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ST. PAUL.
Yesterday's observations, taken by the
I'nit.'d States weather bureau, St. Paul,
i\ F. Lyons observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night,
rometer corrected for temperature
•ml elevation.
Highest temperature 4S
Lowest temperature 32
Average temperature 40
Daily range 1G
LJarometer 29.5S
Humidity 72
Precipitation 0
; p. in., temperature 44
.' i>. in., wind, northwest; weather, clear.
V ESTERDAY*S TEMPERATURES.
•SpmHigh, *SpmHigh
Battleford ...22 26 Chicago ">0 ."ia
i'.isni.it<k .... 8 MJ Cincinnati ...52 56
Calgary 18 50, Cleveland lti 52
Duluth 36 1G Denver 58 62
ICdmonton ...3G fe Galveston CO 6!)
54 60 Jacksonville S>2 G6
i 62 S4 Montgomery .5S 60
Huron 44 s»> New Orleans.sft 54
Vledicine Efat.s2 58 New York ..42 41
Minnedosa ...22 34 <Omaha 62 70
Pr. Albert ...2<i 30 Philadelphia .44 4S
Qu'Appelle ..38 46 Pittsburg 46 50
S. Current ...">»; 42 Pueblo 56 60
Winnipeg 12 30' Frisco 56 60
Boston 38 4s> St. Louis ....60 64
♦Washitiston time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
FRIDAY. MARCH 23, ifOO.
KKIMIi:si:\T.VTIVKS Oil DICTATORS;
WHICH!
The action of five of Minnesota's con
gressmen in voting for the Puerto Rlcan
tariff bill, in opposition to the will of
their constituents, has raised a question
which the people of Minnesota will de
ride at the polls next November. This
question broadly stated Is: Shall a rep
tatlve in congress accept and fol
low the wishes of his constituents, or
shall his constituents submit to the views
and wishes of their representative?
If a representative is to be allowed to
impose his views on his constituents, re
gardless of their wishes, the term "repre
sentative" is a misnomer and should be
changed to "dictator." Even if the con
stituents happen to be wrong in the opin
ion of the representative, it may be held
that It is his duty as a representative
of their opinions to vote as they would
have him vote and surrender his personal
opinion on the question at issue. Indi
vidually he is but one man, with one
vote, and each of his constitu
individually, is his equal. Some
among his constituents possess as
much Intelligence as he does and
are as well informed; but whether
this is the case or not every one of his
constituents has his own opinion, and
when the Individual opinions of the great
majority of the constituents coincide on
any public question, then the constitu
ents have the right to demand from their
representative In congress that he shall
conform to their opinion, whatever may
be his own views on the question at is
sue.
Isui Congressmen Eddy, Tawney, Morris
and McCleary, In explaining why they
voted for the Puerto Rico tariff bill, de
clare that they are right and th?ir con
stituents are wrong. They declare that
the people of Minnesota do not under
the question and that they do, and
thai therefore they had an undoubted
right to vote as they did against the
wishes of the people whom they are sup
posed to represent. They have in fact
to be representatives and are now
dictators.
They will no doubt discover that such
tlon is untenable next November
or b (fore.
~«~
iI!» V \\l) i»i KRTO RICO—A CON
TRAST.
It must be regarded as a striking clr
funtstance that the progress of affairs in
Cuba lias not operated to bring wisdom to
fhe official mind at Washington. Through
the influence of level-headed and sincere
public characters like Gen. Wood the
country entered on the true course of
conduct toward the Cubans. Not all
til- schemes of the protectionist and
*fust clique or of the imperialists
rfere available to change the free current
Of events with reference to the future of
the Cuban people. And, now, as a result,
we saa ia progress on the Island such
conditions as Americans as a people may
well be proud of.
Th< recent published statements of Sec
retary Root offer the latest indication of
itisfactory lengths to which we
have gone in securing to the Cubans the
blessings of free representative govern
ment. Had the counsels of the imperial
ism prevailed, either in congress or in
the cabinet, there would inevitably be in
existent today the same topsy-turvy
situation which distinguishes affairs in
the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and, to some
extent, in Hawaii. As it is the Cuban
people are receiving the preliminary edu
cation and are about to receive the pre
liminary experience in the conduct of re
sponsible government, which, when car
ried to fulfillment, is certain to render
them a prosperous and contented people.
The) may not escape the fate of other
Sou'h and Central American republics,
but at least they will control the desti
nies oi" their own land and will ordain
government and maintain social institu
tions on such lines as are best suited, ac
cording- to their view, to the national tem
perament.
Ie is undeniable that the people of
Puerto Rico are quite as well qualified by
intelligence and patriotism for the duties
of free citizenship as are the Cubans. The
same statement has been made by capa
ble judges with reference to the Filipinos.
Admiral Dewey, whom we so long re-
garded as infallible In all matters what
ever, has gone on record that the Fili
pinos are really better qualified far free
government than the Cubans.
The Cubans and Puerto Ricans, on the
other hand, are essentially the same peo
ple. The prevailing standards of intelli
gence in the two countries are alike. The
two peoples were alike excluded from con
trol of their own concerns. They know
nothing of civil government save what
they have both learned from Spanish
masters. What tits the one in the way of
civil government may easily be said to
be fairly adapted to the other. But, ap
parently for no reason save that the
Puerto Ricar.s acknowledge to a perma
nent exercise of authority over their af
fairs by the American people, they are
being treated as political and industrial
serfs, while their brethren in Cuba are
being sustained and led forward in the
path of self-government by every agency
which the American people can bring to
bear in their behalf.
The future students of the conditions of
today will marvel much at the strange
anomaly which existed at the outset in
our treatment of the races which came
to us as the outcome of our sudden and
effective overthrow of Spanish power on
this continent.
THE CARNEGIE! TRI.'ST.
The Carnegie-Friek litigation is row
ended, and all matters in dispute between
the two interests, the public is assured,
are effectively adjusted. The information
has no particular public significance aside
from the prospect which it creates that
the business affairs of the rival concerns
will be no further subjected to public
scrutiny. The controversy was a private
one in the llrst instance; but in Its prog
ress it may be said to have assume! a
broader character.
There has been enough learned by the
general public during the litigation just
closed to settle the question as to wheth
er the public have any right to concern
themselves in the affairs of these vast
industries. It has shown, for instance,
that the profits realized were merely phe
nomenal; that the enterprise realiz d each
year in profits an amount almost equal
to the original capitalization, and that it
practically controlled the steel supply
of the United Stales.
This information has much significance.
When it is considered in the light of the
existing tariff on steel products it makes
plain the truth that the Dlngley law op
erates to pay an enormous bonus from
the pockets of the people to a concern,
the profits of which, without the bounty,
would far transcend those realized in th 9
successful conduct of the ordinary man
ufacturing or commercial interest. It goes
further, and shows that this Carnegie
industry is in character of a trust, and
that it should be suppressed by public
authority.
It is related that through the beneficent
influence of Senator Hanna, of Ohio, a
trust embracing all the steel manufactur
ers, great and small, in the country has
been discouraged. Senator Hanna's de
terrent influence, it is stated, was exer
cised out of consideration of party polit
ical expediency, and because of the dread
of that sagacious gentleman that if the
organization was perfected it might re
sult injuriously to the prospects of his
presidential candidate in the forthcoming
presidential election.
The revelations that have been made
concerning the tremendous profitableness
of the business of this great concern are
of record. They are contained in the
sworn petition of Mr. Frick. They em
body information which, if well-founded,
imperatively demand the intervention of
public authority. Such an enterprise con
ducted under the conditions and with the
results which Mr. Frick sets forth la a
menace to public prosperity, and in all
essential features represents many of the
most dangerous pualities of a trust or
ganization.
No one can hope that the state of Penn
sylvania will take any cognizance of the
state of facts revealed by Mr. Frick, ami
the only practical interest which the sub
ject bears to the American people is in
volved in the inquiry whether the federal
attorney general will take any steps to
bring an end to what is evidently an il
legal organization. Meanwhile, it is to be
understood that the producers of the Unit
ed States will continue, through the
Dingley tariff, to pay the toll levied on
them in the interest of Carnegie, Frick
& Co.
STIRRING IP THE AXHIALS.
Sensational joumali.-.m is creating much
excitement in Greater " New York. A
state of turmoil greater than anything
that has prevailed in the politics of the
big city for many years is now in exist
ence. The existing grand jury is at war
v-ith the prosecuting attorney. The
prosecuting attorney is at war with the
court?. The courts are at war with
the police. The police are at war with
the gambling fraternity, and certain
judges are determined that in that and
every other direction the effort < of
the police In the directions chosen
by them for the suppression of
wrong doing shall go for naught. The
City comptroller, on the other hand,
seems to be at war with all officials of
every party and every grade, while the
entire community seems aroused to the
realization that the state legislature in
its treatment of city affairs can be in<
fluenced by none but unworthy motives.
This remarkable state of things is pure
and simple the outcome of the efforts
and rivalries of sensational newspaper?.
They see a job in everything, and what
one does not distinguish as a plain as
sault on honesty in official life another
is sure to attach that character to. If
the city of Greater New York were
indeed infested by an aggregation of
public marauders, as the yellow journals
would have the world believe, it would
soon cease to be a place for any law
abiding mortal to live in. That there
is official misconduct prevailing seems be
yond all question. The surprise would
be if there were not. Politics in that
community on both sides is looked on
a3 the mere medium through which one
set of n.en or another shalf get control
of the offices. Legislation of any .kind
and every kind is made available to ac
complish the purposes of thore who are
in control of it. Talk of reform is an
accepted sham. Self-intere3t underlies
THK ST. PAUL GLOIiK, FJRiDAY, MARCH 23, 1900.
everybody's outcry. The mass of the
people who go about their dally business
without much regard to politics are be
ing wrought upon from all sides. But
from no quarter does there come even
a whisper of what should be done in
the way of permanent relief.
Yellow journalism has certainly become
a tremendous power in the land. It ha 9
survived abuse, and pays no attention to
the sneers of rivals or of those disinter
ested poisons who have no toleration for
it. But it goey on day after day.uncovering
one or other mare's nest, Mid sometimes
revealing a serious wrons'. It keeps
the people «t the metropolis by the ears
day to day, secures popular sustain*
ment and Increased circulation where de
cent newspapers are simply ignored and
have to depend on the thoughtful mem
bers of society for their circulation and
influence.
It would be unsafe to predict how long
this sort of thine: will prevail. In time
no doubt the power of sober thought will
assert itself, and New York and the
Country Will be saved the further prose
cution of such madcap ventures. For
the present the yellow journals will go
in their present course, and New York
affairs will continue to possess the deep
est interest for all students of social ques
tions for the opportunities which they
offer for the study of popular hysteria
in epidemic form.
Having outdone New York in the gold
brick line, Chicago yesterday sought nc-w
worlds to conquer, throwing Kentucky
into the shade in the shooting line. A
Chicago barber was assassinated in his
shop, and no arrests were made.
Speaking of gold bricks, Ban Johnson,
of the American Baseball league, has
one that will rival even the average
Chicago product. It is the Cleveland
franchise.
Cupid has not been vanquished by
gold. Princess Stephanie of Austria
yesterday became an ordinary countess
by wedding the man she loved.
The Duke of Connaught expressed sur
prise at the growth of Belfast, Ireland,
and he had visited that city only thirty
years ago.
"Spring trousers will be worn broad
er," says a trade paper, discussing styles
for men. Yes, and many of them thread
bare.
Beauty may be skin deep, but there la
a bulldog at the St. Paul bench show
that refutes the time-worn aphorism.
The czar of Russia Is for peace. lie
has said so again, and the game day or
dered half a" dozen new warships.
Arizona robbers believe in reciprocity.
They looted the postoffice at Nogales and
took only Mexican money.
Congress wants 'to know if there is a
spring lock on that open door to China.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
Viola Allen, in "The Christian." is play
ing the most brilliant engagement of the
season at the Metropolitan this week. The
house has been tilled every night, and tho
Indications are that the remaining per
formances will be played to the capacity
of the theater, although there are still
many good seats to be had. The curtain
will rise tonight promptly at 8 o'clock,
and the matinee tomorrow will begin at
2 sharp.
The attraction at the Metropolitan nil
next week, commencing Sund-.iy night,
will be the biograph pictures of* the f:i
mous battle between James Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey, at Coney Island, Nov 3
last.
GRAND.
Each succeeding performance of the
Warde engagement at the Grand opera
house Is marked by Increased attendance.
For tonight Mr. Warde and his company
will present the last performance of "Thj
Duke's Jester." Tomorrow afternoon tha
only performance of "Romeo and Jullef
will be given. Mr. Warde's Romeo is
eaid to be a genuine surprise to those
who have never seen him in the charac
ter, and the Juliet of Mrs. Brune is de
scribed as artistic In every v/ay. For to
morrow night the bill will be 'Richard
III."
What Chas. H. Yale calls his crowning
triumph, 'The Evil L2ye," will be -;een at
the T^Jrand the coming week.
SHELDON'S EFFORT.
Farmlngton Tribune: Thp experiment
will do harm to the cause of Chritlan rcs
ligion, for it helps to rob it of that rev
erence which every living_human crea'ura
should have for it, and takes away its
dignity and saoredness in the minds of
many men. It is a sensation, pure and
simple, and gets nothing but condemna
tion from level-headed, deep-thinking
Christian people.
Hallock News: This is the week that
Rev. Sheldon edlls the Topeka Capital,
and is trying the experiment of making
it a clean, good and honest paper. We
notice that in a great many ways he Is
patterning after the News.
Butte Miner: The rule made by the
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon that only the
barest mention of crimes shall be mad«
in the Topeka Capital while he is in
charge would seem to be about the prop
er thing for a newspaper conducted under
such auspices. But, as the public gener
ally insists upon knowing all about it.
people will take the Capital through cu
riosity, and then buy some other pap»r
for the news.
Red Wing News: A sLill more serious
difficulty is that, after all, a man has
only his own standards of judgment. Mr.
Sheldon, for instance, is a prohibitionist.
Therefore he beholds a prohibitlonist In
Jesus. He does not approve of the mod
ern theater. Therefore Jpfus would net
countenance it. In a word, attempting
to show what Jesus would do, he has
rather shown what Charles Sheldon would
do if—which is a natural and necassary
human limitation.
Crookston Times: It may be that good
will come of it, and the standard of
journalism throughout the country will
be elevated by its example. From the
standpoint of the average man in the
business, however, the whole matter
looks like a fad that the term "fake"
has been popularly applied to of late.
Buffalo Express: About the galllest
■thing of modern times is the presump
tion of that 2 x scantling preacher, Shel
don, down in Kansas, who claims he is
conducting a daily newspaper like Jesus
would. In the. first and only place, if
Jesus was the kind of a man history
paints him. he would not try to conduct
a newspaper along any lines. Sheldon
is just seeking a lot of notoriety—at the
other fellow's expense.
Reynolds Enterprise: Sheldon's ambi
tion when he took charge was to run
it as Christ would run it, but we are
doubtful whether Christ would have
raised the subscription price from 10
cents to 25 cents per week. We wish
to offer no criticism, but compared with
other great dailies, which have not en
joyed any free advertising such as th«
fraternity has complimented the Shel
don edition with, we consider it a fail
ure.
Fargo Argus: It is rumored that the
first thing Rev. Sheldon did after as
suming the momentous duties of editor
of a daily r.aper, was to pick a scrap
with the devil.
Taylor's Falls Journal: Rev. Sheldo-i's
Topeka daily wouldn't indicate that
Christ' knew muoh about newspaper
work, but the free advertising it hasi
received, and the using of the name of
Christ has made the venture a paying
one.
a &—
Winona Herald: The dally issued by
Rev. Mr. Sheldon is not accepted by
the people genelallf fls an Ideal newspa
per, but rather ;»s a ?novelty.
Watervllle Advance: It is a rank man
euver, where bla*ptaejgy and egotism fere
running neck an| iitftsk. • ♦ ♦ fn this
paper and the a^fr^giti metropolitan dally
we find the two -extrSfaies, what the peo
ple want is a guippyj medium, and the
fraternity can hfcf,tleiwnci*><V upon to print
just the kind of &' pa^er the people want.
It is the readteg that determine the
character of a newspaper.
Anoka Herald Sheldon is running
a paper this weak without patent medi
cine ads or profanity. It requires more
"grease" and grace than the average
Individual"ls endowed with to perform
the feat. *
Fort Dodge Chronicle: The press needs
purifying, but the making of a Christian
daily will never come about by the blar
ing of trumpets in announcement and
"yellow" methods used against vice and
sin. Sheldon Is a sensationalist.
Yankton Press: If Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon will tell 'us what Jesus would
do with delinquent subscribers he will
have earned a monument at 'the hands
of the newspaper owners of the coun»
try.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: As a news.
Pi'-per the experiment Is a-failure. A* a
money-making fad, it is a great success,
from the standpoint of the publisher,
and as an advertisement for the Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon it is marvelously suc
cessful.
Fargo Forum: Instead of publishing
the count records as to a Topeka di
vorce in high life Mr. Sheldon directs a
reporter to interview the judge as to rea
sons for his conclusion in granting the
divorce, and then Editor Sheldon went
over to the Y. M. C. A. and took a
plunge bath.
Lindstrom Courier: Rev. Charles Shel
don is this week, publishing the Topeka
(Kansas) Capital as he thinks Chi Ist
would have done it. This might be a new
thing out in Kansas, but we know oth«r
places where Christ's name has been used
for commercial purposes with equally
great success.
New Ulm Journal: 'One of the largest
advertising schemes -ever attempted is
that now being perpcrtrated by Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon, who In guiae of edit
ing a newspaper as Jesus Christ would
Is paving the way for a remunerative
caroer in the lecturesfleld. There is no
denying the fact that his plan of op
erating a strictly moral, Christian dally
paper would, after the novelty had
worn off, prove, to he a rank failure
and Sheldon knows this as well as any
one. His idea was 'to obtain a loj: of
free advertising for future use, and he
seems to be successful in his efforts.
Rev. Sheldon as a lecturer will for the
next few years' prove to be the best
drawing card upon the American lecture
platform.
Fargo Argus:' Mr. Sheldon claims a
circulation of 300,000. If the reverend
gentleman should continue his paper a
second week, he would not make enough
money to pay his ink bill. The Ameri
can people like novelty, but dislike blas
phemy.
SMART SHORT STORIES.
The following:, from an English paper,
SL ti CnJOJ; ed by speak *™ who have
found themselves called upon to address
K e"Sch^ dy Weatied »>' -^-'veiy
A certain man was invited to speak at
a local gathering, and. being nobody in
particular, was placed last on the list of
speakers. Moreover, the chairman intro
duced several speakers whose names were
not on the list, and the audience was
tired out when he said, introducing the
final speaker:
"Mr. Bones will now give us his ad
dress.
"My address," said Mr. Bones, rising
"Is 551 Park Villas, ft W., and I wish
you all good night."
* * *
,v.At-r?. time of crisis in f<wei§rn affairs,
the Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of
Teck, was seated at dinner next Mr. Dis
raeli. She was anxious to understand the
apparent inaction of the government, and
asked him suddenly, "What are we wait-
Ing for?" He took up the menu, glanc
ed at it, and gravely replied: "Mutton
and potatoes, ma'am."
* ♦ ♦
Sir Augustus Harris once settled the
pitch question In his own off-hand fash
ion. A famous prima donna of hlg opera
company came to him complaining tl at
the piano used for vocal rehearsals was
too high, and asking that it might be
lowered. "Certainly," replied Dmriolan
iid, with a bow; "here, Forsyth, have a
couple of inches'sawn off the legs of this
piano."
,f * •
Washington Post: "Prisoner," said
the Maryland justice, as the case was
closed. "You have been found guilty
of stealing a pig belonging to Col. Chil
ders. Have youanything to say before 1
pass sentence?"'
"I has, sah," answered the prisoner, a.a
he rose up. "It was aJI a mistake, jedge—
all a mistake. I didii't dun reckon to
steal no pig from Kurnel Childers. What
[ was arter was a hawg belongin' to
Majah Dawson, an' how dem two animals
got mixed up and de constable found de
meat in my cabin am gwine to bodder me
'till I come out of jail an 1 lick the ole
woman fur not keepln' better watch at
de doati!"
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
What They Know.
Chicago Chronicle.
Hanna, Platt. of Connecticut, and
others of the bolder trust senators tell
their associates that they cannot hope to
win next fall If the trust 3 which are In
terested In the passage of thai bill fail
to get what they want.
Not n Strong: Candidate.
Boston Post.
As it stands today, after all the faith
ful, assidious and careful work of Hanna
and his assistants —effective work, when
judged by the standard of the small poli
tician—Mr. McKinley is not a strong can
didate.
PrepoHteron* Sum*estioii.
Philadelphia Ledger.
That there is -the remotest danger that
our goods made lor export may not find
sufficient means for transportation un
less Senator Frye's stiilp bounty bill be
passed, Is a preposterous suggestion.
Just ;<> Rtfo It In.
Washington Post. |
Hon. Tom R«ed is quite busy these
days, but he could not withstand the
temptation to come ♦« Washing-ton and
sit about In a .tantalizing manner.
!!Ikli< Man for the Place.
Salt Lake Herald.
McKinley is s£JU locking for a running
mate. What isr, th? with Willie
Waldorf Astor? f He'Jought to be suffi
ciently Anglicized. rA.
No Refuge Cor It.
Chicago Record.
Lieut. Gov. Woodruff is still pursuing
the vice presidency into the remote sec
tions of the country.
May Barnt Before Me See* Hunnn.
Washington Post.
Hon. Webster Davis is bearing down
upon us with his view tank filled to the
bursting point
VI Id IN Ml
DIFFERING FACTIONS MAY GET
TOGIdTHJSII ON THK PLfCRVO
itir.-w BUBASVMI
PEACE COMMITTEE CONFERRED
Affi'eed Upon a I'rogrruinuie Which
It Im Thought Will Prove Ac>
ceptaliie—Some of the
Poiut* at I»ne.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Almost the
entire session of the senate today was
spent In the discussion of the conference
report upon the Puerto Rico appropria
tion bill.
The Democratic senators manifest a
disposition to criticise the restoration of
the house provision covering future col
lections of revenue, professing to find In
this action the desire to continue the
Dlngley tariff.
Speeches were made on these lines by
Messrs. Bacon, Cockrell, Jones (Ark.),
Berry and Allen.
The Republicans met the taunt with a
proposition to take a vote immediately
upon the house Puerto Rico tariff bill,
and It looked at one time as if unanimous
consent would be secured for a vote on
the tariff measure tomorrow.
Senator Proctor objected, however, on
behalf of the Republican free traders,
and when he indicated a willingness to
agree to a vote next week Senator Pettus
put an end to the proceeding by calling
for the regular order of business.
The Republican peace committee met
after the adjournment of the senate and
practically ratified the offer of Senator
Foraker in the senate to separate the
house Puerto Rico tariff bill from the
senate governmental bill and to take a
vote on the house measure.
The peace committee is willing that a
vote should be taken upon the house bill
as it was passed by that body, provided
it becomes apparent that it is Impolitic
to amend it, but an effort will be mad©
to ascertain whether the house will con
sent to any modification.
Some of the Republican senators think
the bill should be so changed as to pro
vide for the continued exemption from
duty of the articles which were exempted
by the president's order. They also find
the house bill deficient in that It fails to
provide any means of collecting the duty
which it imposes.
There will be a conference with mem
bers of the ways and means committee
of the house, and if the latter do not
discourage amendments these will be of
fered. There is, however, an acknowl
edged fear that if the bill is amended
In any respect it may be difficult, If not
impossible, to secure its acceptance by
the house on a conference report. On
this account there may be no effort to
modify the bill.
PROGRAMME OUTLINED.
A report will be made to the senate
committee tomorrow as to the attitude
of the house, and if this report is ad
verse to amendment Mr. Foraker will be
authorized to renew his request for unan
imous agreement to fix time for a vote.
It will also be agreed that the commit
tee shall not attempt to amend the bill.
The programme then would go forward
with the consideration of the govern
mental bill. The members of the peace
committee who favor the house bill ex
press the opinion that most of the Re
publican free traders will offer their
amendments to the house bill, and then,
in case they are voted down, accept and
vote for the bill.
The free trade senators claim there Ja
a stronger determination now than ever
before to resist the bill as It came from
the house. It is claimed there are eight
senators who will not support It unless
amended. These are said to be Davis
and Nelson (Minn.), Wellington (Md.),
Hoar (Mass.), Mason (111.), Beveridge
<Ind.). Proctor (Vt.) and Simon (Or.).
What they will do in case the bill is
amended cannot be stated, but it is evi
dent they expect a compromise which
they can support.
NEED FOR ACTION.
Pitiable Condition of People of
Puerto Rico.
NEW YORK, March 22.—A special
meeting of 'the Board of Trade and
Transportation to consider the Puerto
Rican tariff matter was held today. W.
H. Parsons, president of the board, pre
sided, and there was an attendance 6f
prominent New York business men that
filled the rooms to the doors. Nicholas
Oyangoren, a merchant of San Juan, P.
R., addressed the board.
"Never in the history of the island of
Puerto Rico," he said, "has there been
known such extreme misery, such want
of credit and absolute stagnation. The
people are starving there by hundreds
daily in the interior districts."
A resolution was adopted declaring that
the policy of the United States towards
Puerto Rico should be definitely and Im
mediately determined, upon conditions
and considerations that relate to the isl
and alone, should not in any degree be
affected by considerations which may be
involved in the relations of the United
States toward Cuba or the Philippines,
and that due regard for pledges given
demand an extension to Puerto Rleo of
free commercial intercourse with the
United States and the extension of the
government of the United States to the
island.
MR. ROOT ADMITS IT.
I.lo»-n«i«« Have Been Granted Cape
Nome Gold SeeUertt.
WASHINGTON, March 22.—Secretary
Root made a brief statement to the press'
at the ware department tody in regard
to the action of the department in grant
ing licenses to prospectors to dredge the
water front of Cape Nome, Alaska, in
their search for gold. He admitted that
one or two such licenses had been issued,
but to whom he did not remember, as it
was in the regular routine of the depart
ment. There were about a dozen more
applications of the kind on file, and they
will all be granted. The secretary ex
plained that his authority in the matter
was based upon the statutes giving the
war department jurisdiction over the
navigable waters of the United States.
Under the law no one could have done
any dredging on the water front of Cape
Nome within the three-mile limit without
the authority of the war department.
This authority, the secretary said, had
been granted in several Instances because
it was phown the purposed dredging of
sand would not interfere with navigation
or the riparian rights of owners of adja
cent territory.
The particular character of the sand to
be dredged did not enter into the consid
eration of the case at all. The secretary
said further that any one was privileged
to dig for gold in the open sea, and the
only question considered by the war de
partment was whether such operations,
conducted within the three-mile limit,
were an Interference with navigation or
an Infringement on the rights of others.
When these conditions were complied
with the department was prepared to
grant permission to any one to dig in
the beach at Cape Nome or elsewhere
at any points lying within three miles of
low water mark.
Although he did not go into detail Sec
retary Root made It clear that the privi
leges in question Were free to all respon
sible persons, and no discrimination had
been intended in the cases that had been
acted upon.
IIIh (nil Wa« Personal.
WASHINGTON, March 22-Moata«ue
White, the Boer agent in this country,
called at the state department today and
spent some time in conversation' with
Secretary Hay. Nothing was snid about
the fate of Johannesburg, and it was in-
timated that the subject of the conversa
tion waß purely personal in character.
RILES FOR HANKRIHCV.
Kill to Amend the I,aw In traduced
in C'onivreMH.
WASHINGTON. March 22.-Represenla
ttve Ray, of New York, chairman of the
judiciary committee, has introduced a
bill to amend the bankruptcy law, and
makes a statement in which he 9ays:
''The moat important changes are six
additional objections to a discharge, viz.:
'1. Obtaining property on credit upon
a materially false statement in writing,
and
"2. Making a preference, though the
bill makes it necessary that the creditor
relying upon this objection shall prove
that the preference was fraudulent.
"3. The making of a fraudulent trans
fer of properly,
"4. That the bankruptcy was material
ly contributed to or brought on by gam
bling.
"5. That a discharge shall be re
fused to any one who has previously been
discharged within six years, fetid
"6. That a discharge shall be denied
to,any one who refuses in the course of
the proceeding to answer any questions
approved by the court.
'Thij bill also provides that mercantile
corporations may be adjudged voluntary
bankrupts after receiving the consent
thereto of a majority of their stockhold
ers; also that a voluntary receivership
of an Insolvent corporation under the
fjtato law shall be nn act of bankruptcy.
It shortens the time from twenty-rive
days to ten days when default Is made,
and provides for a short service by pub
lication where the debtor has absconded.
The bill makes the wife a competent wit
ness, irrespective of the laws of the
state."
THIKD TIME AND OUT.
Mr. I.outl Abandon** Hope for His
Mail M«u«ure.
WASHINGTON, March 22.—After a
spirited debate, lasting over three days,
the Loud bill, relating to second class
mall matter was recommitted to the
committee on postoffices. The major-,
ity in favor of the motion to recommit
wasv so decisive that it is regarded as
unlikely that the measure will appear
again during the present congress.
Mr. Loud said, after the vote was an
nounced, thait this was the third time
and out, so far as he was concerned.
The vote on the motion was 118 to 96,
with 16 present and not voting.
THE ALLIES
HAVE A QUARREL
Continued From Fti-Nt ruge.
refused to go with him and are return-
Ing to their farms.
MONTREAL, March 22.—The steamer
Milwaukee, with th« last of the Cana
dian contingent, composed of Toronto,
Kingston and Montreal mounted rifles,
has arrived at Cape Town.
BOERS ENTER COMPLAINT.
BERLIN, March 22.—A letter from a
Boer prisoner on the Catalonia, off Cape
Town, complains of ill-treatment.
MR. MILNER'S TRIP.
CAPE TOWN, March 22.—Sir Alfred
Milner, after leaving Norval's Pont, ar
rived at Colesberg at 7 o'clock this morn
ing. An hour later he left for Storm
berg.
BOERS TREKKING.
WARRENTON, Thursday, Marc* 22.—
The Boers have vacated Klip Dam and
Windsorton, which are almost deserted.
Their wives and families have fled with
them. They sank the ponts or ferry boats
at Riverton and Wlnsorton. The Vaal
river can only be crossed by swimming.
The country this side of the river is well
patroled by the British.
BOERS NOT WANTED.
BERLIN, March 22.—1n German colo
nial circles it is feared that after Great
Britain annexes the Transvaal the Boers
will trek into German Southwest Africa.
Several newspapers have referred to this
possibility during tho last few days,
plainly intimating that the Boers are not
wanted, Inasmuch as undesirable condi
tions would arise in time through the in
ability of Germany to grant them the de
gree of self-government which they de
sire.
SMART ARTILLERY DIEL.
Enifn«r«*nioiit Near Wnrreiiton With
out Serioua Reatiltt*.
KIMBERLEY, Thursday, March 22.—
There was a smart artillery duel near
Warrenton yesterday monning. A battery
under Maj. Blewett, supported by the
Kimberley light horse, located the Boers,
who employed four guns, two of which
used cordite, but ineffectually. The Brit
ish battery replied with effect, and silenc
ed the Boer fire. The Boers sent two
sheila near the railway station, which
was not damaged. A scouting party got
too close to the bank of the river and en
countered a hot fire. The men were un
able to get away, and it was impossible
to relieve them without loss, the party
being obliged to wait for darkness in
order to escape.
The reconnolssance succeeded, and
Maj. Blewett retired with only one
wounded.
This morning brisk firing was resumed
at Warrenton about half-past six, but it
has now slacked up.
NOVEL PROPOSITION.
Future Cronje or Joubert Leading:
British Soldier*.
LONDON, March 23.— The Standard, in
its principal editorial today, indulges in
the hope that many Boers may yet be
come British soldiers. It says:
"The Boers are proved to have a re
markable turn for soldiering, and there
must be many young Boers who will be
reluctant to return 'fo a humdrum pas
toral life after the excitements of cam
paigning. If they are willing to adopt a
military career we can find room for them
in safer and more satisfactory enterprises
than armed rebellion. We may yet hope
to see a future Cronje or Joubert leading
British troops on the battle field; side by
side with generals of Irish, Canadian or
Australian origin. Army commissioners
are to be given to Australia. Similar
SI Paul Retail Sims.
FIELD, SCHLTCK & CO. have seven
Friday specials in the linen room, all of
which mean large savings to purchas
ers. Some good opportunities are also
offered In their underwear and drug de
partments.
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MANNHEIMER BROS, for housekeep
ers' day give some prices for Friday spe
cials that will interest shrewd shoppers.
Leaders are offered among their house
hold linens, notions, gloves, suits and
jackets, drugs underwear and men's
furnishings.
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NORTH STAR HOUSE FURNISHING
CO. will se'l on easy terms the Cres
cent, Syracuse and Barnes White Flyer
bicycle*
privileges must be granted to the other
colonies, including those of South Af
ricft.
TO CHECKMATE ENGLAND.
Boer A«ei:t In America. Offers Por
tugal n Loan.
NEW YORK, March 22.-George W
V ra.n Stciclen, president of the American
Council of the South African republic*,
and. advocate in America for the Trans
vaal, today sent tho following: official
letter to the Portuguese minister at
Washington:
"00.-ir Sir: I am in a position to ofter
of Port'.^V*^ 0 ' t0 lend the government
2L^f L tal the sum ncC*3.-:ary to pay thti
whlJh h'' lOV? n M the De'3ffoa bay award.
83 JU5 ( i been made by the Genoa
arbitral on tribunal, suy $6,000,000. Fair
and satisfactory terms to be arranged "
The offer la regard as a move on the
part of the Boers to offset any offer
which England may make to Portugal
thus embarrassing tho Lisbon government
and at the same time "closing the rear
door" to the Transvaal and Orange Free
State.
COXNAUGHT AT DELFABT.
Plrwt VUAt to That City In Thirty
BELFAST, March 22.-For the nrxt timo
in thirty years the Duke of 'Jonmught
and Strathern, commander of the forces
In Ireland, visited Belfast today, on i
tour of military inspection. Ho was en
thusiastically received. The Earl of Duf
ferin and Ava proposed the health of his
royal hlg-hncss at luncheon. The duke
in his response, referred to the wondeifui
development of Belfast. Alluding to ihe
forthcoming visit of the queen, he saU
that all understood that It was entirely
of tho queen's own free will that she wa^
planning to revisit jthe country.
{JfflM£lJ®sEß^
New York News.
Fried oystcra, waffles and such coffee
as a Parisian cook could not Improve
upon—the little supper had been ready
full half an hour, while Juliet Keyser
leaned sorrowfully against the c:'.sem<>nt,
watching the brown sparrows in the gui
ter and the gradual fall of twilight.
Suddenly she rang: the bell.
"You may take the supper away, Bet
sey," she said to the little maid. "It 13
not likely your master will be home
now."
Meanwhile Mrs. Keyser was left to her
own meditations.
"How fooll&h I am to cry," ?h? thought.
"I'll go and look at the b.iby."
But it was past 11 o'clock when Mr.
Keyser's key grated in the door latch.
"What, sitting up, Ef.y?" he cried, gay
ly. "Why, I .supposed you wouM be as.c -p
and dreaming long ago. Etty, you are n'H
in the sulks?"
"No," said Mrs. Keyser, swallowing a
little lump in her throat. "I am not in
the sulks, Fred," and there the matter
dropped.
And the next morning she was as frcH'.i
as a daisy and as sweet as a sugar
lump.
"Oh, I say, Etty!" said Mr. Keyuer.
as he was buttoning on his fur-lined
gloves, "I may bring one or iwo of the
fellows home to dinner with m&."
"Very well," said Etty, smiling to her
self.
At half past 5 precisely Mr. Keyser, ac
companied by Tom Osborne, a great,
bearded, six-footer of a fellow, and Jo
seph Warden, a spectacled, little old bach
elor, who was looked up to as a wit and
genius, entered the lltile parlor. But it
was empty.
"Where's your mistress?" demanded
Keyser of the maid, a little Impatiently.
"Please, sir," said Betsey, "I doa t
know."
"Where's the dinner?'
"I don't know, either," asseverated Bet
sey. "There was a leg of lamb sent home
—and oysters—and a salad—and ther?
they is on the kitchen table now."
Keyser looked at his friends. The iwo
friends looked at Keyser.
"Some mistake," said Fred, essaying a
fjalvanic sort of smile. "We'll just ad
journ to Levlni's. • It's only a step or
two around the comer —and Levini gets
up a fine article of turtle soup."
Marden and Osborne grinned at ore 'mo
ther—and Fred Keyser had to n.ake b*
lieve that he did not see them.
He came home after settling the bill
at Lievini's—including wines, cigars, etc..
it spoiled the balance of a $10 bill—in rath
er a savage temper.
"Hasn't your mistress came In yet?' h?
demanded.
"No, sir, she am't—and the fires have
all gone out, with me a-tendin' baby."
whimpered Betsy. "So now if you'll take
it, sir "
"But where is she?"
"The Lord only knows, sir—l don't,"
groaned poor Betsey.
"This is pleasant," snarled the desert
ed husband. "Juliet must be crazy! Or
else—she has eloped."
At the bare idea he laid the baby down
on tho sofa and rushed to the front doov
Then, spurred by the shrieks of that in
fantile Nemesis, he ran back to trot it
on his knee and bawl out whatever
snatches of nursery rhymes he could re
member at so short a notice.
"I shall go crazy," said Mr. Keyset*.
"Where is my wife? There goes tho clock
striking 9. Nine o'clock—and she noi
home!" .
Just then the door swung open and Mrs.
Keyser entered in her hat and furs.
"Nina o'clock! Upon my word, I hadn't
an idea it was so late," said sho airily.
"I hope you haven't missed me dear."
"Missed you," echoed Keyser.
"1 intended to be home at dinner, but
T met Kate Severance, and she was go
ing to a kettledrum at Mrs. Blytherlg
ge's. and positively insisted on my going,
too. So I went. And I had a most t-harm
ing evening, too. Such a number of my
old schoolmates and chum:; as I met—
you'd never believe It."
"Juliet!" said Mr. Keyeer.
"Yes. my dear," said his wife.
"Are you crazy?"
"Not that I am aware of, Mr.' Keyser."
"Then what is the meaning of this
■Miry—extra—or—di—nary conduct?" de
manded her husband.
Mis. Keyser's eyes twinkled.
"Why. my dear, we used to write in our
copybooks at school, 'It's a poor rule
that won't work both ways," so I thought
I would let you "have a practical taste
of the joys that spring from waiting all
alone at homo by one's self for the oth
er member of the domestic firm to come.
How does it seom?"
"Etty." said he, "you are a curious
genius. And I confess you have me
there."
Neither of them never alhided to it
a Rain—but Mr. Keyser was punctual to a
second thereafter.
THE BOSTON feature for their spring
hat opening The Bowlby, which they
claim is the best In the world and Is
absolutely correct in style, and yet they
make the price right.
PLYMOUTH CLOTHING HOUSE,
corner Seventh and Robert, are selling
the balance of the Hanan shoe stock,
and still have shoes of that stock for old
and young, male and female.
W. J. DYE3R & BRO., 21-23 Went Fifth
street, say their piano business Is still
growing, and stako their reputation on
every piano they sell. They offer bar
gains today that excel all previous ones.
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YERXAS say they plan largely, select
carefully, buy at low prices, everything
in the line of table supplies and give
you the advantage.