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VOL. XXIII.- NO. . 331.
111 ill
NOVEMBER OPTION TOUCHED FIFTY
CENTS AT CHICAGO
YESTERDAY .
FDiLiiPS' mm A SUCCESS
PRICE AT THE CLOSE HAD
DROPPED TO FORTY-NINE
CENTS
PARTICULAR AS TO GRADES
Out of Five Hundred and Eleven
Cars Received at Chicago,
'/ Only Fifty-One Reached
Contract.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.— the ascending
scale of prices made for November corn
by belated shorts a new mark was
touched today—soc, an advance of 5c
from the close Saturday, and of 3ci
from the best previous price. The close
was lc lower, Phillips bidding 49c. The
action of the appeals committee in turn
ing down as below contract grade two
cargoes tendered Phillips by Counsel
man and Bartlett-Frazier had the ex
pected effect of strengthening the posi
tion of the bull leader and adding further
worry to the troubles already heaped
upon the shoulders of the shorts. For
the first time in several days Phillips
took an active hand in the game as an
open bidder for small and large lots.
The opening price was 46c and there was
a gradual advance to 49**ic. Phillips tak
ing most of the offerings. The first bid
of 50c was by Carr, for 5,000 bu and It
brought some stop loss orders on the
market. Phillips filling one of 50,000 ba
for Logan and making a number of
smaller sales, bis sales exceeding his
purchases by about 60,000 bu. While
November gained 4c, December was also
strong on covering by shorts and a big
trade early selling at 36% c and closing
at 36*!2C. May closed unchanged at 36^c.
There was some changing from Decem
ber to May at "^ic premium for Decem
ber. Acceptances were heavier, but for
deferred shipment and the elevators,
disheartened by the failure of their at
tempt to foist kiln dried corn on Phil
lips, were not in the market for low
grades. The receipts, HI cars, Included
only 51 cars contract There were 8,000
bu in by canal boat and 49 cars and
41,000 bu transferred from private to pub
lic houses, some of it possibly to be
turned down by the appeals committee
later. :■.:.*':'
SQUABBLE OVER GRADES.
A dispute arose over the quality of corn
being loaded on the steamer Pabst at the
Counselman elevator C, in Chicago. The
loading began in the morning with a dif
ferent quality cf corn from that tendered
Saturday. It was reported on favorably
by Chief Supervising Inspector Smiiie and
accepted by Mr. Phillips' inspector. Some
20,000 bushels had loaded when Mr.
Smiiie left the dock and declared there
could be no objection'if the quality was
kept up. .
Down on the board of trade, where
November corn had risen in the pit to 50
cents, almost as much excitement was
occasioned when Charles CounselmaTi
called Mr. Phillips from the pit.. They
were at once surrounded by a jostling
crowd of speculators, eager to hear the
controversy. The big elevator owner,
towering head and shoulders over the
slight speculator, said to him: "Mr.
Phillips, I don't want to give you any
thing but contract corn, and I am having
No. 2 corn loaded on your vessel."
"All I ash. Mr. Counselman, is to g' jt
contract corn, and* with that I will be per
fectly satisfied." '■_*:.
That was the extent of the conversa
tion, hardly beiingerent enough to satisfy
the expectations of the spectators, but it
was suggestive of an armed truce. ' ; .
Another engagement was on in a few
hours, for, after 65,000 bushels had been
loaded on the Street at South Chicago.
Phillips' inspector reported a poorer qual
ity of corn was being dump.d into the
boat The woi of loading was ordered
stopped, and Mr. Phillips went to the
state grain department and demanded
that the appeals committee be sent down
to examine the cargo. " This committer
could not go th- but will, it is expected,
look at the corn tomorrow morning.
PHILLIPS THE MASTER.
The man with the corner in the hollow
of his hand is apparently not ready to
let it get away from him. . He has
watched the speculative careers of other
men with corners and believes that most
of them lost because of their greed to
extort the last penny. All the morning
the little corn king stood on the edge of
the pit and watched the ebb and flow
of the battle. Whenever the clamorous
"shorts""howled up the price in the face
of unresponsive takers he pushed to the
front of the line and let out more corn-
Some of the dealers thought the juve
nile-looking speculator was in straits and
was' running to wind up his string.
They jumped on the market and tried to
sell corn at 47% c. Phillips turned in
stantly from seller to buyer, from bear
to bull, and snapped up every man
who was offering to shade the price that
he was making. The decline stopped at
once. Phillips showed to the corn pit
that he was its master; that he could
regulate it at will. The fellows who
tried to get some of the corn king's mon
ey in the delusion that he was weakening
are now wondering where they will get
off on Friday.
Phillips' conduct today won him great
praise. Few men have been able to keen
a cool head under like circumstances.
He parted with 300,000 bushels, about one
tenth of his holdings. He bought 100,000
when the bears tried to drag him off
his pedestal. He made $38,000. Appar
ently he is going to keep the settling
price about SO cents.
Today's price of corn is the highest
since June. _&-'">, when a predicted famine
ran up the price of cash corn. De
cember corn felt the influence of the short
grading in November and went up %c
over Saturday. .-v.''
MONOPOLY IN KOIMANIA
ROCKEFELLER COMPACT TO COX
TROI. OIL WELLS.
LONDON. Nov. 27.—"The Standard
Oil company," says the Bucharest corre
spondent of the Daily Express, "has
obtained concessions for mining and
erecting pipe lines on all the govern
ment tracts, as well as almost a mon
opoly in sinking oil wells In Roumania.
The price of the concession was £100,
--ooo." * . ,"-^7"
- : MONTANA SENATORSHIP.
.TV. A. Clark Will Reach for the
Toga Jan. I.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 26.— W. A.
Clark will reach here tomorrow from the
East to remain until the first of the year,
when he will return to Montana to
further his interests in the senatorial
contest before the sate legislature.
THE ST.PAUL GLOBE
USD ran II
SAILORS IN RIGGING OF WRECKED
SCHOONER IN LAKE
ERIE
WILD STIRI llfiSS IS THE BAST
MUCH DAMAGE DONE TO SHOPPING
AND OTHER. PROPERTY
IS REPORTED
WIND SIXTY MILES \AN HOUR
Vessels Aire Driven Ashore, and Tel
egraph and Telephone Com
panies Have Been Heavy
Sufferers.
KINGSVILLE. . Ont., Nov. 26.— un
known schooner is sunk on the middle
ground off Point Pelee and the sailors
are lashed in the rigging, for the masts
are above the water. Since Sunday
morning the tug, Home Rule, from Am
herstburg has been trying to rescue the
men, but there is such a high sea run
ning that her efforts have been fruitless.
It is feared that the men will die from
exposure before aid can reach them.
The Home Rule came in here this even
ing and the crew went to the life saving
station at the end of Point Pelee to get
the life boat. Capt. Hackett informed
them that the boat had not been in the
water for three years and would not
float. The Home Rule draws 100 much
water to go near the middle ground in
the heavy sea that is running on Lake
Erie tonight. She will stay here this
evening and leave in time to get to the
wrecked schooner by daylight, when
another effort will be made to save the
crew. The schooner Reuben Dcud is also
on the middle ground, but nothing is
known of her condition. About fifty
boats were anchored west of Point Pelee
today. Since the wind has gone to the
north a number of them have gone out.-
WRECKS AT MARBLEHEAD.
SANDUSKY, 0., Nov. 26.—he steamer
M. Sickles and the Schooners Shedeman
and Malvina went ashore in today's gale
on the Marblehead beach and are now
being pounded to pieces. The crews
were taken off by the life saving crew
from Marblehead. The wrecked vessels
were loaded with lumbr.
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.
CLEVELAND, 0., Nov. 26-Another
violent storm prevailed on Lake Erie
and throughout Northern Ohio today,
the wind coming from the north and
blowing at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. The gale was accompanied by
heavy rain and -sleet The lake has been
lashed to a wild fury'and no vessels are
leaving port. .
The telegraph and telephone companies
which suffered great damage from the
. heavy storm of last week, were again
badly handicapped by the prostration of
j lines on practically all routes as the
I re: ults of today's storm. Hundreds of I
poles are down and it will probably be
several days before compelte repairs can
be made. *"- -
LORAIN HARBOR ENDANGERED.
LORAIN, 0.. Nov. Thousands of
dollars .of damage has been done by
storm on Lake "Erie, which began last
night and is still raging. Waves twenty
feet high are coming in. The schooner
St, Lawrence, which went ashore a few i
days ago, has been broken into pieces.
The east government pier is being disin
tegrated and the harbor is in danger of
destruction. Over a thousand feet of the
east pier is also threatened.
COLUMBUS CUT OFF.
COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 26.—Rain which
continued all day Sunday turned into
sleet and hail about midnight and to
ward morning into a heavy wet snow.
There were high -winds blowing a part of
the time and as a result wires of all sorts
were generally demoralized this morning.
Columbus was nearly cut off from the
world. Street cars were interfered with
and trains were generally late.
The damage done throughout the state
will reach .-thousands.' At Chagrin Falls
; the telephone switchboard burned out'
'■ and set half a dozen houses on fire. At
j Cambridge several buildings were blown
down, and at Batavia Anna Hurd was
drowned. The Ohio river and Southern
Ohio streams are rising rapidly.
TWO' FATALITIES.
AKRON, 0., Uov. 26."—Frank Werner
and Louis Rohr were killed here today
by a trolley wire torn from the poles
by the storm. :
SNOW/ AT BUFFALO.
BUFFALO. N. T., Nov. 26.— a result
of the snow fall in this section of the
state, the mails from the west this morn
■ ing were an hour lat... The mails from
the east arrived on time. Alternate rain
j and snow has fallen in this city almost
! constantly since Saturday afternoon. In
the country the fall has been principally
snow, but its dampness prevented drift
ing.
RIVERS OVERFLOWING.
GUYANDOTTE, W. Va., Nov. 26.—Con
tinuous rain for the past forty-eight h.us
has produced unprecedented hoods in the
Guyandotte valley. The river and its
tributaries are overflowing their banks
! and are tearing away quantities of cross
ties, lumber and other property. Some
nine thousand logs have gone out. tak
ing with them the falseworks of the two
new Guyandotte Valley railroad' bridges
south of Barboursidlls. Loss estimated at
! $20,000 to $25,000.
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Nov. 20.—
continuous rain fall of the past forty
eight hours has caused a rapid rise in all
streams in this section of the state. The
Kanawha has almost reached the danger
line here, and people in the lowlands are
already moving out. The Kanawha" at
9:30 o'clock tonight was 27.4, and riving
one half foot per hour.- At Kanawha
Falls, thirty-six miles above, the river
is 23.6 feet and stationary. At least four
more feet are expected. The Elk is out
of its banks, with 15 feet stationary at
Clay, five miles above. The rainfall here
for twenty-four hours, ending at . a, m.
today was 2.7 inches.
MIDDLESBORO. Ky.. Nov. 25.—Cum
berland, Powell and Clinch rivers have
overflown their banks, doing immense
damage to farmers. The lower portion of
Powell - valley is inundated, and those
firing along its banks have been com
pelled to move to higher ground.
One life was lost in Yellow Creek.
ENVOYS IN AGREEMENT.
LONDON, Nov. 27.— Morrison, wir
ing to the Times from Pekin Sunday,
says: ~t-j:p^
'"'The foreign envoys have agreed to two
proposals that were previously rejected,
owing to lack of unanimity. These are
Sir Ernest Satow's proposal that China
should agree to recast the commercial
treaties and the Italian proposal that Chi
na should oonsent to foreign financial
control as a guarantee of indemnity. -^
"The. delay in the .presentation of the
joint note is duo to postponements by the
, home governments. - This 1 Increases* the
difficulties of the position and aggravates
the dislocation of trade and finance, espe
cially the collection of "inland * revenues.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1900.
At the lowest estimate, the Indemnity Is
computed at £60,000,000.**
• COLD AT PEKIN.
. BERLIN, Nov. 28.— letter from Em
peror Kwang Su to Li Hung Chang has
been Intercepted by the Germans," says
a private dispatch from Pekin. "but its
contents have-not been made public. A
small German detachment destroyed An
Hsieh Wang, sustaining no losses.. The
weather here is now severely cold."
_.:-■-.,--.. • f. >'.--._-'
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
FRUIT STEAMER HAD TO LEAVE
COLOMBIA WITHOUT CARGO.
MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 26— officers
and crew of the Norwegian fruit steam
ship Bratten, which has arrived here
from Santa Marta, in the Central Amer
ican republic of Colombia had a thrilling
experience with revolutionists. The
steamer put into that port on Nov. 12,
intending to get a cargo of fruit. The
revolutionists attempted more than once
to seize the Bratten and her officers and
crew, who several times were in danger
of being shot Finally the Colombian
government ordered the vessel to stand
out in the stream out of the range of
the guns that lined the: wharves and
streets of Santa Marta. Before this
order could be obeyed the ship had to
be placed under guard of a body of
armed soldiers. She was obliged to re*
turn to Mobile without a cargo. The
boat while flying the Norwegian flag, is
under charter of a firm of fruit import
ers of this city. It is understood that
the firm will complain to Washington.
SUSPENDED IN MIDAIR.
MAN HUNG FROM A TWO-INCH BOLT
FOR AN HOUR.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Suspended in mid
air by his jacket, 100 feet from the
ground, Andrew Anderson, employed on
a blast furnace in the Illinois steel works,
hung for an hour today while employes
of the works endeavored to rescue him.
Finally, by means of extension ladders,
the. man was rescued and taken to the
company's hospital, where he soon re
covered.
The accident which placed Anderson
in the perilous position injured three of
his companious, perhaps fatally. They
were all working at the top of a new
blast furnace when the scaffold broke
and fell. Twenty feet from the top An
derson's jacket caught on a short bolt
extending two inches from the - surface.
His companions crashed through the
network of scaffolding to the ground
and were picked up unconscious and
bleeding. The injured: Frank Velcheck.
skull fractured and three ribs broken;
Gustav Diabass, both legs broken and
internally injured; Thomas Jones, left
arm broken and internally injured.
—; : "*"* —: =
BERNHARDT AND COQUELIN.
Their First Performance of "L'Aig
lon" at New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. "= 28.—Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt, after working until 2:45 this
morning in perfecting the details of her
farewell American tour, and then re
maining in bed all day with a high fever,
j made her first apearance tonight in
' "L'Aiglon" at the Garden theater be
fore one of the most representative au
diences ever seen in America. Aside
from the fact that Bernhardt has just
returned to this country after an absence
of five years, the occasion was made no
table by her appearance with M. Con
stant Coquelin. This is - the first time
that these two great artists have ap
peared together since 1881, when they left
the Comedie Francaise and made their
first appearance in the United States.
In addition to this "L'Aiglon" was played
in this country in its entirety for the
first' time. So large was the attendance
that it was absolutely necessary to stop
selling even admission tickets at the
highest prices. : *. ;-;-"
Bernhardt's engagement in this city
under the direction of Maurice Grau will
last for five weeks. After that she will
make a tour of the country.
COMMISSIONERS TO PARIS
Will Not Be Allowed to Go Hungry
: i Just Now.
- NEW YORK. Nov. 26.—The national
commissioners to the Paris exposition
will be entertained by a banquet given
by Louis Stern at his'residence in this
city on Saturday evening. The follow
ing day the commissioners will proceed
to Philadelphia, where they will be the
guests of William L. Elkins. A lunch
eon is also planned for Tuesday at the
home of Mr. Elkins.
The commissioners on Tuesday or
Wednesday morning will go to Washing
ton. The commissioners are Mrs Pot
ter Palmer, Mrs. Daniel Manning, M.
H. DeLong, Louis Stern, Brutus J.
Clay, Cgden H. Fethers, Thomas F.
Walsh, Calvin Harming, Alvin H. San
ders. W. L. Elkins, James Alison, Ar
thur F. Va.lois, H. M. Putney, Peter
Jansen, W. M. Thornton, Franklin
Murphy. Henry A. Parker and W. G.
Thompson. ""-".-.I ' '-"-;"/
--Ci— .
FLOOD CASUALTIES.
Drownings Reported From Western
Tennessee's Swollen Streams.
MEMPHIS. TENN., Nov. . 26— Meager
lists of casualties from flood are cluing
in from West Tennessee. North of
Dyersbury a woman and two children in
a buggy were thrown into deep back
water by the sloughing of a levee over
which they were passing, and all were
drowned.
At the south fork of the Forked Deer
river a negro track hand of the Illinois
Central was drowne*-.
A mail carrier was drowned in Caney
creek, near Glymph, Lauderdale county,
by the upsetting of his buggy as he
was attempting to ford the stream. :
ABLAZE IN THE LAKE.
Steamer St. Paul Towed Into Alpena
'.i.-XXXX- „ Partly Burned. -
ALPENA, Mich., Nov. 26.— steamer
St. Paul, laden with coal, caught afire
four miles out in the bay near- White
Fish point. Two tugs were soon throw
ing water on her. The ,cabin and steer
age of the St. Paul were blazing fiercely.
The fire was gotten under control late
this afternoon and the vessel has bean
towed to this port. Her stein -is badly
burned and her engines ; are " seriously
damaged. She is being kept afloat by
steam pumps. V
RESERVOIR BURST.
And the Town of Chauncey, Ga.,
Was Flooded. „,t
ATHENS. Pa.. Nov. 26.—As a.result of
the heavy rains the reservoir ■ near.'
Chauncey burst today and flooded the;
town a mile away. The reservoir; cov
ered three acres and was 20 feet deep. A.
hundred yards of railroad track was
•washed out and.j nearly all • the resi
dences in Chauncey "were flooded. A hill
deflecting the course of the water; saved
the'Chauncey mine where.TOO men-were
at work. ■-;;■■*:•■" '■ ::-;:.
Ll HI I. VII
VETERAN CHINESE STATESMAN
HAS SENT FOR ADOPTED
■ . 'r[ 'SON '•►
WRITE ISTEimWS GERMABY
•'.';■'..
DISCUSSES THE J FEASIBILITY OF
MODERATION IN CHINESE
PUNISHMENT
WORK OF \ PEKIN MINISTERS
Draft of Agreement Reached by
Them Received at Washington
Has Not Been Given
Out.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—Li Hung Chang, ac
cording to the Shanghai correspondent of
the Morning Post is seriously ill and
has telegraphed for his adopted son, Li
Ching Fang. J. *
WHITE'S WORK AT BERLIN.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—The entire German
press refers editorially this evening to
a report that United States Ambassador
White on Saturday handed the new
American note regarding the Chinee set
tlement to Baron yon Richthofen, secre
tary for foreign affairs, all the papers
declaring that Germany refused to com
ply with the demands therein formulated.
When Mr.-White-was approached on
this subject this evening he replied that
he had no interview with Baron yon
Richthofen on Saturday nor "had he then
received the American note. He asserted
that he had received nothing from Wash
ington since Thursday and that what he
received then was not»a note but merely
instructions, in consequence of which he
had an interview with the secretary for
foreign affairs on Friday. . .
Mr. White reiterated that the (Jesuit
cf the Friday interview was satisfactory,
adding: "It Was merely an interchange
of views in which no definite propositions
were submitted and no definite engage
ments entered upon. What was said was
in the nature of a suggestion, looking
toward greater moderation in the punish
ment, but this. was I only a suggestion
which Germany could.-either accept or
reject It was not a formal proposition."
The Vossische. Zeitung says: "A de
mand for more moderation in the" punish
ments is a sensible demand which Ger
many could accept - without loss of
dignity, especially, as it appears that
Great Britain sides in this particular
with the United States." — .
No other journal, however, adopts this
tone. / ■ . , ■ ;•-.;'.
A dispatch received by the navy league
today says. that Col. Yoerck's column
reached Kalgan (about 100 miles north
west of Pekin) Nov. 18. The "Chinese
troops numbering 3.000 men 3ed_ A
battalion of '-.. Chinese imperial soldiers
was disarmed.
The National^Zeltyng, discussing the
punishment *. of the guilty officials in
China, says: jN.^r...
"Germany must abide by the decision
of the ministers at /ekin." ...
_ The. Post says the peace negotiations
will probably be finished at the first of
the week. . '" ' '•"■""."'
MINISTERS' - AGREEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Tne slate
department has been informed of the
agreement of '.. understanding ■* or prelim
inary treaty (it is not possible now to
learn in just what form the matter
stands) reached by the foreign ministers
at Pekin, but is not regarded as ex
pedient to give out for publication at
this time any detailed information re
garding it. It may be stated, however,
that the arrangement stands a very poor
chance of receiving the sanction of all
the powers represented in the Peking
conference, unless some material amend
ments are permitted;- { \
Just what the.. "objectionable features
are. can only be surmised, in view of
the adverse decision of the authorities
respecting publication.' But, accepting
as accurate the statement from' Peking
that the basis of the agreement is to be
found in the French note, it is' easy to
perceive that there are no less than two
points which, if included in their original
shape, would hot meet with"" the • unqual
ified approval of this government. "
For instance. the president expressly
reserved his opinion as to the proposition
that the Taku "forts he dismantled. -He
also withheld his approval of the French
proposition that there be- a, permanent
military organization at two or three
points on the "road' between Tien Tsin
and Pekin. There .were several points to
which the assent of the United Stats was
given, namely, providing for the punish
ment of the guilty Chinese who may be
designated by the. representatives of the
■ powers at Pekin; for the recollection, of
equitable indemnities (and in this con
nection our government: suggested " a
reference of the subject to The Hag-ie
tribunal) and finally for the maintenance
of a legation guard at Pekin." The latter,
however, was to be" temporary, until con
gress acted on the'matter.
Unless the ministers at Peking have
made a very substantia! change in the
requirements of the French note, there
fore, it may predicate that our govern
ment will feel obliged to seek to make
some alterations in the arrangement
before it gives its adherence.
There is some reason to believe that
the indemnity proposition has taken
such an excessive form as to make it
impossible for the I Chinese government
to meet the demand, and this fact, taken
in connection with -the unreasonable- de
mands of some of the powers respecting
punishments, may oblige bur govern
ment to ■: endeavor^to have ■ the demands
moderated There are.indications, tool
that in these efforts our government Is
to receive.the support of one of the most,
powerful of the government's represented
at the Pekin conference, \ and one which
generally has been supposed of late to
have favored as'exitrerne "position.
Dr. yon Hollebenfi the German ambas
sador, who recently.-> returned to Wash
ington after an absence since last spring,
called at the state department today and
had a long interview with Secretary Hay.
supposedly with reference to Chinese
matters, ameng other tilings. . ..
FOR _ THE CHINESE COURT.
SHANGHAI. Nov. _2G.—Native Chris
tians from Fan Cheng Hsien on Han
river, report that they saw 400 j boats
taking supplies for 'the-court at Sian Fu,
and that the mandarins have chartered
every available boat for-'that purpose. -
: FLOOD AT PITTSBURG. _. . '
PITTSBURG. ;__N^. r SS.-iAbout; COOO.COO
bushels of jcoal were started to" Southern
points today. -The river at 10 p. m.' regis
tered .: at the dam a ■ feet, rising at the
rate of C inches an hour. Both the Alle
gheny and Monon__S6-l_ela- are. still rising,
.the result of heavy-Tains along tfleir en
tirelength for the last forty-eight hours.
River men expect :25 feet in . the Ohio
before a fall begins. A The flood . mark is
24 feet. While 'this stage will hardly *be
reached, every precaution is - being taken""
to prevent loss', if it should come. - As
it is, the cellars of residences in the
lower district of : Alleghenyj are flooded
arid the j tracks of the Pittsburg & :We»tf
BULLETIN OF'
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast For St Paul:
*Xl\.: Fair; Warmer. ~
I—Phillips Pushes. Corn Up,
Lashed to the Mast.
LI Hung Very Sick.
Capt. "Whitney's Flunk.
2—Death Takes Old Settler.
Anniversary at Hamline.
Aftermath of the Murder.
Minneapolis News.
3—News of the North-west.
. Teller Talks of Silver.
Condition in Tien Tsin. : i^i^sr
Editorial Page.
ft—Sporting: News.
Washington Gossip.
Sheedy's Enropean Experiences.
6—News of the Railroads.
Supreme Conrt Decisions.
Popular Wants.
-Markets of the World.
Chicago Dec. "Wheat, TO B-Bc.
Bar Silver, 63 3-Sc. .
Stocks Higher.
&— New* of the Ooorts.
Goes After the Indians.
In the Labor Field.
Poultry Show. •
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Mesaba, London;
Statendam, Rotterdam; Burgundia, Na
ples, etc.; Cymric, Liverpool.
HAMBURG— Bulgaria, New
York. *
BOSTON—Arrived: Pavonia, Liverpool.
GIBRALTAR — Arrived: Fuerst - Bis
marck, New York, for Naples and
Genoa.
SOUTHAMPTON — Sailed: ' Fries.and
(from New York), Antwerp.
YOKOHAMA — Arrived: Gaelic, San
Francisco, via Honolulu, for Hioga,
Shanghai and Hongkong.
CHERBOURG — Sailed: Friedrich der
Grosse (from Bremen and Southamp
ton), New York.
LlZAßD—Passed: Pennsylvania, New
York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and
Hamburg.
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
For Minnesota—Fair Tuesday; warmer
in southeast portion; Wednesday fair;
fresh south to west winds.
For Wisconsin— and warmer Tues
day; AVednesday fair; fresh southerly
winds.
For -lowa— Tuesday; warmer in
eastern portion; -Wednesday fair; south
erly winds.
For North Dakota—Generally fair Tues
day and Wednesday; colder "Tuesday in
central portion"; westerly winds.
• For South Dakota— Tuesday and
Wednesday; westerly winds.
. For Montana—Generally fair Tuesday
and Wednesday; westerly winds.
ST. PAUL. •
- Yesterday's observations, taken by the
United States weather bureau, St. Paul,
P. ■' F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty
four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.
—Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation.
Highest temperature 31
Lowest temperature 23
Average temperature 27
Daily range .... „. g
Barometer' .. ;.- 30.04
Humidity ; ...XX. 88
Precipitation -.-_*..-,-;.: ;.... o
? pi m.; temperature 29
7 p. m., weather, partly cloudy; wind,
'south. .
RIVER BULLETIN.
Danger Gauge Change in
I Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul .... ....14 1.3 —0 3
! La Crosse .........10 , 4.3
Davenport .. .. 15 5.0
St Louis ---SO 12.1 o.Q
—Fall. - ' .
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES.
*_■_♦*,:, 6Sp.m.High. I ' 68p.m High.
Battleford ...18 24 Chicago .. ...Z6 42
Bismarck ....36 48 Cincinnati ' ...10 46
Calgary .-. ..is -40 Cleveland ...40 44
£uluth 24... 24 Galveston ....52 5S
Edmonton .'..36 '42 Jacksonville 41 52
V aV re ....... & 4- 'Marquette ....30 34
Helena .. ...42 46 j Montgomery .50 56
Huron ..- ."...;.$ 50; Montreal ."...28 28
Med. Hat ...i.4 31 Nashville ....44 43
I . Minnedosa ...26 - .4 New Orleans.s4 . 58
I Pr. Albert ...±__ 18* New York ..52 62
.Qu'Appelle ...&> 30Philadelphia .48 62
S. Current ...30 42;' Frisco .•-;..56 56
Williston ...._. 33; St. Louis. 7 ..44 "." 46
Winnipeg ....15 24 Salt -Lake ...44 40
Buffalo .. .-.31 31 j Ste.- Marie ..30 . 38
Cheyenne ....36 44J - '-j " /'■;'-'
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). -;
em- lower yard are under water and
abandoned. . - ....,- ..'.:'■
Several mills on the South side have
been compelled to shut down. The loss
of one life is attributed to the high wa
ter. Frederick Koppmarr; aged fifty-six
"years, while carrying goods from his cel
lar, fell down 'the stairs and broke his
neck.; '■ .vfij.-^; ;t. ; -/- :
SOMALIS ON WAR PATH
REVOLT OF NATIVES IN BRITISH
EAST AFRICA.
ZANZIBAR, Nov. 26.—The Somalis
have risen in Jubaland, a province of
British East Africa. - About 4,000 well
armed men are on the war path. Rein
forcements from Mombasa have been
sent to Zanzibar. 3" ;>
LONDON, Nov. .'6.—lt' was. officially
confirmed today that Subcommissioner
Jennes was murdered about Nov. 13,
during a night attack made on his camp
by professedly friendly natives.
MISSISSIPPI'S CAPITOL.
Contractor Gibson's "Alleged Bribery
Case to Be Tried in January.
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 26.— J. I"*. Gib
son, the Indiana contractor who was
arrested here Saturday on the charge
of attempting to bribe Gov. Longino, to
secure the contract for the new million
dollar state house will leave for home
tomorrow, the capitol commission haying
declined to allow him access" to the plans
and specifications or to consider any." bid
he may offer. _ Gibson's jj case will be
called in January. The commission .is
making. an investigation of the charge
brought by Gibson that a combination
has been | formed among St. . Louis and
.Chicago contractors to capture the capi
tol contract.V ~ " "'■=■-_>-
TO VISIT AMERICA.
French Naval Cadets Will Come Next
, Spring;.
WASHINGTON, - Nov. 25.—Lieut. Far-'
amers, -"' the French naval attache,"": has
- been" advised that the training ship Dug
uay Trojin, with "a " large '; number _of
French | cadets on i board will visit Amer
ican waters next spring, stopping at New
" Orleans for .' ten. days, beginning, March
16; at Annapolis and Baltimore ten days.
in April and then go. to New York for a
: like stay. ' The cadets' also will be j taken
• to Santiago to inspect the scene the
I great naval battle, in which Admiral Cer»
vera's' fleet r was annihilated.
PRICE TWO CENTS—{ gfv^SS^WS
Iff! 11l Ml
Bill
- / l - ■ - - , t
Were Simply Bluffing About a Recount, and.
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Chairman Rosing's Offer Proved It.
■ "V"*v" ■■■ <—' * ' -■" - "-TV- -.*-.
Get Out of It as Gracefully as Possible by Fail- J
ing to Find Any Warrant for the
Proceedings.
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Despite the grand stand plays which
Chairman Bixby, Secretary Whitney and
Capt. Van Sant have been making on the
proposition of contesting the vote for
governor, they have shown a decided
lack of nerve in carrying out their bold
expressions. The state executive com
mittee, with Tams'Bixby, chairman, ab
sent, and W. C. Mastermann, the nominal
chairman of the state central committee,
and Secretary Whitney,- as the leaders of
the meeting, convened yesterday to take
action on the recently submitted proposi
tion of Chairman Rosing, of the Demo
cratic central committee, in which he of
fered magnanimous terms of settling the
contest question. Mr. Rosing's offer, as
is known, was that the Republican and
Democratic committee select four counties
each,' and if the recount in them did not
show a gain of at least 500 votes for
Gov. Lind, the contest would be declared
off.
WHITNEY'S TONGUE TOO FREE.
The Republican committee takes water,
as compared with its former declarations,
and repudiates entirely the statement
which Capt. Whitney made in the Min
neapolis Journal, when he stated that
he was authorized to speak for Capt. Van
Sant. His statement was that Van Sant
was perfectly willing for a contest, and in
fact did-not want the office of governo.'
unless the votes showed conclusively
that he was elected.
The answer which the committee mikes
to Chairman Rosing generous offer is
gotten up with the idea of maintaining
a dignified position, if possible, as a
means of concealing their apparent hor
ror of such a thing as a recount. It is
another strong evidence of their avowed
purpose of evading a contest, and throws
I to the winds the shroua of holiness,"*
i which they have been attempting to daw
about themselves since the agitation for
the recount began. i •:'
_„ The meeting drafted the following com
munication, which was sent to Chairman
Rosing: --.-"-
St. Paul. Nov. 26. 1900.
L. A. ' Rosing. Chairman Democratic
State Central Committee.—Dear Sir: Your j
letter of recent date concerning a re-
S count of the ballots in certain counties
of the state has been received, and has i
i been . considered by the executive com- I
i committee. In. answer 'thereto we desire !
, to say-that you seem to be laboring un'er j
i a grave misapprehension as to. the pow
; ers-and duties of a campaign committee. \
It is our understanding,-both of the law
! and of sound political'management, that
when the ballots are counted, returned
to the proper custodians and sealed, its
duties as to- that campaign, and .to its
candidates, are ended.
Moreover,- we are unaware of any au
thority for any such informal procedure
as you suggest, .j The law provides, and .
. our supreme ' court has held, that there |
can be no inspection of the ballots until
after a contest is duly instituted, and '
then only under the order and direction
of the court. In fact, that court has
very plainly and forcibly characterized
such an attempt as "questionable prac
tice. .
In addition to this we have to say
only,; that Gov.-elect Van Sant is absent
from the state and cannot be communi
cated with regarding your singular prop
osition. We cannot and do not assume
to speak for him; but from all that has
been heretofore-^iid by him, and from
his well known reputation-and charac
ter, we are of the opinion that any con
test for the high office to which he has
been regularly and duly elected will ba
met .by him- in a spirit of absolute fair
ness. and with becoming dignity. We
are. however, also of the opinion that
such ' a contest, if instituted. . must be!
along the regular lines provided- by law
and the courts, and must comprehen- '.
sive and complete in every detail pertain- Jj
| ing to such proceedings. Yours, etc., j
-*-'*. —Charles C. Whitney. Secretary."!
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POLITICAL TRICK.
The action of the Republican managers
in regard to a recount was anticipated.
When men work as hard and use as ques
tionable means to foist a man for gov
ernor on'an unwilling state, all talk of
their willingness to have the ballot boxes
inspected is the hottest kind of hot air.
It is believed that if steps are taken in a
legal way to have the votes in some of
the counties inspected, they will even go
the limit in placing all possible legal ob
structions in the way.
During the campaign the Republican
managers put forth every effort, honor
able or otherwise, to defeat Gov. Lind.
All of their work would have failed but
for a sharp political trick for which the
SENATOR DAVIS STILL GROWING WEAKER
At an Early Hour This Morning His Condition was Quite
Critical.
. "Senator Davis is somewhat weaker tonight, taking very little nourish
ment. Respiration, 16; pulse, 120. —"Alex. J. Stone.'"
At 1:15 o'clock this morning, the above bulletin was given out.
It gives little encouragement to the friends of the stricken statesman, who
passed a severe night Sunday, getting but three hours' sleep, the rest of the
time being spent in a more or less violent delirium.
He refuses ■ nourishment, except sue as may be injected into the system toy
.- 7-'--I '■" -'-■■<■■' '■'- " • - -.---,..•"'•.-_■-".>:
the physicians, and is growing steadily weaker.
. The following resolution of sympathy for the illness of Senator Cushman X,
Davis was passed at the Methodist Ministers' association meeting yesterday:
"Whereas, our senior United States senator, Cushman K. Davis has been
confined to his home for a prolonged period by very severe illness,
"Resolved, That we, the Methodist pastors of St. Paul, in session,.extend to
him our heartfelt sympathy and assure him of our prayer.-;, and we hope that .
he may be spared to serve his country in his responsible capacity." . ..*
—.' ''XX'l —Thomas Hambly, President.
—Homer C. Ashcraft, Secretary..^
PRESBYTERIAN CREED.
Revision Committee . Will Meet in
Washington Dee. 4."";..^
PITTSBURG, Nov. 26.— W. R. Crafcbe,
the Pittsburg member of the ievison com
mltttee of the Presbyterian general as
sembly, said tonight that all the Presby
teries have voted •on the . question of re
vision of the creed, resulting In the re
visionists receiving about 72 per cent of
the votes cast. Of the 1,007,059 member.-,
of the church, 633,255 voted. The Presby
teries viotlhg in favor or revision number
126, those against a 'change iC. -: A two
thirds vote Is required to make a change.
The committee will " meet in Washington,
Dec. 4, to take action. y -
secretary of state's office seems entitle^'
to credit. Whether It.was Albert BergJ
or Capt. Whitney, or they two and oth
ers, is for the public to guess. They
make the state ticket. They knew thai!
the placing of Lucas* name on the bal*
lots as Social-Democrat was a question?.
able proceeding, and it is believed Gen.
Douglas would have told them Lucas wait
was not entitled to any such party desig
nation. An ambitious Austin man want-*
ed to go on the ticket as Independent Re-,
publican, but the attorney general's office
very quickly came to the rescue of its
party and said no man, certainly not this
man, had any right to go on the ticket
with "such designation. The protection
furnished an obscure Republican in"!
Southern Minnesota -was denied the can*;
didate for governor. There was a chanca"
by sharp practice to rob the majority?
of the electors of Minnesota of their gov
ernor, and, of course, no Republican
could see any iriegularlty. "-
The Republican managers themselves
admit that more ballots were cast for,
Lind than for Van Sant, but this is the
trick which they winked at, and it la
the general belief that Albert Berg or
Capt. Whitney, who had charge of the
printing of the ballots, is responsible for,
it. That Lind is and was the choice of a
majority of the people of Minnesota they,
cannot deny, nor can they deny that
the majority of the people has to bowl
to the will of the minority because oC
the way the ticket was allowed t 0 be
printed. While the Republican voters of
Minnesota naturally like to see Repub
licans elected, they like to win fairly^
They love fair play-not the kind of talfi
play that Albert Berg and Cap:. Whit,*
ney are supposed to deal out. If Gov*
Lind decides to retire without a contest,'
it is a short time before another state
election rolls around; too short for tho
voters of the state to forget what coni
spired to defeat the man they wanted'
for governor In 1900, and who conspired
in the work. . -*
Albert Berg may now pride himself on
having done more than any other man to
elect Van Sant. ''■
MR. ROSING'S RESPONSE.
Chairman Rosing, in reference to thsj
letter, stated last r.'ight:
'i wrote ray letter in perfect good
faith, based on Mr.. Whitney's apparently,
authorized statement. His reply, how*
ever, indicates that he.was _>isaj talk
ing for effect, or. in other words, making
a grandstand play, not expecting to be
held responsible for what he said. or.
else that he- has simply been made a'
scapegoat of by those whom be s.iya'
authorized h'm to speak.
"In any event, Mr. "Whitney is placed In
the position of having to retire fr m thai
bold stand" he attempted to take." ".:.' '. ■ \
The practical result of the answer, ia'
to leave the situation exactly where it
was before the communication of Chair*
man Rosing to the Republican committee*
While yesterday, on the face of the"
law, was the last day for the i'ding 0$
notices of appeal, and, so far as rep ..tech
Gov. Lind took no steps in that dlrsStiohJ
it is still open to him to follow the re
port of the state canvassing board vvitlv
notice of contest, or to wait still 1 tiger;
until Gov.-elect Van Sant has- been'
seated, and then begin action In quo war
ranto, to ascertain by what right the
claimant holds the office of governor.
I Gov.-elect Van Sant- will be tin* cen«
I tral figure in a notable family -reunion
that will take place this week at -La
Claire, lowa. '- „--'.."...•"'■';'""..■,. \
. Capt. Van Sant. with Mrs. >Van Sant,
and their son, left for lowa Saturday
evening, and they will spend a week with
his parents.
At ■ the 'Van Sant homestead, near Le,'
j Claire,*__.there will be a family irinrrer
:. party on Thanksgiving day, which will
j be participated in by four generations of
the *-' use of Van Sant.
** * «
1 Ex-Lieut. C. A. Oilman, of. St '"loud,
who has his eye fixed on his old office,'
| state librarian, in case Van rat is In
i stalled as governor, came down to the
i capital yesterday to feel along th*. dreary,
j path that leads to the state house. . Mr:
Oilman's friends believe that should. Van.
f Sant be made governor, his chances are
i good for the place he seeks.
2 •
COALS TO NEWCASTLE. . .
Carnegie Selling Steel'" Rail* and
plates . in _ England.
LONDON. Nov.' 27.—The . Times prints
this .morning, correspondence between.-'-'
Sir Charles; Edward Howard; Vincent; [
member" of' parliament **for- Central Shef- j
field,- and ■'." Lord Claud John ' Hamilton*
chairman of the* Great Eastern, railway, !
in which the Matter'" explains that the;
company»was"; compelled" to " place a" large;
order for -steel rails and fishplates with,
Mr. Carnegie because the- contracts with
English, .companies .were hopelessly. -;, in .
arrears. He says also that Mr. Carney
gie's -price was lower than that ; quote!
by the English concerns. -. .* '■'. ■%;•_.