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: WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota—Fair Saturday, with cooler
Jn west portion; fair Sunday; westerly
\vinds, becoming northwesterly.
lowa—Fair Saturday, with cooler in
west portion; fair Sunday; westerly
dvlnds, becoming northwesterly.
North Dakota—Cooler; fair Saturday,
preceded by rain in extreme northern
portions; fair Sunday; northwest winds.
South Dakota—Fair and cooler Satur
day; fair Sunday; northwesterly winds.
Montana—Fair Saturday, preceded b"f
yam in extreme northwest portions; west
erly winds; fair Sunday.
Wisconsin—Fair Saturday; warmer in
central and southern portions; brisk
Southwesterly winds, becoming north
westerly; fair Sunday.
ST. PAUL.
' Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
I*. F. Lyons observer, tor the twenty
tour hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
•—Barometer corrected for temperature
lind elevation.
Highest temperature 46
lowest temperature 17
Average temperature 32
Daily range 29
Barometer 29.95
Helative humidity 86
Precipitation 0
7 p. m., temperature 36
I p. m., wind, southeast; weather, clear.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
♦SpmHlgh •SpmHigh
Battleford ...32 40 Chicago 38 38
Bismarck ....44 52 Cincinnati ...50 58
Calgary 2G ....38 50
Dtuath 40 44 Denver T>2 64
Edmonton ...32 40 Detroit 42 46
Havre 3G 50 Galveston ....52 54
Helena 42 48 Jacksonville .62 64
Huron 48 64 Los Angeles..s6 78
Medicine Hat.34 4S Nashville ....46 60
Ivlinnedosa ...36 48 N. Orleans ..48 .50
Pr. Albert ...28 40 New York ...52 54
Qu'Appelle ..82 42 Norfolk 58 64
6. Current ...82 .. Omaha „ ....40 48
Winnipeg ....31 42 Philadelphia .48 52
Boston 54 • 60 Pittsburg ....50 54
Cheyenne ....46 58
♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900.
'FROM THESE SUMMITS."
"From these summits forty centuries
look down upon you," said Bonaparte to
his- soldiers at the pyramids, and from
that dark continent, of which the pyra
mids were the index and warning, forty
centures had already frowned upon man
kind when the Egyptian began the
civilization- of which the sphinx was the
pummit; and for eight thousand years
before Bonaparte that vast land had re
mained essentially the dark continent,
baffling Asia and staggering Europe, and
halting all enterprise at the borders of
What may ultimately prove the richest of
.the earth's surface.
But, besides Africa, there was also :
SABla—white-haired when the corner atone
of the first pyramid was laid, its people
drawing a good sustenance from the
Surface soil—for Asia has never gone Into
the earth deeper than a shallow gold
mine.
"Before Asia was, I am," bragged Afri
ca for centures. But it was not so. Asiat
ic landmarks—nomenclature, racial sem
blances—strew the long coast line of the
{Western hemisphere, to archaeologists
Remonstrating migrations farther back
than even the dreams of the Egyptian
priesthood. How many revolutions, how
many "social progresses" China has un
dergone, and India also, a hundred years
more of European Investigation will not
be able to suggest. But certain it Is that
the commercial traveler of today, when
he returns from abroad, can hang up at
his headquarters offices at St. Paul or Chi.
cago the map of China, and repeat to
his partners the metaphorical projectile
of Bonaparte at the pyramids. For from
the summits of Chinese life twice forty
centuries and four hundred millions of
human beings look down upon our West
ern civilization—upon factories and mills
and mines—and bid them come Into that
swarming continent, with their arms and
accouterments of energy and the living
soul.
Bonaparte was as much a merchant as
any Englishman that ever trod upon
neat's leather. His European embargo
proved that. But the French people were
overcome by the dazzle of military glory,
and could not understand the problem of
Africa and Asia, from a commercial view.
To got the East Indian and the Egyptian
fellaheen to raise cotton for the French
and German cotton mills had not then
entered into the minds of European mon-
Hrchs, and Napoleon found himself fifty
years in advance of all except the Eng
lish, whose statesmen were of the school
of Birmingham and Liverpool—of facto
ries and of ships—who could not be fooled
by his tremendous rhetoric or his artil
lery.
The American has now four distinct and
peculiar markets before him. Europe for
foodstuffs, with China as a coming belly
of insatiable appetite; Asia, Africa and
Bouth America, for cotton and steel and
copper goods. Europe is old, and hungry
for breadstuffs only, while the others
are frontiers, hungry for anything that
can be produced in the mill. But South
America has the tongue of Europe and
long-established trade relations, and mus'.
be diligently plowed and sowed and har
rowed in close competition with England,
Germany and France. Africa is so new
that we start in there on an even plane
•with them all—with all competitors—and
while England and Germany will pour
their millions of surplus peoples into that
Continent without perceptible diminution
of their own populations, America will
eend adventurous spirits and commercial
travelers, who will bring orders home
for railroad iron, mining machinery, elec
trical apparatus and cotton goods. All of
the peoples of Western Europe could
be thrust Into Africa south of the Soudan,
and not people it more thickly than the
United States are now Inhabited. The
market Is ours, for we are ready for it,
against all comers, but it is slow of
growth.
But Asia and Oceanica—there is the
market made to hand. The situation is
comiilote. The population already in the
land, and mainly an agricultural one.
Miring has not been taught there, nor
practiced. Of forestry there is none. Of
steel making they have not even the rudl
menta. In cotton manufacturing they
might in a few years become formidable,
were It not for the lack of science in
financing large mill enterprises—a matter
of education that requires a half century
to produce experts.
But this youngest of the continents, this
America, this republic of a hundred years,
has gone down into the bowels of the
earth and ripped up iron and coal, cop
per and silver and gold, and pumped up
petroleum, until its presiding genius, Its
instinct of trade, cannot be overcome by
the glory of naval or military success, nor
the glamor of artillery, but asks prompt
ly, Wherefore these soldiers, and to what
end? How many more tons of Iron ore
and copper from Minnesota and Michi
gan? How many more yards of calico
and cotton sheeting from the New Eng
land and South Carolina mills? How
many more tons of coal and barrels of
petroleum from the Ohio and Pennsylva
nia fields? And how many more barrels
of pork and flour from Minnesota and
Kansas?
And it looks across the Pacific, with
its centuries of experience and swarming
millions of men and women, and counts
them as so much raw material to be
stirred up In the broth of trade and com
merce. No emigration necessary, no
building of railways across trackless
wastes in advance of population, pnly
advance agents, ships, and headquarters
offices and factories in St. Paul and New
York. Only thousands of miners on the
Mesaba range, more voracious markets
for the eggs and butter and potatoes of
the Minnesota farmer. 9
No wonder the Pacific states are going
mad over the prospect. No wonder Mr.
Hill is building vessels larger than any
that ever crossed the Atlantic. So much
cotton, so much iron and copper ore, so
much oil and coal to keep the fires and
wheels going, and such a surplus of food
to feed the operatives, was never before
known in the world; and to the v7est is
the wide market for it all.
A SHACKLED INDUSTRY.
The revelation made through ex-Sena^
tor Edmunds, that the United States is
prevented from granting export bounties
b,y the provisions of its treaties with sev
eral nations, is a most extraordinary one.
Its effect cannot fall to be of much value
in determining the true policy of the
United States In the movement for the
resurrection of their merchant marine.
If the Payne-Hanna measure Is passed
In its present form, it will be as the re
sult of the information furnished all un
expectedly by ex-Senator Edmunds, and
against the unquestionable public senti
ment of the country. Speed Is no doubt
an element in considering the value of
ocean carrying vessels and In the effort
to secure success against opposing inter
ests; but in the present situation of the
American foreign carrying trade it is no
less than foolish and misleading to make
it the test of worthiness of governmental
sustainment
American shippers and ship builders
may safely be left to determine for them
&elves what relation the question *of
speed bears to the great problem of win
ning for an American merchant marine
its true position in the carrying trade of
the ocean. Once the Inducement is of
fered to them to engage in competition
with foreign ships and foreign shippers
they will soon determine this question for
themselves. The requirement now, to
which our legislators should address
themselves, is the one of giving such sub
stantial advantages to their own ship
owners as will enable them to command
the carrying of American exports. Suc
cessful ocean freight carrying is not a
matter which is controlled by consider
ations of speed. The ocean is today dot
ted by the tramp steamers of every
shipping nation under the sun carrying
our products away from these shores,
and returning to us with the products of
other nations. They, not the ocean grey
hounds, do the freight carrying of the
world. Capacity is quite as great a
factor in the problem of the successful
competition of ships as Is the matter of
speed, if, indeed, it is not much greater.
What we want is to see our own ves
sels carry our own merchandise abroad.
If we aid their owners sufficiently in this
direction, it will place them in a position
to secure return cargoes. The future con
duct of the Industry by Americans may
safely be left to the Ingenuity and re
sources of our own shipyards, which are
displayed to the utmost advantage in
our own internal carrying, as well as In
our coasting trade.
Every treaty which contains any in
hibition against the granting of export
bounties except on the condition that the
same bounties are to be granted to other
nations should In that respect secure im
mediate abrogation. It is easy to see
that such a requirement puts us at a
fatal disadvantage. Whatever congress
does on this great subject, its plain duty
is at once to unfasten' the particular
bond by which we have fettered the en
ergies of our ship owners and which has
been revealed to the country through the
statement of Judge Edmunds.
Atf IMPERIALISTIC PROVIDENCE.
There has been a glorious variety of
causes stated for the Philippine war by
the imperialist administration, its apolo
gists and abettors. The latest, and, in
deed, one of the most remarkable, is that
which places the entire responsibility on
the shoulders of that despicable old
auntie, Senator Hoar.
Hoar is a sad thorn in the side of his
brother Republicans, and the attempted
removal of this sore Infliction of the im
perialist flesh has been a rare work of art.
The successor of Webster and Sumner,
there are still a few misguided traitora
who are disposed to think that he does not
suffer even by comparison with his groat
predecessors. Accordingly the imperial
ists are greatly disturbed by his very
pernicious activity. What, then, could be
happier, after having saddled all the re
sponsibility for the continuance of the
war and the loss of all the American
soldiers that have fallen on the shoulders
of all the other aunties and traitors, than
to fasten the origin of the whole foolish
and bloody business on this troublesome
old person?
So it has all been done: but the ways
TffiTTSTTT'XEfE GLOBE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 90,1900.
of doing it adopted by the several Im
perialist editors are as various as their
several personal dispositions. Our friend
of the Minneapolis Tribune, for Instance,
sheds crocodile tears in the most affect
ing manner over the sad spectacle which
Hoar presents to view, and implores him
to repent before it is too late. That
bastard oracle of imperialism, the Minne
apolis Times, cries aloud la the most
lugubrious fashion amidst the wilderness
of its conflicting opinions about the un
happy "complications" which Hoar has
created between us and our all too un
willing subjects in the Philippines. Still
others among the literary dervishes whirl
themselves Into a state or mendacious
frenzy over the sacrilegious refusal to ac
cept Mark Hanna as the anointed of the
Lord, to whom we must look for authori
tative declaration of the mysterious dis
pensations of Providence.
During the Increasing turmoil Hoar
goes on his way unregenerate and unre
pentlng, and proclaims anew the trai
torous doctrine that the Declaration of
Independence and the American constitu
tion have not yet been decreed to be total
failures, and that the consent of the
governed is still something more than a
delusion and a snare, despite the pro
found lucubrations of the other learned
-publicist who indites the opinions of the
organ of our local street car corporation.
But the oracles must not be too easily
discouraged. They must continue their
profound demonstrations; and they will in
time be compensated by witnessing all the
Irreligious aunties stricken dumb as the
divine penalty of their flying in tile face
of an imperialistic "Providence.
A telegraphic report published in a Chi
cago newspaper says that a Southern rail
road is preparing to discharge all the fat
men in its employ, and is training thin
men for their places. In Minnesota there
are two lean men in training for tho place
so amply filled by Secretary of State
Berg, the aspirants being Samuel I.an
gum, of Preston, and J. J. Lomen, of
Ada. To completely fill the vacancy that
will be caused when the ponderous Berg
steps out of office both Langum and
Lomen should be elect©!.
If Mr. Hoar were to express his real
views of ex-Minister Barrett, a consider
able portion of the Congressional Record
would find trouble in getting into the
mails.
Andrew Carnegie's idea that if there
were no poverty there could be no field
for philanthropy will not appeal strongly
to the poor.
A New York society leader gave a din
ner for 100 guests. The other 800 of the
elect must have worked the free lunch
route.
There Is one thing to be said for the
Kentucky duel. It furnishes work for
the coroner and not the humorists.
It had to come some time. A cham
pion pugilist has accused his adversary
of plagiarism.
Aguinaldo has not yet been guilty of
using the threadbare expression, "I pause
for a reply."
The United States senate having ratified
the Samoan treaty, it is now up to the
natives.
In the old days Mr. Roberts could easily
have been the star of the Dakota divorce
colony.
Havana is to have a 400, probably all
Cuban major generals.
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AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
"At the White Horse Tavern," the preg~
ent attraction at the Metropolitan, Is
the only dramatic venture in which Dan
iel and Charles Frohman are associated.
and it is the greatest comedy success
that either of the famous managers haa
ever produced. Certain it is that the
play has scored the biggest hit of any
comedy seen in this city for many years.
It Is very rarely that the original met
ropolitan cast of a new play can be
brought to" the Northwest, but In this
case the Frohmans. have sent the very
best of the talent controlled by them
out on the road with "At the White
Horse Tavern." A matinee will be given
this afternoon, and the engagement will
terminate with the performance tonight.
The first of the series of five orchestra
concerts to be given at the Metropolitan
opera house by the Danz Symphony or
chestra will occur tomorrow afternoon
at 3:30. A very attractive programme
has been arranged for this occasion, In
cluding a soprano solo by Miss Florence
Marion Pace. Season tickets for the en
tire series are on sale.
The Cinematograph moving picture re
production of the world-famous Passion
Play will be presented at the Metropol
itan opera house Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoons next
week. The sale of seats is now open.
"Because She Loved Him So," a new
comedy with a catchy title, which will
be presented at the Metropolitan tomor
row night and first half of the weeK,
kept all New York laughing for an en
tire season, and ran to crowded houses
all last summer in Chicago. It is the
greatest comedy success of Its author,
William Gillette, who adapted it from
the French of Bisson and Leclercq, ana
lg the first work from his pen since he
wrote the now famous "Secret Service."
GRAND.
"Yon Yonson," which opens at the
Grand tomorrow night, comes this sea
son rehabilitated entire, presenting a
new scenic investiture, with every de
tail of the staging of a most'elaborate
character. Heading 1 the producing cast
this season is found a new impersonator
of the title role in Arthur Donaldson,
the Swedish actor and singer, whose pop
ularity as an operatic star has been es
tablished.
. A matlnea today at 2:30 and a perform
ance tonight at 8:15 conclude the engage
ment of the beautiful romance, "Under
the Red Robe," at the Grand opera house.
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An Indispensable Factor.
Philadelphia Record.
The time for a merchant to quit ad
vertising is when he wants to retire from
business. If the desire of the tradesman
r?e to keep his business active and push-
Ing the assistance of a powerful trade
getting factor is lniippensablei That fac
tor is advertising. Permanent success
without ?t is impossible.
SEVERAL SCALPS STAY.
Water Board Pleasantly Disappoints
Old Employes.
The water board has appointed D. A.
Cudworth as meter clerk, vice J. F. Kain,
who will be dropped after Feb. 1. The po
sition pays $55 per month. All the engi
neers and firemen at present engaged
at the several pumping stations will be
retained. Fred Aichele, clerk to the su
perintendent, was retained at the re
quest of John Lindquist, the new super
intendent, who will assume charge
Feb. 1. .
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City Engineer Claussen waited in his
office yesterday a_£ernoon for the commit
tee on gTounds and buildings of the
county board. Accompanied by the com.
mittee, the city engineer was to have
made an examination of the county^jall
building. The committee, however, did
not put in an appearance.
1 Qat of tlje Capital
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A WMhtaftoa Oaulp. PoMtetl and Other
► wteo, forth* Rmten of tl» Globe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-(Speclal.)-
Tha story that some Western man may
yet be decided upon for vice president at
the next national Republican convention
has very little foundation in fact. I have
heretofore pointed out that the decision
bo far reached by President McKlnley Is
that it would be unwise to choose a can
didate for secona place on the national
ticket from any,: other state than New
York. The president has not changed his
opinion, nor has Senator Hanna, There
Is, however, a lively contest on between
the administration forces and Senator
Platt, of New York, regarding the man
to .be selected. 'Platt is anxious to put
forward the opinion just at thla time that
a Western man would be the most ad
visable selection for the vlco presidency.
He is simply ' doing- this, however, to
cover up certain schemes he has in mind
to defeat the administration and place
his own choice on the ticket for the vice
presidency. He is dealing with some very
shrewd politicians, however, and the
chances are that in the end he will not
be able to carry out his designs in this
respect. The West will not be represent
ed on the national Republican ticket this
year. At one time It seemed probable
that former Senator Washburn, of Min
nesota, might be chosen for MaJ. Mo-
Kinley's running mate In the coming
campaign. There was one other man in
the West who was talked of for this
place In the person of Michael H. De
Young, proprietor of the San Francisco
Chronicle.
The intimation that Senator Spooner,
Senator Cullom, or any other man oc
cupying a prominent office in the West
would consent to relinquish it for the
vice presidency is ridiculous upon Its face.
Not one of these men mentioned holding
office would be foolish enough to retire
to make the race for the vice presidency
without being certain that the -Repub
licans would be successful next Novem
ber.
• • •
The Western states seem to be bGtter
represented in both houses of this con
gress than was expected in advance of
the opening of the session. While Speak
er Henderson did not give the Western
representatives places on committees
they sought, they have been assigned
to duties where they have been able to
show that they have the necessary qual
ities to look after their constituents and
the interests of th 9 people in their sec
tions very satisfactorily.
In the senate the West is practically
represented by the men wVo occupied the
same positions in the last congress. The
only exception to this rule is the sub
stitution of Mr. Simon for John H. Mitch
ell as a member of the senate from the
state of Oregon. Mr. Simon is a capable
business man and without doubt will be
able to represent his state fully as well
as any of his predecessors in carrying
through legislation beneficial to the resi
dents of that .state; •
Senator Foster, of Washington, cannot
be regarded as a great statesman, but
he is a business man, and his business
talents are being used not only in the
senate, but in the departments to further
the Interests of his constituents.
Senator Clark, of Montana, whose seat
is being contested, Has a well established
business reputation and if permitted to
retain his seat may give Montana better
representation in the upper house than
that state has had. It is not yet definite
ly known, however, whether the newly
elected senator from the Northern silver
state will be permitted to retain hts seat.
Serious charges have been made against
him, and If substantiated there may be
a vacant seat in the senate from Montana
for the second time since that state's ad
mission to the Union.
Senator Mac Cumber, from North Da
kota, is one of the .new men coming to
the senate from states west of the Mis
sissippi, and, whfle he* has not electri
fied the senate as an orator, he has been
able in a quiet way to dp a good deal for
the residents of his state. He Is regarded
as one of the coming members from -the
Western states, from a business stand
point.
On the whole the states west of the Mln
sisslppi are represented in both houses
of congress by men looked upon as fairly
competent to be given the honor and
standing they deserve in the national
congress.
• • •
The report comes to Washington from
Pennsylvania that Brother John Wana
maker will soon announce that he will
not be a candidate for the senatorship
when the legislature meets to elect a
successor to Matthew Stanley Quay. The
friends of Wanamaker say that by this
is not meant a cessation of Mr. Wana
maker's fight against Col. Quay as United
States senator, but simply the taking out
of his own name from consideration as a
candidate for a seat in the senate.
It Is believed that the declaration will
be made in the form of a letter, which
will be made public through the agency
of the Business Men's league. Members
of the legislature who are friendly to Mr.
Wanamaker have stated it as a fact that
ho has already withdrawn his name. They
understand that his decision will be made
known generally a3 soon as the United
States senate acts upon the question of
Quay's admission on the strength of Gov.
Stone's appointment. It is said to be Mr.
Wanamaker's purpose to enter upon the
fight with zeal from the time of the an
nouncement and to lead an agitation
which will be kept up without cessation
until November for the election of legis
lators who will vote against Quay, for a
constitutional convention and for ballot
reform.
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The foreign commerce of the United
States in 1899 amounted to over
two billion dollars, and of this
enormous sum more than three
fifths was exports, and less than
two-fifths imports. The exact fig
ures, just issued, by the treasury bureau
of statistics, are: Imports, $799,834,620; ex
ports. $1,275,486,641; excess of exports over
imports, $475,652,021. The excess of exports
Is larger than in any preceding year ex
cept IS9B. '-J- s- Van Antwerp.
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FOUND SPLNK GUILTY.
State Dairy Department Secures a
Conviction in the Vinegar Case.
The jury in the case' of the state agatnst
F. H. Spink, charged with selling other
than cider vinegar for the real article,
yesterday returned a verdict finding tne
defendant guilty. Assistant County At
torney Zollman prosecuted the case for
the state dairy and food commission.
The specific offense alleged was that In
1898 Spink, who is a vinegar manufactur
er, had sold a barrel of adulterated vin
egar to E. A. Schmidt. The case was
tried before Judge Orr In municipal
court.
BICYCLE DEALEES COMBINE.
Permanent Organisation I» Effected
at Central Hall.
The St. Paul bicycle dealers last even-
Ing met at Central hall and effected a
permanent organization, with the elec
tion of the following officers: Presi
dent, Tom L. Bird; vice president, T. C.
Borg; secretary, A. J. McCollum; treas
urer, William Johnson.
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New Helios Geittinsr Ready.
Yesterday was thecday set by the Mis
sissippi Valley Telephone company for the
operation of" Its lines In this city. The
system has not been perfected, but part
of the lines were in Operation.
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May liiAse His Hand.
Edward O'Hars, cc' pressfeeder in the
employ of the H. L. Collins company, liv
ing at 600 Burr sWeet'had his hand crush
ed in a press yesterflay, and it is feared
amputation may necessary. O'Hara is"
at Bethesda hosi^tal.
BUSINESS IS STEADY
UHADSTREET'S StM.MI.VO UP OP
SITUATION SHOWS C HAXOiES
ARE SLIGHT
MILD WEATHER A DRAWBACK
Phenomenal Stretch of Spring-Like
January Condition* Detrimental
to Retail Trade—lron and Steel
Industry SHU Actively Employed
on Old Order*—Cereals Are Dull
—Lumber Rules Strong 1*
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Bradstreef 3 to
morrow will say:
"General trade and prices aa a whole
maintain the even balance which has
been the leading feature for some time
past, and In which It will require the ad
vent of distinctly new features to effect
any baslo change. General 1 demand Is
large for this season of the year,
but speculation Is quiet to the extreme of
dullness In some lines, and especial
ly in those branches of speculation
which gradually affects financial af
fairs, and therefore the volume of bank
clearings. Close examination of leading
lines of industry falls to show marked
unfavorable features.
"It is true that the retail trade In sea
sonable goods has been and is being af
fected by phenomenally mild weather,
but wherever spring trade, particularly
in dry goods, has been developed, it has
been in such volume and accompanied
with such a readiness of acceptance of
advanced prices, as to point to undimln
ished confidence on the part of the trade
world as to the outlook for spring bus
iness.
"The iron and steel industry, Justly re
garded as a trustworthy index of gen
eral trade, Is still actively employed on
old orders, and business is limited for
reasons unnecessary to recapitulate. It
is evident that the Blight reaction in
prices shown in such an ordinarily dull
period as this have strengthened rather
than lessened confidence In the future.
Signs of preparation for the coming sea
son's needs are shown in the reported ac
tive inquiry for steel' rails at the West,
recent sales at Chicago aggregating. 80,
--000 tons to Northwestern railroads, and
some for export. Production is as evi
dently hard pushed as ever, and the ques
tion of fuel supplies rather than of new
orders engross manufacturers' attention.
Some concessions in foundry iron are
noted, but aside from this price changes
are still within very narrow limits.
Nearly all metals are stronger, tin and
copper being weak, the former in sym
pathy with advances abroad. Spring
trade in hardware is opening well and ad
vances in prices are generally reported.
"Cereals are dull in nearly all direc
tions, and the pressure of enlarged stocks,
particularly abroad, has been influential
this week in bringing about a reaction in
prices. Corn and oats, however, are
rather firmer on exports, though sympa
thetically affected by the decline in the
leading cereal.
"Coffee is active, especially being in
fluenced by higher European advances,
and evidence of a large domestic con
sumptive demand.
"Apparently Improved British prospects
' in South Africa are assigned aa the rea
son for the better buying of cotton, re
sulting in a fractional advance this week.
The crop movement still continues much
smaller than expected by the bears. Cot
ton goods are meeting with good demand
on spring account. Concessions at second
hands are reported owing mainly to back
ward deliveries now arriving being re
sold by receivers. Rather more inquiry
Is noted for wool, particularly at Bos
ton, and men's wear sales for next fall
are meeting with good patronage, not
withstanding the advances demanded.
Fine wools are at about the highest point
reached In twenty years.
"Lumber is strong, particularly white
pine grades, partly because of smaller
stocks and a possibly smaller cut in the
Northwest as a result of lack of snow,
and partly because of a hopeful feeling
as to the building outlook the coming
spring.
"Wheat, Including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 3,061,028 bushels,
against 4,248,926 bushels last week, 5,198,
--671 bushels in the corresponding week of
1899, 3,720,064 bushels In 1898, 2,916,706
bushels in 1397 and 3,849,271 bushels In 1896.
Since July 1, this season, the exports of
wheat aggregate 113,803,831 bushels,
against 13,234,719 bushels last year, and
141,568,974 bushels in 1897-98. Corn ex
ports for the week aggregate 3,199,312
bushels, against 3,314,576 bushel's last week,
2,928,191 bushels In this week a year ago,
3,456,713 bushels In 1898, 8,520,322 bushels
in 1897 and 3,192,365 bushels in 1896. Since
July 1, this season, corn exports, cor
rected, aggregate 122,030,069 bushels,
against 92,020,190 bushels during the same
period a year ago and 91,931,139 bushels in
1597-9 S.
"Business failures in the United States
are fewer in number, there being 255 for
the week, as compared with 295 last week;
2G2 in this week a year ago, 309 in 1898,
429 in- 1897 and 341 in 1896. Business fail
ures In the Dominion of Canada for the
week number 35," &s. compared with 28
last week; 30 In this week a year ago,
46 in 1838, 57 in 1897 and 52 in 1896."
TRADE OUTLOOK.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Summing Up of
BuslneML Conditions.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.— R. G. Dun's
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
"Whether the new year will surpass or
keep pace with the old Is the question
which gives especial interest to every
week's returns. Comparing now with
business by far the largest and most pros
perous ever known, a year ago, more
than 40 per cent larger than in January,
1898, which, in its turn, had shown heav
ier business than in any year preceding,
it cannot be expected that such a gain
will be repeated, but the decrease of 9.6
per cent in payments through clearing
houses Is wholly due to great speculative
activity at New York last year, with sales
of 12,031,832 shares, against 6,518,920 to the
same date this year, for payments outside
this city have been 4.3 per cent greater
than a year ago and greater than in the
same part of any .other month.
"This week one contract of 10,000 tons
for a Western road and for two bridges,
requiring 11,000 tons, axe the only large
business transactions reported in iron
products, but heavy business was secured
by concessions for plates at Plttsburg go-
Ing materially below $2.25 and for bars at
Philadelphia below $2.20, the prices of the
association. Sheets are also lower at the
East, but $1 higher at Plttsburg. Sales
of foundry pig at reduced prices include
two for 10,000 tons, and No. 1 X,ehigh is
quoted at $24, but Bessemer and Gray
Forge at Pittsburg are held unchanged,
though few sales. The copper output of
this country in 1899 was 262,206 tons,
greater by 81,000, or 63% per cent than in
1895, while the foreign product last yeai\
89,510 tons, gained in the four years only
3,062 tons. The prices of copper and lead
are unchanged, with tin higher at 27%
cents.
"Perhaps the most Important industrial
event is the marketing of woolen goods at
prices averaging 18.4 per cent Higher than
last year, many makes having been
promptly sold up and withdrawn, while
others sell so well as to give great en
couragement."
MONEY EASIER.
Bradstreet'a Review of the Finan
cial Situation.
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—Bradstreet's
financial review tomorrow will say:
"Money has become readily easier this
week. Rates are now back to a lower
average this week than at any time since
the early autumn. Supplies of funds
available for tha purposes of Wall street
are increasing and lenders not only show
a renewed disposition to put out their
money on time at about 6@5% per cent,
but are also much less critical aa to the
character and quality of the collateral
offered.
"The general easing off of rates for
money in the London and continental
markets has also relieved the situation
here by removing the matter of imme
diate gold exports. In short the condi
tions that were mainly responsible for
the disorganization of speculative mar
kets In December have undergone a dis
tinct change for the better. Nevertheless
the ability to carry stocks once more on
comparatively easy terms has not had
Its expected effect in reviving specu
lative interest and activity. Transac
tions have dwindled and on several days
this week the dealings were so limited
t.nd the tone of the market so utterly
perfunctory as to suggest a comparison
with the dullness of midsummer. The
public Is evidently doing little or nothing,
and commission houses report a dearth
of orders except so far as investors are
once more coming into the market and
picking up bonds or dividend-paying rail
road atocks and preferred industrials."
Weekly Bank Clearing*.*
NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet's.shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended Jan. 19, with the per
centage of increase and decrease, as com
pared with the corresponding week last
year: .
| Inc.l Dec.
New York ....$1,042,719,726 22.5
Boston 139,141,219 2.9
Chicago 133,892,143 4.2
Philadelphia 94,955,257 7.0
.St. Louis 34,079,541 8.8
Pittsburg 28,773,013 19.5 ......
Baltimore 21,309,827 11.6
San Francisco 19,912,574 21.3
Cincinnati 16,887,000 4.3
Kansas City 13,714,001 37.0
New Orleans 12,926,002 4.8
Minneapolis 10,387,698
Detroit 9,753,479 2.0
Cleveland 11,140,493 14.3
Louisville 10,267,986 40.7
Providence 8,261,400 23.2
Milwaukee 6,742,016 29.1
St. Paul 5,381,414 15.6
Buffalo 5,840,113
Omaha 6,274,397 11.0
Indianapolis 6,494,072
Columbus, 0 5,431,700 5.7
Washington 2,818,108 14.2
Portland, Or 1,663,726 3.4
Dcs Moines 1,400,043 11.3
Seattle 1,595,941 25.1
Tacoma 889,700 12.1
Spokane J. 157,166 28.5
Sioux City 1,227,962 43.8
Fargo, N. D 349,799 41.2
Sioux Falls. S. D... 116,588 1.7
Helena 652,759 53.0
Totals U. S $1,718,116,804 13.7
Totals outside N.Y. 675.397,078 4.4
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal $14,570,616 5.2|
Toronto 10,558,957 19.5
Winnipeg 2,086,848 25.4
Halifax 1,456,753 15.8
Hamilton 822,580 10.1
St. John, N. B 657,814 12.8
Vancouver 647,804 4.6
Victoria 693,875 15.5
Totals $31,489,244 11.9
.
WOMAN'S LEAGUE AND DR.
OHAGE.
To the Editor of the Globe:
In reply to a criticism of Dr. Ohage In
an editorial of your issue of current date,
under the caption, "Another Humbug
Unmasked," it is only fair to state that
the partial list of dairymen furnished to
the Woman's Civic league was precisely
in accord with the wording of our re
quest, namely, for a list of the dairymen
licensed by the health department. 1?
the league acted upon the misconception
that the list so furnished contained the
names of'all the dairymen the healthy
condition of whose herds could be certi
fied to by the department, that Is a mat
ter for which it alono should be held re
sponsible.
We do not believe that there was at
any time any intention on Dr. Ohage's
part of misleading us. On the contrary,
he offeTed to place in our hands, as soon
as the list could be prepared, a complete
statement of the condition of all the
herds inspected by the department to
date. As soon as the fact was ascertain
ed that there was a large list of unli
censed dairymen whose herds had also
passed inspection, that list was given out
by us for publication.
I am suTe I voice the sentiment of the
league when I say that I am glad of this
opportunity to testify to the integrity of
a man whom we In our dealings with him
have always found to be honest and con
scientious in the discharge of his public
duties.
The civic league Is definitely committed
to the cause, of milk inspection, but it
has never been In favor of the milkmen
being compelled -to pay a fee for inspec
tion, except as it was held to be the only
resort which made such inspection pos
sible. We shall be heartily glad if it is
found that funds may be otherwise pro^"
vided for the performance of this most
vital and important public function. The
attitude of the Globe has been so fair
and helpful along go many lines of pub
lic policy that we feel sure it will gladly
accord to this communication the same
prominence that was given to the criti
cism It endeavors to controvert.
—Lenora A. Hamlin,
President Woman's Civic League '
St. Paul, Jan. 19.
Editor's Note: The publication of the
partial list furnished by the Woman's
Civic league was regarded by the Globe
as operating to the detriment of the other
dairymen, and was consented to by us
only after urgent solicitation. The other
list, which embraced the names of those
whose herds had been inspected, although
they had refused to pay the fee, was not
given out for publication by the Woman's
Civic league to the Globe. Such a list,
however, appeared in the Pionter Press;
and having been obtained by the Globe
from another source was afterwards pub
lished in these columns. Had both lists
been given by the health department, a3
should in justice have been done, there
could have been no misunderstanding.
TURNERS IN SESSION.
Annual Meetinjf to Be Held Today
and Tomorrow.
The annual convention of the Minnesota
Turnbezirk will begin tonight with a
musical and literary programme and de
bate at 65 East Fifth street. Tomorrow aft
ernoon the active turners of the state will
have their gymnastic exercises, and aft
er supper, which will be served at 6
o'clock, there will be an Informal enter
tainment andhop^^
MASTERMAN MOVES AWAY.
Major of the Thirteenth Minnesota
Will Reside in Missouri.
MaJ. J. P. Masterman, captain of Com
pany X, Stlllwater, yesterday handed his
resignation to Adjt.-Gen. Lambert. He
will engage In business at Dorchester,
Mo.
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WILL BE BURIED TOMORROW.
Funeral of Rev. Clarence Leslie
Diven to Be Held at Unity Church.
The funeral of Rev. Clarence L. Dlven
will be held at Unity church at 2:30 p.
m., tomorrow. There will be no service
or Sunday school tomorrow.
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Scotch Entertainment.
The entertainment at Park Congrega
tional church last night was thoroughly
enjoyed by a large audience. It was, as
announced to be. a distinctly Scotch even-
Ing enlivened by the musio of the bag- v
pipes. J. D. St. Clalr, In Scottish cos
tume, finished this feature of the pro
gramme. James Singer sang some auld
Scotch songs, and Mrs. W. B. Dixon
gave a Scotch recitation and also sang.
Rev. A. McGregor gave a short address
on Burns, also reciting "Bruce at Ban
nockburn."
Kie*er»# Raiders at Work.
The police last evening raided a house
at Ninth street, near Robert street, and
arrested five persons, all colored. Jane
Peterson was charged with keeping the
place, Eva Northfield with visiting the
house and disorderly conduct, and Maria
Graham, Hattie Smith and Sam J. Jones
with visiting the house.
Charged With Larceny.
Joe Meetmussen was arrested last even
ing by Detective Campbell on a mys
terious warrant, charging him. with lar
ceny.
RANDALL OF WISOSA
PROPOSED TO MAKE} HIM SUPER*
IJTTBNDKNT OF ST. CLOUD
REFORMATORY
VAN IS BOB'S SECOND CHOICE
State Auditor Dunn Says He Is Un
der Some Obligations to Clapp,
bat Will Support the Wlnona Man
If Moses Does Not Want to Lead
the Party Out of the Wilder
ness.
Now the story goes that Frank Randall
Is to be made superintendent of the re
formatory at St. Cloud. President Stew
art, of the board, has "tipped off" this In
formation in an interview at St. Cloud.
The board is now wondering whether Mr.
Randall can be "prevailed" upon to "ac
cept" the place. Mr. Randall Is an at
torney, and Mr. Stewart says he will ba
acceptable to the board, to the governor
and to Mr. Houlton.
• ♦ ♦
It is wonderful the way the political sit
uation here is clearing up. All the poli
ticians who have been deer stalking:
among the dead-and-down political tim
ber of the Republican party have coma
to the conclusion that Van Sant has the
thing cinched, and even Bob Dunn, who
hated to get on the band wagon as long
as there was a chance of a sweeter-toned
calliope getting a chance In the parade,
is trailing after the Wlnona machine,
waiting to see what the first tune will
be.
It looks now as though It would be the
only piano in the procession, too. All
the parade seems to be waiting for U
someone to play the tune, and they do
say that Robert Jamison will be the oper
ator of the Van Sant music during tha
coming campaign.
Mr. Dunn has submitted to an interview,
one of the kind that look aa though they
had been wormed out of the interviewed
by his own hand and trusty editorial pen
cil, even If It did not appear first in tha
Princeton Union, the auditor's official
organ. Said Mr. Dunn:
"Speaking for myself and, as I believe,
for the more intimate friends of Jud?d
Collins, I can say that there is not tha
slightest feeling of hostility to Van Sant
and no objection whatever to his nomina
tion.
"At the time of the Collins meeting
there was a tacit understanding on the
part of Judge Collins' friends that in the
event of his declination the district would
be friendly to Moses E. Clapp.
"Owing to this understanding, and to
the fact that It has never been formally
set aside, I would feel some hesitancy in
declaring unequivocally for Van Sant.
"I do not know, and no one seems to
know, whether or not Clapp will be a
candidate, 4>ut it is very clear that if Van
Sant Is to nominated the more harmoni
ous and unanimous his nomination Is
made, the better it will be for every
interest of the party..
"There is need of early and active ef.
fort in the direction of organization, and
with the gubernatorial contest out of the
way, as It would be with the nomination
of Van Sant conceded, the road would be
cleared for immediate work in the direc
tion of party organisation and prepara
tion for the campaign of 1900.
"No one can deny that Capt. Van Sant
is Immensely popular with the people, and
would make one of the cleanest and
strongest candidates ever presented by
the party in this state.
"I repeat that If his nomination Is to ba
made at all, it should be conceded aa
early as possible, and with as little op
position as may be."
• • •
Eli Warner, the new surveyor general,
expects to take possession of the office
soon after Feb. 1, succeeding the present
surveyor, P. H. Klrwan. Mr. Warner
must furnish bond in the penal sum of
$30,000.
When Mr. Klrwan took the office tha
four assistants were appointed by the
surveyor, now three of them hold under
the civil service rules, and the surveyor
can make but one change, that of mes
senger, who receives a salary of $33 a
month.
• • •
In order to obviate the neceslty pf two
conventions this year, one for the elec
tion of delegates to the national conven
tion and the other to nominate the state
ticket, and also with a view to hastening
the perfection of the party organization
in the several counties, the state conven
tion of the Prohibition party will be held
March 20 and 21. Oliver W. Stewart, of
Chicago, the newly elected national chair
man, will be present, as will also the
Meneley trio of Illinois.
County conventions will be held this
month as folloiws: Long Prairie, 23;
Eyota, 24; St. Cloud. 25; Albert Lea, 20;
Dodge Center, 26; Little Falls, 27; Wa
dena, 31. State Secretary W. G. Calder
wood and J. W. Leedy will attend the
Todd, Steams, Morrison and Wadena
county conventions; State Chairman
George W. Hlggins and J. H. Buttelman
will attend the Freeborn county conven
tion, and George Wells and J. M. Elam
the Olmsted and Dodge county conven
tions. Lac qul Parle and Dakota county
Prohibitionists will meet on Washington's
birthday, the latter at Farmington. The
Otter Tail county convention will take
place March 1. The Meneley trio will fur
nish the music for the occasion. Febru
ary conventions definitely booked are:
Preston on the 3d; Houston, 6, and Wl
nona, 9.
* * •
A number of mid-road Populists met last
evening at Assembly hall and took the
preliminary steps towards a reorganiza
tion of the party, so far as the rJty is
concerned. Adolph Paradis called them
to order, and G. H. Becker was elected
chairman. Eight wards were represented.
It was stated by Mr. Paradis that, owing
to factional troubles during the last
mayoralty campaign, the city People's
party had been thrown into considerable
confusion. Secretary Fisher, of the old
city and county committee, had removed
from St. Paul and taken the records with
him. Chairman Grant Splcer had flocked
with the fuslonlsts, and It was doubtful
if he would train any more with the mld
roaders. The object of this meeting, ho
said, was to secure a proper represent &•
tloii of the Populists on tho various eli'C
tior boards in the different ward pre
clnts.
Discussion brought out tho fact that
thd city aldermen could only recognize
an application for such election officials
when signed by the propjr officers. To
accomplish this it would be necessary to
secure a meeting of the ward committee
men In order to elect new officers In tn&
place of those who had gone away, cr left
the city.
On motion of J. E. Dempsey, Chairman
Becker appointed J. E. Dempsey, of the
Fourth; W. H. Stafford, of the Eighth,
and A. Paradis, of the Seventh ward, a
committee to wait on the various ward
commlttoemen and secure their attend
ance at a meeting to be hsld at Assem
bly hall Monday evening, Jan. 20.
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Highest Clock in the World.
The clock in tha Philadelphia city hall
is the highest in the world. It has tha
largest dials. If the dials were out o
the way and tracks were laid two tralna
could pass each other running through
the holes. The glass'ln the four faces Is
fastened there by a ton of cement. The
glass if laid on the ground, would make
a walk a square long and ten feet wide.
The minute hand will finish Ha year s
journey by completing a 110-mile trip on
New Year's day. It Is expected that this
minute hand will travel 110 miles an
nually for many years to come. The
clock is strong, and the minute hand is
phospher bronze and weighs 250 pounds.
.
Best Heads of Hialr.
Fair-haired people have the best heads
of hair, 140,000 to 100,000 being quite an
ordinary crop of hairs on the head of a
fair man or woman.
RANDALL OF WMO3A