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4 ©he gt. $<utl miobe THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS. Entered at Postofllce at SL Paul. Minn., p.B Second-Class Matter. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. By i'arrter. I 1 mo | 6 mos | 12 raos Doily only ..... I .40 $2.25 I jTof» Dally and Sunday.. .50 2.75 6.00 Sunday | .78 I 1.60 (OUNTKY SUBSCRIPTIONS. ~~B~y~Matl. I 1 mo i 6 mosl 12 nToa Dally only .» I $1.50 13.00 Daily and Sunday.. .85 I 2.00 4.00 Sunday I .75 1.50 Bemt-Weekly I .60 1.00 BRANCH OFFICES. New York. 10 Spruce St.. Chas. H. Eddy In Charge. Chicago. No, 87 Washington St.. Harry Fra'iok, Mgr.. Williams Sc Lawrence in Charge WEATHER FOR TODAY. Minnesota Fair; continued cold Fri d*»v; Saturday fair; not so cold; treah ii ■••! !>.:;> winds North Dakota—Continued cold Friday; SHtuiila> fair; not so cold; north to east ■ mill Dakota- Continued cold Friday; irdaj fair; not so cold; north to east winds. Wisconsin Pair; continued cold Friday; Saturday fair; not so cold In western portion; fresh west to north ■winds Montana Fair Friday and Saturday; easterly winds. ST. PAUI* yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bureau, St. Paul, P. 1\ Lyons observer, lor the twenty i »ur h lurs ended at 7 o'clock last, night. imeter corrected fo> i temperature Mi.J elevation. Highest temperature 6 •mperature 2 i-.- temi>erature •* I >.t< 4 i: i: 30.1't Humidity 79 Preoipii at ion Tra^e 7 p. m., temperature 2 7 ;> in., wind, north; weather, cloudy. STERDAY'S TEMPERATURES. •BpraHigh, •SpniHlgrh Battlvford ... 10 lOjßfiffalo 14 18 t ....—2 6Cheyenne ....24 2G ... n 50 Denver 32 \ti •: O,EI Paso 4S 50 Kdmonl >a ... 30 M Helena 48 50 30 32 Kansas City.. L' '-'I Helena (8 52; Los Angeles ..62 74 Jl'i:->!' 4 14 New Orleans. .42 66 JUin 3 0 New York ...24 '24 IV Albert .. 6 12 Plttsburg 24 :{6 6 2s Francisco..s2 58 S Current ..14 SJ. Sail Lake ....54 56 WUHston .... 4 S Washing-ton -.22 20 Winnipeg ... s 2 •\\ ishinston time (7 p. m. St. Paul). >ro. DAY, MARCH Ifi, 1900. iilllOKl'. THE KI.KITIOV. The approach of the city election cam paign has been productive of many of thf circumstances which are usually ln islons. None of these i-i more marked than the disposition of our city officials to assume very decisive attitudes In several subjects in which a Lsure toleration, if not indif ference, has prevailed among them In the Fur Instance, tnTTeity railway company Is now th<- subject of much concern to Mayor Klefer, as is also the gas and electric lighting company. The mayor, Indeed, seems to have concluded that the baiting of the gas company and the Btreet ear concern is, In the estimation of the ii'-.ipie, a very commendable thing in Itself Of course, the Globe is not disposed to Lake, any part in the prevailing Strug s'" among ambitious local Republicans. It has ib3nlutely no preference among ■ ii candidates for the mayoralty nomination of that party. Mr. Schlff mann and Mr. Reeves and Mr. Smith are all very estimable citizens in their way, i ■! tre not one particle more or I eptable to the Globe than is Mayor Kiefer. The nomination of any one of '!n-se. gentlemen would be just as acceptable to it as the nomination of any other of them. And so It Is not at nil with a view to placing Mayor Kiefer fit my disadvantage In his contest for a i-■■■ ml lation that it calls attention to his extraordinary declarations and con duct of late with reference to the two lntei .!.-. we have mentioned. The mayor may ho very earnest in his avowed determination to make the Twin City streel car concern discharge all the duties thai .ire Imposed on it by law, in cluding that of keeping a certain space treets clean, but his sincerity is nol quke apparent. His conduct toward that corporation in the past makes it plain that it has very iittle to fear from Mayor Kiefer. On the subject of the Cedar street loop alone he showed himself in his true character. He al lowed •: il concern to go on and lay Its track-, on Cedar street without any warrant of law whatever. He never ln terfored with the tracks themselves or with the work bring- done on them and confined himself in sending a message on the subject to the council. No one out side the employes of the corporation known whether there is as yet even the slightest warrant for the existence of those tracks on Cedar street even at this time, and everybody knows that there was none whatever for laying them when they were laid. If the mayor has been animated by the same spirit to ward this corporation, which represents a very important section of the appara tus ..r tho local Republican machine. In the past that he professes to be ani mated by now, he has made but very little use of hi* opportunities. And so with ilie lighting and heating corncern. The mayor's attitude In that reaped at this time is utterly unworthy of the high official position which he oc cupies. The establishment of a local heating and lighting plant at the city's expense may be a very desirable thing in Its way. but the fact that that and other such undertakings have waited until the eve of the Republican city convention for aggressive act or speech l a a cir cumstance which must, we fear, be given ali the Importance which it merits in reaching a conclusion as to the worthi ness of ihe attitude taken by such of ficiate as the mayor and the city comp troller. VI >T MAK.H TIIK (HOICK. AI! Hi-- resources of, the party and ths administration in control at Washington have not been sufficient to devise a rem i I. for the shocking political difficulty which has arisen out of the Puerto Rico tariff episode. The Republican senatorial caucus of Wednesday wrs as fruitless of results as any other of the mary efforts niau" to undo the threatened effect of a seri »ua political blunder. There is only one remedy that will iiro\ c. effective. That is the ut;er undo- ing of what has already been done. The senate must kill that 15 per cent meas ure and refuse to entertain any confer ence with the house on the subject. The matter has reached .i point now at which considerations of party are being forced aside by those which concern the good name of tho American people. The pre vailing uprising Is against an act of tyranny and Inhumanity. It is not merely an anti-protectionist outbreak. The peo ple themselves it is that are in revolt. They are not willing to have it of them that In the government of o'hor people they are guilty Of the forms of oppression against which they thema Ivas rose in rebellion, and which, wb< n prac ticed by Spain, led to a declaration of war by us upon the government of that country. The Puerto Rico tariff fraud must be set wholly aside. Nothing short of that will meet the difficulty. The responsi bility of those who cast their votes for the measure is well defined, and will probably be rigidly enforced at the polls. Delay will but add to the aggravation of the situation. The action of that cau cus was merely a cowardly avoidance. Of course, as mere partisans, all Demo crats will be disposed to indulge the h.po that the folly and danger of the present situation will never impress Itself with sufficient force on the -adherents of the administration. The weakness of the pres ident Is looked at from thesmnestandpoint as a most timely circumstance. But there are few who look at the subject with such distorted vision as all this implies. Tho country would be greatly the gainer if, once for all, the Puerto Rico tariff meas ure could be killed off. The enduring g—d of this difficulty will be great and easily defined. It will come in the form of a more speedy downfall and death of the present practically pro hibitive tariff. As between that tariff and the extension of American foreign commerce the American people have clearly indicated their choice. The days of McKinleyism and Dlnglsyl-m are clear ly numbered. The present condition of public sentiment regarding Puerto R'o makes that much perfectly plain to the understanding even of Republican parti sans. On the one side Is tra<!e as free as national conditions will admit of, and the assured supremacy of the United States as a great trading nation, and on the other side, the trusis and imperial ism. The Republican party and its ad ministration will be called on to make its choice much earlier than any one had before thought possible between the two courses. In this result all patriotic men will see occasion for profound thankful ness. \O VISIBLE RESULTS. The Globe has waited with much ot interest and hopefulness for the result of the changes recently made in the police department. A notoriously incompetent chief of police was gotten rid of, and In hi- stead was put an officer who, what ever his other qualifications might or might not be, possessed the great ad vantage of years of actual police ex perience. Time enough has passed, If not to pass final judgment upon 4he new police ad ministration, at least to Justify speech. To be silent, while the city is given over to crimes of violence almost as complete ly as it was during the closing days of Goss' administration, would be' wrong. The people have derived no appreciable good from the changes that have been made. The police force Is no moro et ficient. Crime is no less frequent. Gambling I 3 declared by many to be maintained as it has been for the past two years. The enforcement of the saloon-eiosing regulation, about which such profuse promises were made with the advent of the new chief of police, is as little of a practical reality as it ever was. Generally, indeed, it can be said that the results aro no different from what they would m all probability have been had Mr. Goss remained where Mr. Getchell now is. The G1 o fc^e Is sorry to have been forced to conclusions such as these. But they are unavoidable. Politics lies at the bottom of the difficulty. We have a city election in sight. While it is very de sirable for the administration to keep the prevalence of crime out of sight, It id also very desirable to secure a party indorsement and afterwards the indorse ment of the people. These Mayor Kiefer has been after with much energy for many weeks past. And lime and thought are thus bestowed on political ends by city officials which wculd be given over to the proper policing of the city were that the uppermost consideration in the minds of city officials. It may not be, probably Is not, entirely Just to judge Chief Getchell finally as the result of the few weeks of his con trol that we have had. But it is no le3s than just to say that unless he can with in a reasonable time bring about a sub stantial change in Ihe conditions which now prevail he must be prepared for pub lic criticism and condemnation as com plete as that which finally drove Goss from his office. BAD Rl II,DIXG LAWS. The recent destruction of a tenement house at Newark, N. J., with accompany ing loss of life, has been effective in di recting attention to the awful dangers j from fire which beset the occupants of tenement houses and hotels In our large cities. In New York this danger is especially a grievous one. Scarcely a week trans pires without the daily press recording some one or more instances of human lives being sacrificed by fire in the dwell ing houses of the great city. All such fires are almost Invariably attended by fatality. It does, not matter as to the character of the abode. The houses of the rteh and powerful as much as- those of the poor people In New York are bo many death traps. The Windsor hotel fire out to have taught a great lesson to the officials of that city as to the con struction and care of dwelling houses for the protection of those living in them. But that fire has been followed at brief intervals in New York city with recitals of corresponding disasters. The building laws are inadequate. Greedy owners and dishonest or indiffer ent public officials have made such con ditions possible in New York city that the ravages of fire, whether during the THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1900. day or at night, are almost invariably attended by loss of life. Such conditions are a disgrace to the humanity of our day. They are avoidable. They should be made impossible No fire department, however efficient, can be ex pected to cope with fire where every other building is a nre trap. Crowded condi tions make the danger, of course, greater that it otherwise would be. But if the dwellings of the people were constructed as they should be in our cities such hor rible happenings would be impossible.' No code of laws can be too carefully framed for the safety of the people In their homes. Modern building laws. If properly framed and enforced, would ren der such disasters, almost Impossible, In stead of being as they are now mat ters of daily occurrence in the big cities of the Fnited States. If tlu> Mdnthe vagrancy ordinance is to be strictly enforced, It will be scon that a number of ward "workers" will have to satisfy the mayor of their good intentions. Congressman Morris added a few ex planations yesterday to the list of those already contributed by the Minnesota men who voted for the Puerto Rico bill. Witnesses testified that Frank Nye kept a trainload of silver men awake. They did not say whether he used dyna mite or melinite. The way this winter lingers in the lap of spring is almost to be classed as a sort of meteorological "spooning." The man whom a Chicago girl is going to marry is Nott William Flint. But she will marry him just the same. The accident to the novitiate Eagle happened before he came under its pro tecting clause. » AT THE THEATERS. . METROPOLITAN. If Lady Love would lose the race "Sporting Life" would become a most dismal tragedy. The effect of such a revulsion iiT the aggregate mind of a j sympathetic audience can hardly be ' over-estimated. A stout-hearted, young, I handsome fellow, even though he be a member of the aristocracy, who does the best he can under' most depressing cir cumstances, will invariably win with any audience, be it In England or the United States. It is popular sentiment that j Lord Woodstock should be given a run j for his money. He plays in hard luck all through the list of sensational inci dents that contribute to "Sporting Life." And when he run s in and claims the race and the rewards of the momentous event, a wife and a fortune, the climax is fittingly appropriate. A large audience greeted the opening of "Sporting Life" at the Metropolitan last night. The mammoth production was here last season, and practically the same company Is with it today. Evi dently It has lost none of its popularity. When the unfortunate Philip Cavanaugh, having strangled a woman, announces that he has "rid the earth of a fiend," a shrill voice from the gallery requested him to "do it again." A touching trib ute to the talent of Elita Proctor Otis, who played Olive De Carteret. The story of the play Is now familiar to all St. Paul theatergoers. It may be said that "Sporting Life" carries a triple plot. It is not alone with the financial troubles of young Lord Woodstock that the plot concerns itself. There are side lights—and shadows. The most pathetic Incident is the tangled love story of Joe Lee and Kitty Cavanaugh. Passion, jealousy and murder are portrayed at the hands of Philip Cavanaugh and the wick ed Olive. Yet the central thought is all sport, the spice of the race track and the strenuous episode of the ring side among the pugilists. There is a wealth of race horses, jockeys, touters, bookmakers, welchers and crooks, male and female, the flotsam and jetsam of the sea of London life. The stage Bettings of "Sporting Life" are magnificent. There are five acts, In cluding sixteen scenes. It is noticeable that the play moves much smoother than it did when here last season. It is diffi cult to justly estimate the quality of the acting. It is one of those plays In which, more than in others, acting can be more easily subordinated to sensationalism and the garish glare of electrical effects. In other words, "Sporting Life" is a pon derous entertainment, attractive from its bigness, and one in which delicate pas sages of acting might be entirely over looked in the hurly-burly of the decidedly sporty element that prevails In every scene. The action of the strangling scene in the room in Hotel Cecil, Act 111., was effective. Joseph Kilgour, as John, Earl of Woodstock, is commendable, but the careful, not exaggerated, presentation of the part of Isidore Andreade, by Frank Burbeck, won the heartiest appreciation. "Sporting Life" will be seen three nights more, with Saturday matinee. Viola Allen begins a week's engage ment Monday evening at the Metropoli tan opera house, in Hall Caine's play, "The Christian." Her welcome by a large and representative audience is as sured on her first appearance a^ a star in this city, and will commence under unusual auspices. Special attention la called to the fact that the evening per formances commence at 8 o'clock. Mis.* Allen's impersonation of Glory Quayle in this play is regarded as the best work of her life on the stage, which has been distinguished with many successes. This character is one of the most difficult to convincingly portray seen in recent years, it running the whole range of hu man emotions—from comedy to tragedy. The sale of seats commences this morn ing. GRAND. Only three more opportunities are left local theater goerg to enjoy at the Grand this week the presentation by Ben Hen drlcks and his assisting company of Gus Heege's entertaining Anglo-Swedish com edy. "A Yenuine Yentleman." Tomorrow at 2:30 the only remaining matinee of the engagement will be given. A remarkable demand for seats is re ported by the management of the Grand for the engagement the coming week of Frederick Warde, who will make his first appearance at popular prices In a repertoire of plays in which he has ac quired fame. Mr. Warde will be assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Brune and a company of ftapable artists, including such actors as Charles D. Herman, Frank Hennig and Frank Buckler. The open- Ing play, which will be given on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday nights and Wednes day matinee, will be Espy Williams' ro mantic comedy In four acts entitled "The Duke's Jester." 1 "^ ■ — COULD NOT SAVE THEM. An error In a local paper led to some amusing complications at the home of W. R. MoManigal, 9 Hiawatha flats last night. The Ninth Ward Prohibition club was scheduled to meet there, but the paper in question published that the Ninth Ward Republican club was to meet there. Not a few of the Republicans proceed ed to the place. The look of dismay they wore when they ascertained that it was a prohibi tion meeting they had broken into was M woe-begone as to be almost ludicrous In view of all the circumstances. But as nearly as could be learned last night, none of the Republicans stayed to imbibe the pure doctrines of "dryit-m" from the prohibition fountain. Whereat the Prohibition club proceed ed and appointed a committee to arrange for a series of public meetings, it being intended to make an aggressive cam paign HOW THE STATE FEELS. What the Flair IWr«n«. Lltchlleld Ledger. If Puerto Rico la a part of the ITnlted States, then she should have equal com mercial privileges with New York or Minnesota, if the St,ars and Stripes mean anything they mean that no one part over which they float shall be favoied at the expense of'another. They guarantee equal rights, and we are pleased to sSe that the member from this district is voting that wa,y in .congress. ~ fc H«calU an Incident. Kvansville Enterprise. The Puerto Rican tariff measure and the process of" cutting down that It Is being subjected* to reminds one very for cibly of the alternated taxation of the colonies by King George HI. and the way in which that measure was reduced until only the tax on tea was retained merely to show that he could tax the colonies. Thwim-j'h Mistake. Princeton Union. Congressman Tawney 19 one of the ablest men in the Minnesota delegation and Indeed compares favorably In point of ability with the best men In the house. But he made a mistake and belittled him self In the public estimation when he impugned the motives of Congressman Liittlefleld, of Maine, who opposed the Puerto Rlcan tariff bill. Littlefleld was on that side of the bill which has only the poor Puerto Rican and the poor American for Its backers. Tawney, on the other hand, is on the side which fa vors the sugar and tobacco trusts. Mr. Tawney might have chosen a more oppor tune time and a better subject for the display of his oratorical talents, and he could not have chosen a worse time or a worse subject upon which, to express doubt of 1 the honorable motives of an other member. Letter* Front Home. Superior Telcgra?n. When the congressmen begin to explain their positions on the Puerto Rican bill you may be sure they have received "let ters from home." What Party Can Do. Albert Lea Times. The proceedings in congress relative to the Puerto Rico tariff bill shows in a startling manner how all powerful has be come the party organization and how Im potent the independent action of the in dividual. It is, of course, the develop ment of our system of politics common to all parties, and the compact organisation will be useful rather than dangerous, provided the pe'bple themselves remain in corruptable judges and more careful crit ics of the proceedings of their legislators. People's Turn Coming-. Preston Times. The Republican majority in congress to trying to make the Puerto Rlc-an tariff bill a party measure. It maj' succeed tn whipping its own members into line, but It will find a different proposition when It attempts to do likewise with the peo ple and the press of the country. Friends .Mcuiih Voles. Aldeen Advance. The stand James A. Tawney took on the Puerto Rican tariff bill has lost him ' more friends in this vi cinity than all the combined mistakes he has made while in the house. It may be that the Republicans out in this neck of the woods are not "onto" the true situa tion, but, nevertheless, it is hard for them to understand why Puerto Rico should be made to pay a 15 per cent tariff In order that the tobacco and sugar trusts may declare larger dividends. Minnesota's Poor Record. St. Peter Press. That only two of the Minne sota delegation—Heatwole and Fletch er—had the courage to oast their votes in accordance With the recom mendation of the president and the senti ment of their own constituency is very much regretted, and it is not at all un likely that the refractory members will be made to suffer for their obstinacy and arbitrariness in the future. It is a poor record made in a bad cause, and which the Republican party in this state will not hesitate to repudiate at first oppor tunity. Puerto Hlcii'i Motto. Eagle Lake News. Puerto Rico objects to being: used as an anatomical specimen for working out new forms of govern ment. "Try it on a Filipino" is their present motto. Tawney'» Effrontery. New Ulm News. That self-important, mueh-bepuffed small congressman from Minne sota's First congressional district, James A. Tawney, had the effrontery to attempt to reply to Republican Congress man Littletield, of Maine, by saying that Littlefleld wanted free trade for Puerto Rico to enable Maine lumbermen to get spruce lumber from the island tosave their own forests, when Tawney himself has proven to be the pliant tool of Minnesota lumbermen by taxing every farmer or builder in the state $2 per 1.000 of tariff duty on pine lumber to enrich the pine land and lumber ring. Littlefleld simply gave Tawney a "shoofly" look. PoHltion Is Wrong. St. Charles Tijnes. Democratic speeches against the Puerto Rico tariff bill have made it clear that the Democratic construction of the con stitution, as it applies, or should apply to Puerto Rico, is the proper one, and is upheld by the contentions of a long line of statesmen as well as by decisions of the supreme court. Will Hear of It Again. Heron Lake Tfmes. But aside from the question of the ef fect that free trade with Puerto Rico would have on these two trusts, we have no more right to Impose a tariff on the products of this island than we have on the products of New Mexico or Arizona, or than one state has to impose a duty on the product of another state, and if the majority in congress allow them selves to be led into committing the crime against the constitution of the United States, they must expect to have to meet it in the coming campaign. Notice the Wind. Mankato Press. If the senate takes note of the senti ment of the country, it will adopt a sub stitute which will give free trade between the Island and the states. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Faces Behind MoKlnlej's Chair. Sioux City Tribune.' President McKinley cannot escape re sponsibility in the matter of the Puerto Rican tariff b.lll by declaring that his change of base has been brought aJbout out of deference to the wishes of the Re publican members o€ the house and sen ate. It Is a flimsy fexcuse and the utter absence of backbone in the argument is a most pitiful exhibit. The faces peeping from behind the presidential chair are plainly recognized. if Jn.it n LMtle Romh. Philadelphia bulletin. Senator For|lker *& evidently unable to resist the temptation to toss verbal lyd dite into the Hanna laager. More Trouble for Ooiii Paul. New York World. If Paul Kruger doesn't watch out his British prisoners will be digging for gold while they wait. A Collision. Washington Post. Then there are persons who see In the Puerto Rican affair a sad collision of duty and diules Washington dosaip, Political and otherwise, for the Raadera of the (ilobe. WASHINGTON. March 15.-(Bpeclal.)- If President McKinley is lucky enough to be re-elected president of the United States, there will be few members of the present cabinet In the one which will be selected by him after March 4 next. From time to time it has been pointed out that certain members of this cabinet would not retain their places after the expiration of the present term of Mul McKinley. As a matter of fact, the president has been compelled to use any amount of diplomacy to prevent some of the members of this cabinet from retir ing before the end of his term. Secretary Gage, as heretofore pointed out in Washington dispatches to this paper, would have been pleased to have retired as secretary of the treasury de partment more than a year ago. He has been offered a place In New York which would be more congenial to him and which It Is known he will accept when MeKinley's nrst term is brought to % close next March. Secretary Long, it Is also known, would have resigned his position at the head oe the navy department six months ago, hud not the president personally pleaded with him to remain through this admlnistra tion. Secretary Long, after any amount of pressure was brought to bear upon him by his New England acquaintances, was persuaded to stay. Attorney General Griggs has never liked his place in the department of jus tice. There is yet a possibility that he may resign before the end of Maj. Mc- Kinley's first term. In the event that Justice Gray retires from the United States supreme bench, it is more than likely that President McKinley will ele vate the present head of the department of justice to the vacancy on the supremo bench, caused by the retiremnt of Justice Gray. If Attorey General Griggs, how ever, is not nominated by the president for a position on the supreme bench, it is said to be the purpose of the former to contest with present United Statog Senator Sewall, of New Jersey, for the senatorial seat the latter now occupies in the upper branch of congress. Se-retary of Agriculture Wilson will not be a member of the next cabinet, Mr. Wilson is anxious to retire from pub lic life. He is well along in years and is anxious to spend the remainder of his days on his well cultivated farm near lowa City, 10. It will be seen from the above, that the present members of President McKinlcy'3 cabinet will not be largely in evidence, if he succeeds himself as chief executive of the United States. The three who may re main, if he is elected for a second term, are Secretary Root, Secretary Hitchcock and Postmaster General Smith. It is well known, however, that these three gen j tlemen, if they could have their own way, would prefer to have other offices and would willingly retire from the cabinet if their ambitions for political and official preferment could be satisfied. Secretary Root was very anxious last fall to become Maj. MeKinley's associate on the national Republican presidential ticket. Senator Platt. of New York, how ever, was an obstacle in his pathway, and it was therefore impossible for him to secure the vice presidential nomination this year. For this reason, Secretary Root will be a member of Maj. MeKin ley's cabinet, in the event that the lat ter is re-elected. The head of the interior department, Mr. Hitchcock, also has a vice presidential bee buzzing in his well ironed beaver hat. As Mr. Hitchcock is a resident of a state which is always safely Democratic, it is not at all likely that he will be nominated for second place on the national Republican ticket at Philadelphia. Mr. Hitchcock, there fore, will be a member of th» United States cabinet, if Maj. McKinley is the next president. Postmaster General Smith has an am bition to get out of the cabinet and have tho Pennsylvania legislature elect him United States senator, instead of giving the position to Matthew Stanley Quay. Mr. Smith will, however, be disappointed, for the predictions now seem to fore shadow Mr. Quay's success at Harris burg next winter. • • • Ronald Morrison, United States vice consul at Dawson City, has forwarded to the state department some recent and interesting information regarding the situation in the former city and at Capo Nome. The report from Consul Morri son just received by the department Is as follows: "Business in Dawson this season has been very quiet, chiefly because the popu lation is nearly 0,000 less than last year. Prices, however, remain firm, and an in quiry at several of the leading stores shows the following- percentages of profit .still obtaining: On drugs and medicines, 300 per cent; books and stationery, SPO per cent; boots and shoes, 150 per cent; clothing, 50 per cent; groceries, 200 pc» cent; hardware, 400 per cent. Cham pagne, any brand, sells at $210 per case of one dozen quarts; beer, in barrels containing eight dozen bottles, $100 per barrel: whisky, $35 to $45 per case of one dozen bottle 3, or $40 to $60 per gal lon. "In addition to the duty on liquors, there is a further tax of $2 per Imperial gallon, called the 'federal tax.' Saloon licenses are worth $2,500 per annum. A singular feature in connection with these is a charge of $50 for an application for a license. If the application Is denied the $50 is not returned to the applicant. The revenue estimated by the finance committee of the Yukon council from liquor permits for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1300, is $100,000; for licenses, $90, --000. "The flooding of many of the mines on the various creeks, as the result of the continuation of the mild weather early in the season, may have an effect upon the output for the year. It is still rather early to venture on a forecast; but, tak ing Into consideration the Improved meth ods now employed, a conservative esti mate places the figures at from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000. "Nineteen expeditions have left Dawson for the Nome district since Dec. 4. 1899, and as the days lengthen and the weather moderates many more will start. It is reported here that 700 are now on the way from Skagway. Late news from Nome by mall from St. Michael's confirms the reports of the richness of the district and also announces new finds in the interior, but lack of fuel prohibits these being worked in winter. Typhoid fever has made its appearance, and the mortality from this disease is increasing." —J. S. Van Antwerp. EXPERT'S VIEW OF IT. Spencer Wilkinson S-ee« Wisdom of lord RoliertV Plans. LONDON, March 16.—Spencer Wilkin son, in the Morning Post, commenting upon the very satisfactory nature of the occupation of Bloemfontein. says: "The anticipation that the Boer re sistance along the Orange river would collapse on the British occupation of the Free State capital seems to have been realized. It will be interesting to await the meeting and perhaps th«« fight be tween the British troops moving south ward on the railway and the retiring Boers. "Looking to the strength of Lord Rob erts' array by the time he reaches Vaal river, It is not surprising that Sir Charles Warren's division Is retained in Natal. An advance of the two armies on se-p --arate lines will be quite the best form of operation to crush the enemy's forces, and to bring about his absolute submis sion. "The Boers cannot longer afford to di vide their forces." Toronto to Honor St. Patrick. TORONTO, Ont., March 15— The To ronto board of control today unanimously passed a resolution that in view of the conspicuous bravery of the Irish troops in South Africa the Irish flag will be dis played on the city hall of Toronto on St. Patrick's day. WOMEN OF NOTE. Mrs. Robert Goelet, of New York, has presented tr. tho Columbia university a bronze statue representing "Alma Mater,"- In memory of her husbanrl, who was graduated In the class of 1860. It will cost $25,000. By the recent death of Lady Louisa Madellna Tlghe, daughter of the Duko of Richmond, the fact is recalleed that she danced at the famous ball at Brussels the nigrht before the battl« of Waterloo and girded on the Duke of Wellington*} sword when he started for the field ol battle*. Mrs. May Preston Blossen, of Laramie, haß been appointed chaplain of the Wyo ming state penitentiary. She is a gradu ate of Vassar and the wife of a pro fessor of che state university. Lady Wolseley, wife of the cotnmand er-in-chief of the British army, whs a native of Ottawa, Ont. Her daughter Frances is the constant companion of her father, Lord Wolseley, whose peerage she will Inherit. Mr 3. Lydla Mayer, the mayoress of Brownsville, L. 1., the largest purely He brew settlement In America, has passed her preliminary examination for the bar. The Empress Frederick of Germany 13 a musician and excels in nculpture and painting. She owns a large nursery gar den at Friedrlchshof. making a specialty of choice fruits to be purchased by royal ty and diplomats, also of rare roses foi decorative purposes. A lady member of the London country council will receive the appointment as archivist, a new office created to make some use of the valuable records and doc uments of the council. The salary will be JSOO a year. Mrs. Edmundson.of the Dublin Women's Temperance association, haa drawn the attention of the society to the increase of intemperance among the women of that city, blaming the fact upon the hus bands of the women. A bill will be in troduced into parliament prohibiting the sale of intoxicants to minors. It Is now known that Miss Helen Gould Is the Lady Bountiful who, some little time ago, gave $100,000 to tho University of New York, but desired that her name should not be made public. Women of Western Australia are re joicing over the practically agreed upon enfranchisement, as they hope it will im prove their chances for employment, and that women from England will go there In great numbers. During the past week Mrs. Lucien Warner and her husband, of New York city, gave $50,000 for the building of a new gymnasium at Oberlln college. SMART SHORT STORIES. J. Pope Manuell, The International Magazine's London correspondent, tells an amusing Incident of the Boer war In his letter for the March issue. He says: "A merry gossip at a neighboring gro cer's, bewailing the effect of the war on her husband, said: 'Why, my old man dreams about the war all night; he walfts In the morning and pops his head first thing out of the window for the latest hint of news. He hurries the boy off after the ha'penny news rag, and takes It with his rasher or Quaker oats. He goes off growling at some general or an other, and comes home at night fagged and cross, hungry for supper and still hungrier for news. I ask him why he doesn't go and fight the Boers himself. and bring the matter to a head right away. But he sees no jokes now.' When one of the listeners hinted that she lacked a patriotic sympathy with her husband, sh<? cried out in dudgeon: 'Well! I like that! Why, it' 3my interest in the affair that eggs him on.' " * ♦ • Henry James was once pratelng the work of a fellow-author. "You are very kind to him," said some one present, "for he says very unpleasant things about your work." "Ah," said Mr. James, "but then both of us may be wrong!" * * ♦ During the Franco-Prussian war a well known English correspondent was sent to the front by his paper, and on one oc casion Yon Moltke sent for him and said: "Mr. , on such and such a day the German army will perform such and such a movement. If that appears in the " (naming the paper) "you will be shot." The news did not appear. Judftnien i \»'ain.si Armour*. NEW YORK. March 15.—An attachment has been obtained here against Philip D. and Jonathan O. Armour, surviving part ners of Armour & Co., of Chicago, for $S1,(!00 In favor of John B. Cannon on an assigned claim from Beaumont & Nease, jobbers in meat at Sioux City, 10. The claim is for damages for alleged breach of contract for non-delivery of 2,158,000 pounds of pork loins ordered from Sept. 15 to Sept. 'JS, 1899. It was stated that the contract price was 5% rents a pound. Beaumont & Nease sold the quantity or dered at 9M> cents, and the market price rose to 12 cents. Montnnu Mining; Litigation. BUTTE, Mont., March 15.—Suit for $1,- COO.OOO was brought today In the district court by the Montana Ore Purchasing company against the Boston & Montana and Butt3 & Boston Mining companies, the Lewlsohns, G. W. Hyams and others connected with the defendant corpora tions. It prows out of the proceedings in the case Involving ownership to the Johnstowns and Rarus claims. Readied an Agreement. CLEVELAND, 0., March 15.—The con ference between th« coal and ore hand lers of the Lake Erie ports and the dock managers and the representatives of the Lake Carriers' association, which lasted ten days, ended today. Agreements were"" reached satisfactory to both the lake car riers and dock men. I* Ijj Oil Field Dial. MARIETTA. 0.. March 15.— J. Lom bard and P. D. Haviln, of New York, h;ive bought the leases on the property of the Midland Oil company in the Ches ter Hill district of the Marietta fields. The leases cover 1,000 acres and equip ment, and the price paid was $100,000. One well on the tand has been producing for thirty-nine years. — (nlian Exhibit for I'ur's. NEW YORK, March 18. — When the steamship L'Aqtrttaine, of ihe French line, sailed today from this city for Havre she carried 101 cajses containing p/art of the Cuban exhibit for the Paris exposition. They had been brought here from Havana on the United States trans port Buford, and are only the first in stallment of several shipments which are to be made. Today's Attnttlwß at SI Paul Retail Stem. FIELD, SCHLICK & CO. have some good things in the linen room for today that are well worth seeing; also several special lots of spring jackets and tailor made suits. —o— MANNHEIMER BROS, say they will save you worry, risk and money If you watch their advertisements in the Globe. Today is housekeepers' day, and among their many specials will be found bar gains in household linens, notions, flan nels, tailored suits and women's under wear. , ' YERXA says no matter where you pick among his stock you may depend upon getting more for your money than from any grocery investment. SAW THE HOLLAND DIVE. Con K rcit»lona.l Party View Perform ance of s.iI,„,„,•!ne. Deittroyer. WASHINGTON. March 15.-A large congressional party, including members of the senate and house committees on naval affair* yesterday witnessed the per formances of Holland submarine torpedo •'"it-. The party was accompanied by Dr. Allen, assistant secretary of the navy; Admiral Dewey, and other naval Officers. Tho president's yacht, the Sylph, conveyed them down the Potomac to a near point near Mount Vernon, where the torpedo boat, after engaging in some preliminary maneuvers made her dives. The party on the Sylph followed alongside and noted the progress of tho boat'H movements. On her first dive she remained submerged for ten minutes, go ing in a straight away course approxi mately a mile. Corning up after this run she discharged a torpedo from her tor pedo tube at an Imaginary enemy's war tresne] and then, turning, dived again im mediately, and came up some distance away. Following this she made a succession of short dives, being submerged in all four or five times. Admiral Dewey's necrelary, Lieut. Caldwell. was an occupant of the boat. Members of the congressional party] after their return to the capitol, said they considered the exhibition a suc cess so far a.s this could be determined without being on board the boat. NORMAL ALUMNI REUNION. Former I'nplln of State School to M«t Next June. WINONA. Minn.. March 15.—(Special.)— The fourth reunion of the alumni of the state normal school here will be held June 3 to 7. The occasion i 9 all the more important from the fact that the date marks the fortieth anniversary of the state "normal. The last reunion of the normal alumni was In 1894, at which time there were 1,126 former pupils of the in stitution members of the alumni. This year the organization has a total mem bership of l.ftoo. The following programme has been arranged: Sunday, June 3—Class sermon. Monday, June 4—Model day. Tuesday. June s—a. Steamboat excur sion; b. class day exercises in the even ing. Wednesday, June 6—Alumni day. Thursday, June 7—a. Commencement exercises; b. Alumni banquet in the even ing. STEAMER WOLCOTT LOST. Crevr, Vtutmenfu-rm and Largo Saved liy the Kxeelnlor. SAN FRANCISCO. March 15.-Advice« to the Merchants' exchange from Seattle say the steamer Excelsior has arrived there from Alaska with news of the loss of the steamer Wolcott. The crew, pas sengers and most of her cargo were saved by the Excelsior. On Jan. 31 the Wolcott struck a rock ten miles from Kodlsk. She Is a total loss. FLORAS SURRENDERS. He Wan Aguf nu.ldo'a Secretary of Wnr. MANILA, March 15.—Floras, Aguinal do's secretary of war, haa surrendered to Gen. Mac Arthur. Agulnaldo's infant son, who was captured in November, and who has been suffering from smallpox, is dead. _____ _._^B^^__. . CAUSES ALARM. >ljinm| 11 if of Rush!an Troop m 111 City of Odessa. LONDON, March 15.—The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Times says: "Fresh alarm Is spreading abroad from South Russia with regard to further sus picious military movements. Russian troops are being concentrated at Odessa. Perhaps, however, it Is only in timely preparation for the grand maneuvers." DEATHS OF A DAY. CLEVELAND. 0.. March? 15.—Gen. Juha of Cleveland and a hero of the Civil war, died late Wednesday night. KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 14.—Mrs. Luclnda H. Stone, widely known as "the mother of women's clubs" and a writer and educator of note, died yetserday at the age of eighty-six. WASHINGTON. March 14.—The war de partment has been Informed of the death at Fort Huaehuea, Ariz., yesterday of Col. Robert B. Wallace (first lieutenant, Second cavalry), commanding the Thirty seventh volunteer infantry. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.—Clarence A. Webstor, the well known newspaper artist and writer, died yesterday at his Alameda home of Brlght's disease. NEW YORK. March 15.-John G. Mur phy, a we-11 known mining engineer, died In this city today from a stroke of apo pJexy, which he received last night. NEW YORK,March 15.-Ex-Jud K e Will iam Fuller-ton, who was one of the law yers in the trial of the Beooher-Tllton scandal case here, died at his home in Newburgh today, aged eighty-three years. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. March 15. —Jean Baptiste Deschamp died this morn ing at St. John's hospital at the advanced ago of 102. having been born in Paris Feb. 28, 1798. DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF. Kingston, Jamaica — Tho Canadian Steamship company propose running a line of fruit steamers between Jamaica and Canada. Washington—The director of the census today appointed the widow of Bill An thony, of "Maine" fame, a eleik In the census bureau. Annapolis, Md.—Commander Richard Wainwright at noon today assumed his new duties as superintendent of the na val academy at this place. Dcs Moines. To.—At today's session of the legislature I Toward Tedford, of Mount Ayr, was chosen for state binder, and Bernard Murphy, of Vinton. was selected for state printer. Madison, Wls.—Gen. Hernden is much weaker today. His physician today ad mitted that there was scarcely a chance for h'!s life, and that he would probably die within a day or two. New York—A special meeting of the stockholders of the National Bank of Commerce was held today,when the prop osition to increase the capital stock to SIO.OOO.Oiso was unanimously adopted. New York—The Standard Oil company today disbursed 120,000,400 in dividends. Thr directors declared a few weeks ago tho regular quarterly dividend of 3 per cent on the H00.000.0n0 common stock and 17 per cent In an extra cash dividend. Omaha—A large number of contractors are in the city today to witness the open ing of bids for the work of building the cut-off on the Union Pacific which will do away with tho famous Sherman hill, near Cheyenne. PLYMOUTH CLOTHING HOUSE, corner Robert and Seventh. The st»>jjr here today, told briefly and to the point, relates to heavy-weight spring overcoat*, Just the kind for this raw March weather. W. J. DYER & Bro.. 21-13 West Fifth street, claim to have everything in the musical line, but today make a specialty of the Ludwig piano, which they claim receives the highest praise from users. —o— ST. PAUL HARDWARE CO. makes a specialty this week of cooks' tools that will save many an hour's time in the kitchen. —o— NORTH STAR HOUSE FURNISHING CO. say you can afford the best bicycle if you use their easy term*.