. Albert .... 2 2Omaha 82 84
Ju'Appelle ...18 28Plttsburg 88 4S
i. Current ....28 3S|Pueblo 32 36
EVilllston 32 42i'Frisco 54 56
Winnipeg ....24 24! St. Louis 40 42
{Boston 40 48
•Washington time (7 p. m. St Paul).
WEDNESDAY. JANURY 17, 1900.
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WOLCOTT AKD HIS STRADDLE.
Men In political life of the stamp of
Benator Woleott are entitled to no par
ticular measure either of public attention
pr public confidence. They have the cour
age of their own convictions only to the
jpoint where conviction appears to run
Counter with Interest, and they retreat
from their position just as soon as it
proves unprofitable to longer hold it.
tThis Is Senator Woleott's record, and no
earnest Imperialist, any more than any
tamest Democrat, will take seriously his
Ignoble oratorical straddle of Monday last
|n the senate.
It does not He in the mouths of Buch
men as Woleott to criticise such men as c
Senator Beveridge. Their criticisms are
" In effect testimonials only to their own
tporthlessness and to the courage of the
men they attack. The moral effect of
Benator Wolcott's exhibition of himself
could not be much worse than it is had
Ihe sustained rather than condemned his
associates, Pettigrew and Beveridge.
There is no doubt that each of these
men spoke from conviction, whether well
or 111 founded. No one will give any such
credit to Woleott. His entire political
course for six years past belies any
thought of either sincerity or courage on
Jiis part. He is a mere opportunist in
politics, a man who Is for free silver
when he believes it safe and profitable
financially and politically so to be, and
Who nan be relied to show out the golden
lining of his political garments when he
thinks need demands.
Democrats are no more responsible for
the utterances of Senator Pettigrew than
they are for those of Senator Beveridge.
But they feel that this straddling states
man from Colorado nor any other ad
herent of a vicious and degraded national
administration has any license to find
fault with the sentiments of Senator
Beveridge. Those sentiments are worthy
Of those who entertain them. They are
out for spoils in the Philippines as they
ere at home, and all is grist which cornea
to their mill, constitution or no constitu
tion. Government with them is a mere
matter of dollars and cents. They can
not be made to look higher or farther for
results than they can distinguish a dol
lar of gain. All obstacles in their path
are alike to them, whether they be men's
religion or men's lives or liberties. Civ
ilization which does not pay they cannot
understand, and the flag which Is not
the symbol of liberal money appropria
tions would be barely worthy of defense
by them even against the "treason" of
their political opponents.
It matters little what Senator Woleott
thinks of the opinions and policy outlined
in Senator Beveridge's speech. Thos*
opinions and policies have a much high,
er sanction than they can derive from
the Colorado senator. They stand for tho
and policy of Mr. Hanna and his
army of syndicates, and if weak-minded
Republican brethren like Woleott do not
like them, they are at entire liberty to
lump them. It will be surprising when
the lime comes if the gentleman from
Colorado is not found sustaining them
by his vote.
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THE AjSiSAUITT ON JUDGE) LOCHREiN.
The attack made on Judge Lochren
within a day or two was that of a half
drunken, half crazed wratch, whose in
citement to the mad performance was
furnished by his pursuit of an Illusion.
He had been seriously hurt In stealing a
ride on a railroad train, and had wrought
himself into the belief that he would bo
able to make the railroad corporation pay
him big damages. To this idea his life
had been given over since his discharge
from hospital. In that hospital he had
had the most skillful attention that the
corporation could secure to enable him
to recover the use of his arms, which had
been seriously injured.
For many months the unfortunate man
had done nothijpr but wander around
from one saloon and lawyer's office to
another. It is entirely safe to say that
he had during that time consulted 90
per cent of the attorneys of this city,
through whose efforts he believed or had
been led by others to believe he would be
able to recover damages. He had been
without any settled occupation, being
physically unable to do any serious labor,
and had been drifting aimlessly along in
tho vague hope that he would be made
rich through the verdict of a Jury.
It Is to the credit somewhat of the legal
profession that numbers of tnem had re
jected his case, being satisfied that It
possessed no merits, and that the man
was not responsible for bis statements.
He had made contradictory statements
to different persons as to the facts of
the occurrence which had resulted In his
being sadly maimed. He had done all
that a man could do to waive all claims
that he might have. Yet he apparently
could not renounce the delusion that a
jury verdict would enable him to live all
his days beyond want.
Such men as this are dangerous to
others as well as to themselves. Their
misfortunes appeal to the sympathy of
men, and end by rendering them morally
irresponsible. This was and is the condi
tion of this man. It Is not only idle, but
probably false and unjust to <«harge him
with being a criminal. His first criminal
act will in all human probability be found
to have been the assault he attempted
to commit on Judge Lochren. That as
sault was the product of drink and dis
appointment, coupled no doubt with the
prospect of continuing to wander through
life a helpless outcast.
It would be strange If such a man, tell
ing the story he told, had not been able
to arouse the sympathies and interest of
some one or more attorneys. But it is
strange how, having examined carefully
into the facts recited, as every responsi
ble attorney is expected to do, he could
have found a responsible attorney willing
to prosecute his case or hold out to him
any hope whatever that he could recover.
This, however, this man succeeded in do
ing, and his success was his undoing. It
had buoyed him up with hopes which had
repeatedly been destroyed, and when the
judgment of the court was given—a judg
ment which could not have been avoided—
he was made desperate.
Those who confirmed this man in the
belief that he could win a lawsuit and
recover damages are as responsible as he
is for what took place. His attorneys
acted, no doubt, in the best of good faith.
But the unhappy man was not amenable
to any advice which did not agree with
what he thought comported with his own
interest, and his representations seem
finally to have enabled him to find a
standing for the time in court.
All who know Judge Lochren will re
joice in his escape from death and hope
that the law will be vindicated by his
would-be murderer being placed for a
long time to come where he can neither
harm himself nor others.
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REFORM, WITH A GUN.
In forecasting the probable line of ac
tion of the reformers in Kentucky poll
tics the Globe made the mistake of
believing that these devoted men would
forego their denunciations of the legis
lature until that body had formally de
clared Wm. Goebel governor-elect of the
commonwealth. Consistency counts for
little with moralists like these. Their
recent "appeals" to the public show that
they are willing to anticipate the Inevita
ble action of the legislature, and their
threats of armed violence show how des
perate is the mood of many of them.
During the Kentucky campaign, from
its earliest beginnings, we were all ap
prised of the wlckednesss and corruption
of the election toard of that state. The
law under which it 3vas created was de
vised by Wm. Goebel, and, of course,
nothing but evil could come of it. The
election board met, and, being a reputa
ble and responsible body of men, the ma
jority did not hesitate to declare that,
under the law creating It, It possessed
no power to go behind the face of the
returns. Thus at one stroke were the re
formers' denunciations of the election
law, of the framer of the election law
and of the board appointed under 'the
law shown to be false and malicious.
And, during this campaign of slander,
all the reformers from Col. "Johnny"
Whallen up and down declared with
daily frequency that; the legislature
should under all circumstances be left
to determine any contest that might arise.
They now have their way. The legisla
ture will decide all contests as they arise,
much to the discomfiture of the reform
ers.
How has this state of things been
brought about? Any one who will read
between the lines of the recent addresses
issued by the Kentucky reformers will
get some enlightenment. Col. Whallen
and the rest of the reformers, having
unlimited money resources, had calculat
ed upon being able to buy the necessary
votes in the legislature, But Col. Whal
len's transactions with one particular sen
ator In this direction have been so ill
starred as to frighten off all purchasable
reformers elected 1o make the state laws.
Thus is the cause of reform beset by
peril, and as the reformers of Kentucky
are of the militant kind, they are bound,
if they cannot buy, that they will shoot
their way clear to the offices. Up to the
present writing it is observed that the
imperialist editors throughout the coun
try have shown but little disposition to
sympathize with the reformers In the
course which they have finally marked
out for themselves.
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A LAWYERS' TRUST..
The latest development of the craze
for trusts and combinations comes from
Omaha, where the members of the Bar
association of that city have entered into
an agreement to fix the scale of prices
for legal services. The purpose of this
agreement is to fix a minimum scale, so
that there shall be no cutting of prices.
It Is highly probable that similar agree
ments will be entered Into by the law
yers of other cities, for there is nothing
so contagious as the "combine" craze,
and, while it has heretofore only attacked
THE ST. PACT, GLOBE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900.
the trades, there Is no reason why the
professions should be immune.
It is rather en oddity, looked at from
the standpoint of a layman, that the
members of the legal profession should
combine to fix the minimum prices they
shall demand from clients. If they had
undertaken to fix the maximum charges,
the public might have regarded such an
agreement with much complacency, and
It woul* have solved the hitherto un
solvable proposition: "What is the max
imum charge that can be made for legal
services?" The minimum charge can eas
ily be ascertained, the only difficulty ex
perienced by litigants being that the
minimum charge, when once flxed, does
not stay fixed, but has a harassing habit
of resolving itself into a maximum
charge before the litigation Is ended.
This agreement entered Into by the mem
bers of the Omaha Bar association ap
pears to contain all the elements, ob
noxious and otherwise, of the full-fledged
trust. It is an agreement to fix and to
Maintain prices, and does not contem
plate the fixing of a reasonable limit
above which charges may not be made.
Of course there would be great difficulty
In fixing a scale of maximum charges
for legal services, owing to the varying
character of legal proceedings even in
similar cases. But the Omaha lawyers,
by eliminating the element of peculiar
value based on personal ability, by de
claring In effect that the least skilled law
yer shall charge no lower for his Berv
ices than the most skilled, must expect
a litigious public to retaliate with the
demand that the most skilled shall charge
no higher for his services than the least
skilled, and that a maximum rate of
charges shall also be flxed.
Another feature of this agreement to
which the members of the Bar associa
tion of Omaha are parties is that it pre
sents the* spectacle of an association of
sworn attorneys participating in an ac
tion which in the case of industrial com
binations is very generally declared to
be illegal, and is the subject in many
states of repressive and prohibitory leg
islation. Perhaps the attorneys of Omaha
have received more light on the le
gality and standing of trusts and combi
nations than the rest of the people In
the United States. They may hold that
a trust or combination is only illegal
when it is formed to control the price of
some staple article or of some focd prod
uct or necessary of life. If this Is so, ob
jection to their combination can have
but little weight, for even the moßt stren
uous opponents of trusts must admit
that litigation and legal services attend
ant thereon, except In some major crimi
nal cases, are not necessaii£S of life, bat,
rather, one of the unnecessary inflictions.
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There are always gentlemen in Ken
tucky ready to prove that the state Is
not suffering from chronic effete civi
lization.
Agulnaldo's press agent ( ls neglecting
his business. It is several days now since
he has figured in the newspapers.
Mr. Quay Is now only waiting for some
kind friend to gently break to him the
news of his political demise.
In the senate the idea of getting down
to serious business seems to be the call
ing of names.
The British correspondents In South
Africa must have nearly reached the
rouTnd robin stage.
A good many men would be willing to
be right but for the fear that they might
be left.
Mr. Beveridge has learned the lesson
that fame comes usually in seven-day
lots.
Ocean rates, it is reported, are coming
up. Possibly a case of sea sickness.
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MUSIC AND_THE STAGE.
METROPOLITAN.
Adolf Philipp and his German com
edy company will close a highly success
ful engagement at the Metropolitan with
a popular-price matinee this afternoon
and the performance tonight,when the bill
will be the five-act comedy, "Der Corner
Grocer."
One of the great comedy attractions of
the season is "At the White Horse Tav
ern," which begins a half week engage
ment at the Metropolitan tomorrow night.
The Eastern critics have pronounced it
the best comedy of the past ten years,
and press and public throughout the
country have unanimously agreed on the
same verdict. It will be presented here
by one of Frohman's strongest companies,
including Anna Sutherland, Frederic
Bond, Charles Bradshaw, Richard Ben
nett, Adelaide Keim, Miriam Nesbitt,
Louis Albion, Fred Summerfleld, Char
lotte Campbell, David Elmer and others.
The quality of this production and the
character of the company presenting it
should Insure a packed house for every
performance.
GRAND.
"Under the Red Robe" will be given
its first matinee at the Grand today at
2:30.
Next week "Yon Yonson," with Arthur
Donaldson, the Swedish operatic actor,
playing the title role, will appear at the
Grand. Mr. Donaldson Is said to give
an ertistic Interpretation of the role, and
his singing, of which he Introduces a
deal, Is said to be a positive feature.
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COSTLY RACE.
Fine Passenger Steamer Will Be a
Total Wreck.
GALLIPOLJS, 0., Jan. 18.—The fine
passenger steamer Lexington, owned
by the Carr line, of Charleston, W. Va.,
while racings with the opposition pack
et Argand, struck the lock wall near
Scary, breaking In twain and sinking im
mediately. The Argand went to her as
sistance and took off the passengers and
crew. The steamer will probably be a
total wreck. _
AS TO REGRETS.
The confession of folly is often the be
ginning of wisdom and the man who oc
casionally says to himself, or right out
loud for that matter, "what a blanked
fool I was ever to have done such and
such a thing" is honest, knows himself,
and is not likely to repeat his blunders
half as quickly as he who is always
thoroughly self-satisfied. Regret is often
healthy emotion and Is called in frequent
play in every man's life. Regret at hav
ing let a life insurance policy run out
la particularly poignant for the strong
reason that rehabilitation Is more difficult
than In most errors. It costs a man moro
to get the new policy, with the added
danger that latent or newly developed
illness may possibly srtiut him out from
the privilege of reinsurance -altogether.
There Is, however, the certainty that in
life insurance under normal conditions
regret Is something that will never be
known. He who takes out a policy and
keeps it up is never sorry. Even when old
age Is reached and those who were once
his dependents may perhaps be no longer
so, he has still the surrender value left
for his policy, with the knowledge that it
has protected those whom he loved for
so many years.
Regret, as noted at the outset, goes
hand in hand with the events of life, but
the persistent life insurant will rarely
know more of it than is wholesome for
him, and never any of It at all In con
nection with his policy holding.
CLEMENT IS DROPPED
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN
OFFICE THE FARIBAULT MAW
IS"DETACHED"
HOULTON'S HEAD MAY FOLLOW
Reformatory Board Will Jar Him
Loose, if It (-an, at Its Conference
at the < «li>l tol Today—Rufu s* A.
Hoyt and I>. T. Calhoun Are Sng
sented for the Place—Current
Note* Political.
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Benjamin B. Sheffield, of Farlbault,
was yesterday named by Gov. Llnd aa
a member of the board of trustees for
the Minnesota institute for defectives.
Under the law it was necessary that a
Republican be appointed to succeed Mr.
Clement, and Mr. Sheffield is said to be
of that persuasion in all that the name
implies. The appointment is the result
of a long and drawn out fight for the
resident trusteeship. Mr. Clement has
served on the board since 1875, and the
change that has been made was urged
from many quarters. Mr. Sheffield was
formerly mayor of Farlbault, and prom
inent In commercial circles In that sec
tion of the state.
The state reformatory board will meet
with Gov. Lind this afternoon and en
deavor to agree upon a successor to
Supt. Houlton. Whether the existing
deadlock upon the choice of a superin
tendent will be broken remains to be seen,
but it is quite evident that there is a
disposition to compromise upon a candi
date other than F. A. Whlttier, the pres
ent state agent. All members of the
board recognize the necessity of selecting
a man that will assume the duties of su
perintendent with the solid support of
the administration, and to that end the
conference is to be held.
Two new names have been presented
as candidates for the place, and there is
a strong likelihood that either may se
cure the coveted plum. Rufus A. Hoyt,
of St. Paul, an Insurance man, and D.
T. Calhoun, a St. Cloud attorney, are
being strongly urged by their friends.
Geo. W. Stewart, president and resident
member of the board, was seen last even
ing at the Merchants,' and said:
"Mr. Houlton Is ready to resign at any
time, but he feels that he has rendered
good service to the state, and cannot
consistently step out if he is succeeded
by a man who he considers has been try
ing to have him removed. Every mem
ber, I believe, feels as I do, that politics
should be wholly eliminated from the
administration of the institution. The
very first paragraph of the law creating
tho reformatory board is worded so as
to guard against partisan administration
of the institution. I stand ready to
vote for any good man. We want a man
who is thoroughly competent. Mr. Houl
ton feels the same way. He is willing
to resign, as he believes he cannot ren
der the best service under the existing
circumstances. But to resign and allow
those who are supposed to be at the bot
tom of the charges to reap the benefit
would not be satisfactory.
It was learned from other sources last
evening that Mr. Whittier could not be
fully satisfactory to the St. Cloud peo
ple, because of his supposed connection
with the charges which have been pre
ferred against the present superintendent.
For him to take charge of the institution
under these conditions, it is claimed,
would not be for the best interests of the
reformatory.
It is also claimed that Mr. Houlton will
refuse to resign, unless some one else
than Whittier is decided upon.
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"There is just one way in which the
Republicans can beat John Llnd, If he
is the nominee of the fusion party this
year," said a prominent Republican yes
terday, "and that is by putting up some
one who can draw from the Democrats
enough strength to make up a part of
the 30,000 Swedish Republicans, many of
whom will follow Lind, no matter whom
tho Republicans put up."
"Who is the man who will get these
Democrats?" inquired the Globe man
interestedly.
"1 don't know, replied the Republican
leader. "I did not say who he would have
to be, but what he would have to do.
You see the difference. Frankly, I do
not think Van Sant is strong enough to
beat Lind, if the latter runs. It will
take a hard fight to beat Lind. He has
the advantage of being in, he has a man
whom I believe to-be a good general for
his chairman, and it will not be any easy
task to unseat him. The Republicans
need a thorough organization, and they
want a man for chairman who will get in
touch and keep in touch with the senti
ment of the Republicans in every corner
of the state.
"The party had a taste pf the over,
confident element in campaign manage
ment and direction two years ago. It
does not want any more of it, nor does
it want a panicky chairman, who Is go
ing to give up the fight every time ho
learns that a Republican club in um-ta
ra-rum township has split over the coun
ty surveyorship and half the membera
are going to vote the other ticket. The
Republicans are going to vote the Re
publican ticket, or they are going to
have some real reason for not voting.
The chairman ought to find out what
reason they have, If any, and either prove
their injustice or remove the objection
able situation. The hope of the Repub
lican party this year lies in securing
votes from those of other parties, either
through the nomination of a man phe
nomenally popular personally, or able to
command, by his ability or his public
service, the confidence of such Demo
crats as may be dissatisfied, for any
reason, with the administration of Gov.
Lind."
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The New Ulm Review quotes the fol
lowing from the Sherburne Advance: "If
Van Sant can defeat John Llnd at the
polls for governor^ we're for him. If
he can't, we're for the fellow who can
accomplish it. The party needs a- series
of class meetings, love feasts, and a gen
eral getting together."' The Review then
adds: "The same old cry. Anything to
beat Lind! It doesn't matter whether
the man is honest, capable or otherwise.
The only question which will be consid
ered by the Republican managers is the
single one of availability. It must be
pleasant to Van Sant to know that the
only standard by which a Republican
candidate for governor of the great state
of Minnesota will be measured is that
of his vote getting qualities."
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mystic smuanaßs.
Great Gathering? of Member* of O»
--man Temple.
Twenty-three candidates from all parts
of the state were initiated at the cere
monial session of Osman temple, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, last evening. Fol
lowing the initiatory ceremonies was a
banquet, at which A. P. Swanstrom pre
sided, In honor of the grand lodge of
Minnesota, which opens Its forty-third
communication at Masonic hall at 10 a,
m. today. Granjd Master H. M. Tusler
was present and s|joke for the grand
lodge. The banq,uet'.'was very elaborate,
and the post prandial addresses were
punctuated with f selections by the Min
nesota State band.
It is expected :^he^grand lodge meeting
will be more latgerj 1 attended than any
previous assembiagyof the kind. Three
officers of each Si t*ie lodges in the state
are entitled to sdatq,' and the hotels last
evening were (flooded with prominent
Masons from airoveY the state. Today
there will be two business sessions, ana In
the evening the visiting members will be
entertained by St. Paul Lodge No. 8,
which will hold a special communication
for the purpose of conferring tha M. M.
degree.
Three hundred Masons sat down to an
elaborate spread as the guests of the Tem
ple. The visitors Included many of the
most prominent of the fraternity In Min
nesota and elsewhere. Hon. A. T. Steb
bins, of Rochester, grand master of the
state, was tha guest of honor, and occu
pied a position at the head of the table.
Toasts were responded to by J. F. Treat,
potentate of El Zagel Temple, Fargo;
Capt S. R. Van Sant, Winona; W. G.
Bell, of "Winnipeg; E. W. Wellington, of
Kansas; A. T. Stebblns and others.
Among the prominent lodge men from
out of the city were:
A. Wells, Litchfleld; O. L. Grajidin, Far
go; J. W. Lucas, Fargo; E. C. Richmond,
Sand Harbor, N. D.; S. W. Chambers,
Davenport, Io.; H. L. Kenney, Cleveland,
O.; John Lundberg, Minneapolis; J. D.
Titcomb, Duluth; C. L. West Minneapolis;
W. L. Manson, Indianapolis; F. J.
Bourne, Grundy Center, Io.; M. H. Starr,
Rochester; G. T. Brown, Portland, Or.;
M. Crane, Fargo; J. B, Root, Fargo; J.
W. Young, Fargo; W. R. Renken, Sioux
Falls; H. W. Hoag, Marshalltown. Io.;
J. F. Treat, Fargo; F. L. Gazzalo, Louis
ville, Ky.; W. G. Bell, Winnipeg; V. L.
Dodge, Salina, Kan.; J. A. Johnson.
Fargo.
PAVING CONTRACTS.
Boacrd of Public Works Helps a Num
ber of Them Along.
The board of publlo works yesterday
took up the bids for paving Broadway,
Ninth and Wacouta streets, which were
opened Dec 29, and awarded the con
tracts. Fielding & Shepley were given the
contract for paving Broadway with brick
from Seventh to Grove street, at $11,720
for the city's portion and $7,630 for the
street railway tracks. The estimate of
the city engineer for the city's portion
was $11,8G5, or $3.55 per front foot to prop
erty owners.
The James Forrestal company was
awarded the contracts for paving with
brick Ninth street from Broadway to Lo
cust street, at $8,400, and Wacouta street
from Seventh to Ninth street with brick,
at $3,987. The engineer's estimate for
Ninth street was $8,400 and for Wacouta
street $4,331. Fielding & Shepley will use
Galesburg brick on Broadway, and For
restal will use Streator brick.
The board approved the specifications
for wooden sidewalks in the morning, but*
later in the day reconsidered the action.
. The question of using hemlock instead
of pine will bo considered.
Aid. Murphy and Assemblyman Benson
urged that the contract be awarded for
paving Rice street with brick from Col
lege avenue to Front street. The board
Informed the city fathers, however, that
they would not award the contract for
paving the street until the assembly had
first killed the order for a change of grade
on the street It was stated yesterday
that a sufficient number of the assembly
had been seen to secure a reversal of
the action of the committee on streets
of that body, and that the order for the
change on Rice Btreet would be killed at
the meeting of the assembly tomorrow
night.
FOR THOMAS CONCERTS.
Sale of Seats Opens With a. I.nrge
Sale.
It must be a source of gratification to
St. Paul people generally, as it is to tha
ladies of the Schubert club, who have
dared so much, that large audiences are
assured for the Thomas orchestra con
certs. The sale of seats which opened
yesterday morning at Howard, Fargrell
& Co.'s was very satisfactory, but no
one need be deterred from going to the
concert either next Monday night or on
Tuesday afternoon by the fear that he
will not get a good seat. Several hun
dred excellent seats are yet available
and the heavy expense of these two con
certs is not yet assured.
There is little question but that nearly
all of the musical fraternity will be pres
sent both on Monday and Tuesday, for
they recognize the importance to them
selves of this opportunity to hear a
first-class symphony orchestra. The price
of seats is so low that even the poorest
music student can afford to attend both
concerts, either one of which is said to
be worth the price of several Individual
lessons from the best teacher. To be
really musical one must study and hear
good choral and orchestral music; he
must have his ear opened to the many
and varied voices that tell their own
separate stcry of life—the life of the
soul as well as the body.
HELPING THE FILLMORES.
Dayton's (Huff People Have Inter
ested Themselves In (lie Case.
Secretary Hutchins, of the St. Paul Sn_^
clety for the Relief of the Poor, reports
that a place has been secreud for the
son of J. C. Fillmore, who is under
sentence In Minneapolis, hauling ice. A
number of Dayton's bluff people have
taken an interest in the family, and it Is
thought they will be gotten through the
winter without serious suffering.
Rev. H. Heiner.president of the Tabitha
home, In Lincoln, Neb., arrived in the
city yesterday with four small children
from the home, where they have been
cared for the last two years. The ages
were as follows, girl seven, girl six, boy
four, and one three years. The Great
Northern furnished free transportation
for tho little ones to their mother at
Grand Forks.
MINNESOTA POULTRY.
Fine Specimens to Be Exhibited at
Kansas City Show.
Minnesota will be represented at the
Kansas State Poultry association's exhib
it, to be held In Kansas City next week,
by George A. Loth and C. N. Bliss, of
Minneapolis. Mr. Loth will exhibit Cor
nish Indian game chickens, Black Mlnor
cas, Langshangs, and Barred . Plymouth
Rocks will be exhibited by Mr. Bliss. Tha
Kansas City show will be one of the most
important of the season, some of the
foremost poultrymen of the country ex
hibiting stock there. Mr. Loth and Mr.
Bliss will have large exhibits in the an
nual exhibition of the Minnesota State
Poultry association, to be held in St. Paul,
Feb. 5 to 10.
CAME UK HE IN 1557.
"ATehle" Macdonald, Who Died a-t
His Home Yesterday.
Archie Macdonald, one of the old resi
dents of the city, died at his home, 390
Marshall avenue, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Macdonald was a native of Scotland,
born in 1841, and came to Canada when a
small boy. In 1857 he removed to St. Paul,
and has resided here since. He was for
merly engaged in the hotel business at
Seventh and Robert streets, and ww
well known to the older jettlers of tho
city. He is survived by a wife and eight
children, three sons and five daughters.
Two of his daughters are teachers in th^
public schools of this city. The funeral
will take place Thursday morning at 9:45,
from St. Joseph's church.
HELD UP AND ROBBED.
A Railroad Engineer Loses $25 and
His Gold Watch.
Bertram H. Howe, a railroad engineer
living at 869 Payne avenue, was the vlc
flm of a vicious hold-up Saturday even
ing, when he was assaulted by three men
near the Westminster street bridge, and
robbed of $25 In money and a gold watch
valued at $125. The highwaymen beat
Mr. Howe savagely, bruising his face and
raising abrasions on the head.
The robbery was committed, according
to Mr. Howe's report to the police, by
three men with whom he was riding !n
a hack. There was some trouble In the
hack Just before the robbery, when the
hack driver claims he ejected the quar
tette of-patrons and left them standing
in the street. When the hack disappear
ed, Mr. Howe claims, the men attacked
him, and. knocking him down, robbed
him of his money and watch.
Who the men in the hack with him wore
Mr. Howe does not know. He met them
down town, the police say, and when he
wanted to go home, it Is alleged one of
the strangers offered to call a hack.
When the carriage arrived, all four of
the men gofe Inside and the driver went
out Westminster street. The hack driv
er says during the trouble in the hack
a window was broken, and he concluded
to take no chances on other damage to
his vehicle, and so ordered the men out.
Mr. Howe thinks he was struck with
some sort of a blunt weapon, as the left
side of his face, where he received the
blow that rendered him half uncon
scious, Is badly swollen and discolored.
When he recovered his senses after the
assault he found himself alone at the
south end of the Westminster street
bridge, while his watch and money were
gone. His companions were nowhere
in sight.
The robbery was reported to the police
and several detectives are endeavoring to
find the strangers that wera with Mr.
Howe.
BURNS THE SMOKE.
Address on a Furnace That Produce*
Complete Combustion.
Three score stationary engineers, many
of them members of the National Asso
ciation of Stationary Engineers, met in
Central hall last evening and listened to
an address by Orland O. Orvis, the in
ventor of the Orvls water arch furnace.
The new furnace Is a decided departure
from all the Ideas embodied in furnaces
built in recent years, and was explained
In detail by Mr. Orvls' paper. He stated
that the Invention saved in large plants
fully a ton of coal a day, and was ab
solutely smokeless.
One of the furnaces has been in opera
tion at the Lowry Arcade for three
months and has given entire satisfaction,
and saved, it was claimed, a ton of coal
every day. Mr. Orvls displayed charts
of the furnace, explaining all questions
that were asktd.
Telephone Company Absorbed.
It was reported yesterday that the Min
nesota Telephone Company of North
Branch had completed arrangements for
the purchase of a controlling interest in
the Minnesota Mutual Telegraph and Tel
ephone Company of Minneapolis.
Second Trial of Damage Suit.
The second trial of the case of Ella
Corrigan against W. H. Elsinger & Co.
is on before Judge Lewis and a lury in
district court. On the first trial the Jury
disagreed. Miss Corrigan sued to recover
damages alleged to have been received
by the overturning of a counter on June
30 at the Golden Rule, where she was
purchasing goods.
Looking for Barnhart's Friends.
Harry E. Barnhart, a barber, who says
he has resided in Minneapolis for several
years, is held at the county Jail and Is
supposed to be out of his right mind The
authorities thus far have been unable to
locate his friends or relatives. Barnhart
is about thirty years of age.
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
Justice Hrown Denounces What He
Calls Scnnntiona.l Journalism.
ALBANY, N. V., Jan. 16.—The principal
address before the State Bar association
before Its adjournment tonight was by
Justice Brown, of the United States su
preme court. His subject was "The Lib
erty of the Press," In which ha severely
denounced what he termed sensational
journalism.
"Ugly stories are told," he said, "of the
methods resorted to to create a sensation
or to advertise a parer; of correspondents
sent to Washington with instructions to
blacken the character of public men, re
gardless of facts; of editorial space sold
for so much a line; of spies put upon
houses to unearth domestic ecar.dals, or
upon the steps of public men to ferret
out political secrets; of respactable women
detailed to walk the streets at night, get
themselves arrested as disreputables, and
spend a night in prison for the sake of
a startling article upon the infamous
prosecution of working women; of various
other contrivances by which reporters
are sent, not to investigate facts, but to
make a case, by hook or crook, against
some prominent official. For the credit
of humanity, not to say for the honor of
a great profession, let us hope that these
stories are untrue.
"The next step In their downward ca
reer was the Illustrations —and such Illus
trations! Pictures of great events, bat
tles, murders and sudden deaths often
occupied a foot of space, often drawn on
imagination. If there be another worse
than these the mind of man hath not hith
erto conceived them.
"Probably no law could be framed
which would cover such cases, since mat
ters of taste are beyond the pulse of law,
but It is to be regretted that the great
mass of American people are so imper
fectly educated as to take pleasure in
these abortions of the engravers' art.
"But it is in its assaults upon public
men that it is guilty of its greatest cru
elties, for no other word in the English
language will describe the character of
these attacks."
Justice Brown then described the law
of libel, and then asked:
"Who shall say the individual has any
too much protection. Does not the press
hold our reputations completely at Its
mercy? It is exceedingly doubtful if any
legislation Is practicable which shall tend
to restrict the exceisive license indulge!
in by newspapers. Of course a censor
ship is not to be thought of in a free
country. We can imagine*a censorship
which, without repressing the freest dis
cussion of political and social questions,
and the claims of candidates to the suf
frages of the people, might repress much
that is indecent, coarse and libeious, but
in the practical administration of such a
law the abuses would soon outnumber the
advantages.
"In this inefflcacy of the law, as It
stands at present, and the impracticabil
ity of further repression, we are con
vinced that in this country there has
grown up a despotic, Irresponsible power,
which holds our reputations completely
at Its mercy. No man.occupies a polit
ical appointment by executive appoint
ment, and few from election, who cannot
be driven from it by a combined attack
by two or three influential journals whosa
cue the minor papers are only too ready
to take up. Under such circumstances
what possible recourse have we, except
to make the best terms with this power,
and, if we cannot obtain Justice, to crave
its mercy?"
GEORGIA TRAGEDY.
Bank Cashier Kills the Teller, aond
Himself.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 16.—Capt. J. W.
Murphey, cashier of the Third National
bank, shot and killed Teller P. T. Schutze
today and then committed suicide. The
murder and suicide occured while the
bank was full of customers and the full
corps of clerks.
Capt. Murphey, who did the shooting,
was one of the most prominent business
men of the city for a number of yeafS,
but of recent months he had been in ill
health and suffered two strokes of paraly
sis. It is believed that he was temporar
ily insane when the shooting was done, as
he and Schutze had long been the closest
of friends, having been associated with
each other in the business affairs of the
bank.
The evidence before the coroner's Jury
this afternoon shows that Murphey, pre
sumably insane, placed the pistol close to
the temple oj. Mr. Schutze and fired. He
then placed the pistol in his own mouth
and fired twice, both balls penetrating
his brain. Capt. Murphey fell several feet
from his private desk, the blood stream-
Ing from his mouth, and died Instantly.
Assistant Cashier Schutze was found sit
ting in the chair he occupied when the
shot was fired. His head was lying far
back, and from a hole^ln his right temple
the blood was running to the floor.
Buffalo Printer*' Trouble Settled.
BUFFALO, Jan. 16.—A settlement of the
dispute between the Buffalo Express and
the Buffalo Typographical union, which
has lasted over two years, has been ar
rived at.
BRYAN IN KENTUCKY
IS GIVEN A HEARTY WEIA/OME,
JLND MAKES A
SPEECH
CONGRATULATES BLACKBURN
Sajn He Gave No Advice In the Con
test Now Before the Kentucky
I<esrlsta<ture!—Cite* the Action of
the American People In the
If»ye»-Tilden Contest—Democratic
Election Commissioners Sustained
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 16.—William
Jennings Bryan was banqueted by the
Democrats of the Kentucky legislature
tonight. The banquet was also a cele
bration of the election of Senator Black
burn.
Mr. Bryan arrived at 4:35 p. m.. and
was met at the train by a committee of
which Messrs. Blackburn and Goebel
were members. Ei-Gov. James B. Mc-
Creary presided as toastmaster at the
banquet. The toasts responded to were
as follows: By William Jennings Bryan,
"The Democratic! Party, Its Future and
Its Politics;" Senator J. C. S. Blackburn,
"Old Kentucky;" Senator William Goe
bel, "Kentucky and Her Relations to
the National Democracy."
In his speech Col. Bryan said ha came
not to ba banqueted, but to rejoice with
Democrats over Mr. Blackburn's election.
He said that no one should say he re
pudiated Blackburn. On the subject of
the Kentucky contests ho said he had
neither advised for or against the con
test, regarding this as a matter to be
settled wholly by the members of the
legislature. Ha referred to the Tllden-
Hayes electoral commission, and called
attention to the fact that the Democrats
of the country acquiesced In it though
the decision was arrived at by a party
vote. The national platform, Col. Bryan
said. In addition to containing a money
plank, would also contain planks against
trusts and imperialism.
VAN WYCK NAMED.
Choice of Ea*tera Men on an Antl-
Trn»t Platform.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—Scores of Demo
cratic editors of Illinois have received
letters from the National Hotelkeepen
and Traveling Men's Anti-Trust associa
tion having headquarters In New York,
telling them that Judge Augustus Van
Wyck is the choice of the Eastern tray«
elingmen and hotelkeepe'rs for president
on the anti-trust Issue. A number of
these letters have been sent to Chairman
Johnson, of the National Democratic ex
ecutive committee.
OBJECTIONS OVERRUUBD.
Kentucky Contest Committee* Are
to Serve.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 16.—The state
capltol buildings were thronged with peo
ple early, and at noon, when both branch
es of the legislature convened, the crowd
was so dense in the lobbies and In the
halls and rotundas as to make passage
through them well nigh Impossible.
In the senate the judiciary committee
reported, through Senator Carter, that
it had Investigated the charges made by
Gov. Taylor and Lieut. Gov. Marshall as
to alleged disqualification of the six
Democratic senators who are serving on
the contest committees, and found the
objections not well taken.
Chicago Platform Democracy.
ALBANY. N. V., Jan. 6.—The Chicago
platform Democracy today filed with the
secretary of state a certificate of Incor
poration. The principal office Is to bi
located In New York city. The organ
ization Is formed to extend the knowl
edge of Democratic principles as set forth
in the Democratic national platform ol
1896. The directors are: Samuel Salis
bury, James R. Brown, George R.Thomp
son, Louis B. Parsons and H. S. Stimp
son, of New York city.
Senator Gear Re-elected.
DES MOINES, 10., Jan. 16.-United
States Senator Gear was formally elected
in the legislature today to succeed him
self in the United States senate. The
house vote stood 81 and the senate 34 for
Gear, while Fred White (Dem.) received
12 votes In the senate and 19 in the house.
In accordance with lowa customs, an
other vote will be taken tomorrow In joint
assembly, which provides for the sign-
Ing* of the certificate by the governor to
the presence of the Joint meeting.
Democrats Sustained.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 16.—The court
of appeals rendered a decision nullifying
Gov. Taylor's appointments of W. H.
Mackey and A. M. J. Cochran as election
commissioners, enjoining them from act
ing, and sustaining the Democratic com
missioners Poyntz, Fulton and Yontz.
These commissioners will try the con
tests In the cases of minor state officers.
The decision was made on strict party
lines. Judges Guffey, Burnam and Durilla
desenting.
Matter of Form.
FRANKFORT. Ky., Jan. 16.—The elec
tion of J. C. S. Blackburn as senator
was duplicated in both houses again to
day, this action being taken on account
of a question among lawyers as to
whether the election last Tuesday waa
legal. The proceedings and vote were
practically the same as those on the for
mer ballot.
DEATHS OF A DAY!
LONDON, Jan. 16.—Earl Manvers (Syd
ney William Herbert Pierrepont) is dead.
He was born March 12, 1825.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Jan. 16.—A
telegram today from Graysville, Term.,
announces the death there of pneumonia
of Mm. S. M. F. Henry. Deceased was
for twenty-nvT^yeaTS national evangelist
of the W. C. T. U.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—Capt. John A. Reid,
eighty years old, died today. He waa en
gaged in piloting vessels on the upper
lakes for over fifty years, and was the
owner of several large lumber freighters.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Hannah J.
Stetson, an actress known as Hannah
Ingham, leading lady in the Murray Hill
Theater Stock company, died suddenly
this evening of apoplexy, aged thirty
three years.
ESSEX, Conn.. Jan. 16.—Judge James
Phelps died suddenly at his home this
evening, aged seventy-eight years. He
Berved in the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth and
Forty-seventh congresses.
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REBATE PROBLEMS.
Proposed l'lnu to Settle North Pacific
Coast Bnntnewi,
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—At an adjourned
meeting of the Chicago-St. Louts-Missou
ri river lines today a proposition was sub
mitted which, if adopted, will, it is be
lieved, result in a settlement of the rebate
problem In connection with the North
Pacific coast business.
It ia proposed to exempt the Missouri
river gateway from the rebate "Syetew,
applying It only to the Ogden gateway.
This plan, it is believed, will be sufficient
to protect Colorado and Utah rates, while
it will not subject the Oregon Short line
and the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company to the inequality which the re
bate plan inflicts upon them as compared
with the North Pacific coast lines. Ar
rangements have already been made by a
majority of the Missouri river lines to
continue ihs rebate pys em until the Great
Northern consents to cancel the colonist
rates from St. Paul.
Gen. Wheeler to Return.
MANILA, Jan. 16.—Gen. Wh?eler wi 1 re
turn to the United States this week, mak
ing a stop at Guam on his way thither.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.—The officials
at fho war department had very little to
say in regard to the return to the United
States of Gen. Wheeler. The correctness
of the report was admitted, and it was
stated the order was given some time
ago, but whether ot not it was the re
sult of an application by Gen. Wheeler
himself could not be ascertained.