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FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901.
A GROSS PUBLIC WRONG.
Every Democrat and most fair-minded
'Republicans in this county wIG agree
that the plan of congressional reappor
tionment elded on by the legislative
committee involves a gross pu~dc
wrong. If it is the function of a legisla
tive majority to practically disfranchise
a vast body of citizens in the effectuation
of a party purpose, then the action of the
reapportionment committee is certr"_i to
be indorsed by the Republicans of both
houses, and Is equally certain to receive
public approval.
The organization of the proposed
Fourth district Is a shameful illustration
of the extent to which a gerrymander
can be pursued. There is not a Demo
cratic representative or senator fron-"
any one of the three counties involved
who should not resent this wrong by the
most strenuous efforts in his power, as a
deliberate violation of both law and mor
als.
It must remain incomprehensible to
those who are not members of either
branch of the legislature how such a
public injustice could have been carried
even to its present proportions without
having brought forth the protest . of
every Democrat in the legislature. The
Democratic members, especially those
from Ramsey county, are called on to
make their voices heard in condemna
tion of this measure in its application
to the voters of the proposed Fourth
district.
It will be the duty of every Democrat
to unite if necessary with the represen
tatives of Minneapolis in securing such
amendment of the measure as will en
able a congressman to be chosen from
Ramsey and Washington counties. It
would be much more just and equitable to
all concerned if the three congressmen
were assigned to the joint population Of
Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington. As
the matter stands now six 'districts rep
resent an average population of 185,000,
while the two districts represented by
the three counties named represent an
average population of 220,000.
There is no sense in Ramsey county
Democrats giving ah implied sanction to
an utterly unjust public measure and dis
regarding the rights and privileges ot their
own immediate constituents, simply be
cause they believe that Hennepin is. re
ceiving incidentally a greater representa
tion than it is proportionately entitled to.
The trouble very evidently throughout
this transaction has been that the state 's
about to be parceled out to meet the de
mands of aspiring politicians. It is not
an apportionment that is designed which
will give the different sect'ons respective
ly an equitable representation in con
gress. The motive and influence at
work is two-fold: First, to fix out cer
tain favored Republican politicians with
seats in congress; and, secondly, to pre
vent the possibility of the election of
even one Democrat from this state.
As ns as Democratic senators and rep
resentative:; are willing to keep their
tongues in their cheeks while such a
shameless travesty on public representa
tion V* being carried out, the blame does
not wholly attach to Republicans for its
consummation.
GOOD, IF Tit I i;*
If the public announcements are well
founded that Mr. Patrick Conley will
probably be elected county assessor it
can be said in anticipation that the com
munity will have a capable and upright
official in Its service in that capacity fer
the next two years. Mr. Conley served
for a good many terms in the board of
aldermen; and there is no man, of
whatever party political association,
-alio is conversant with the conduct of
municipal affairs during that period,
that will not readily concede that he
served his immediate constituency and
the people of the entire city faithfully
and intelligently.
The selection of Mr. Conley, if it is
made, will give satisfaction to the en
tire business community which knows
him as perfectly trustworthy in all his
relations and exceptionally well-Inform
ed on realty values.
The simple, childlike faith that some
Republican papers have in their party
is absolutely sublime. One of our back
woods contemporaries says: The Re
publican party made this country" tho
most prosperous on earth and it 13 per
fectly willing to accept the responsi
bility 6f congressional appropriations in
keening with the condition of the coun
try." Right you are. It was the Re
publican party that put the gold and
silver Into our mountains, the iron ore
Into the hills and the rich. Mack coal
way down into the bowels of the earth.
It was the Republican party that spread
out the boundless pis Ins and covered
them with deep, alluvia] soil that brings
forth fruits a hundred fold. It makes'
the sun to shine, the wind to blow and
the rains to fall In season, and then,
when our crops are garnered, it makes
the; foreign nations come and buy. them
of us at an enormous price. And having.
done all this, it. is no more than proper
that it should have at lis disposal as
many hundred millions as it may want
for subsidies or any old graft. Great is
the Republican party!
PROTECTING SOCIETY.
The authorities of Indianapolis, and
of tho state of Indiana entitled
themselves to tho national ' thanks.
Their timely and well-conceived
efforts to prevent the consummation" of
a public crime offers an example to the
other communities of the country simi
larly threatened with mob law which
might be taken to heart.
Americans are not* a lawless people.
They have done more for the ascendancy
of the law and have shown a readiness
to make sacrifices for its defense and
maintenance greater, than any other
people extant.' Left to themselves, with
out. recognized public authority or direc
tion, they have shown all throughout
the early history of almost every com
munity In the entire country their readi
ness to put the law above all considera
tions of private interest or private ven
geance.
a
'1 he frequency v.tih which mobs of late
have been successful in taking the law
in their own hands especially for the
punishment of negro criminals has in
flicted an almost indelible stain-on the
present generation of Americans. The
fault lies with those in public place,
rather than with those who usually
make up mobs of this description. If
there were any assurance that mob law
would be punished by the agencies of
criminal law there would be no such
readiness to yield to the savage impulse
for blood from which such movements
invariably spring.
If the state authorities who acted so
promptly in that emergency would sup
plement their action by enforcing the
law against the so-called respectable
members of the mob which in another
Indiana community within. the past few
days beat a poor negro to death, then
hung up his limp body and afterwards
incinerated it, they would be rendering a
still greater service to society than they
have already rendered. Unless they in
tervene for the vindication of the law in
that case the ruffians who took part in
the destruction of the unfortunate being,
will gj unpunished, and their immunity
will be an encouragement to all others
like them who are.willing.to allow their
savage instincts to assert themselves as
long. as they think it may be. done with
perfect safety so far as their own hides
might be involved. ■ ■ ■«■
The enforcement of the "law of the
state is not always a duty which is de
signed to be discharged exclusively by
the authorities in whose locality it hap
pens to be violated.. The arrest and pun
ishment through the state officials of a
few of the ringleaders in that instance
of mob law which occurred in an Indiana
hamlet on Monday or Tuesday last would
be a happy sequel to the action taken in
the Indianapolis case.
It is evident that Mme. ■'■• Sembrich
doesn't carry an understudy. • -
It will '■ be a good many years before
Pat pro we catches another Omaha kid
napping. : '-Vh' "'":'*""■!. s '_.: l l "■"-''•'•' '"7;"
The main question is whether self-gov
ernment follows the . flag. If. it does
everybody ought to be satisfied. V-- v-V-VV.
The best thing about the t army bill is,
that it furnishes any number of good
positions for the sons and nephews of
Republican congressmen.
It would be well to do something
toward preventing the notorious viola
tion of the game laws reported from .the
northern part of the state.
Fred Schiffmann Is said to feel very
bad because of the prospect that he will
not be able to pay $15,000' a year Into the
Republican campaign fund. V '
If there is any consolation for Herman
Smith in the thought that for the next
fifteen years he won't have to tell why he
left home, we hope he will make the
most of it.
. The annual : official report of the city
of Berlin shows a balance In the treas
ury of $C,t:oo,o'JO and taxes are unusually
low. In the United States, a city with
such a record would not be allowed at
all.
The paramount issue in the reappor
tionment question is how to so gerry
mander the state that over 150,000 Demo
cratic and fusion voters will be barred
from any representation at Washington
for their party. , * ._.. .iV-x .
A politician by the name of Robert Hell
is going to run for congress in Okla
homa. If he is fortunate at the elec
tions, the custodians of the treasury at
Washington will find there'll be Hell to
pay at the end of every month.
In our trade with Great Britain last
year the trade balance was about $450,
--000,000 in our favor. This is a record that
ought to satisfy the most intense Anglo
phobe. There is no object in "licking"
John Bull' as long as we can loot his
pockets. S-'f;;"; ,!-.;;.-
Holland proposes to spend- $100,000,C00
to drain and reclaim a' part of the
Zuyder Zee, some twenty-five or thirty
miles square. The same sum spent by
the United States would suffice to irri
gate ten times that area of our arid lands
in the West. .-...-• .;.-. -•. .
Minneapolis' mayor has* gone to Hot
Springs for treatment. . The knockout
administered by his excellency seems
to have put his honor so much hors dv
combat _ that he .was unable to comply
with the scriptural injunction, "Phy
sician, heal thyself."
The National Shoe trust with a capital
of $-.500,000, proposed to buy up all the
leading shoes factories in the country
and get complete control of the shoe
business. Its object is to lower the price
of shoes by reducing manufacturing ex
penses. Lid. anybody vink? - '-
The Republican papers seem to get a
great deal of satisfaction out of remark
ing from time to time that the Demo
cratic party has been dead for thirty
years at least, but the ghastly night
mares it gives them at every, election
time, make one wonder what might hap
pen if it should actually get alive again.
Any Democrat who has the hardihood
to say that holding the Philippines with
out ■ giving ; them: popular self-government
is contrary to the spirit . of. American in-
THIS ST. PAUL 7 GLOBE, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1901.
stitutions, is at once set un**» ; by the Re.
publican papers and denounced as a
traitor encouraging the insurgents and
giving support to the enemies of his coun
try. .:-" • -'. '„;. ,i •
In the opinion of the Republican hot
air organs the terrible crime the Demo
cratic party committed in annexing Flor
ida and California to the United States
to enjoy the blessings of self-government
fully justifies the noble and statesman
like act'of the Republican party in set
ting up a government by commission
over the people of the Philippines.
State Health Officer Bracken, in com
menting on the smallpox scare in Min
nesota, says: "While smallpox is a dis
ease to be dreaded, Its presence should
not create a panic. If properly handled,
smallpox is less difficult to control than
is diphtheria. The general type of the
disease within the last few years, not
only In Minnesota, but in other states,
has been mild. The mortality has av
eraged about two per cent. It's true that
isolated places have reported a very high
mortality. But in other places the num
ber of deaths have been far below the
average of 2 per cent."
The Australian government has or
dered 17,000 tons of steel rails . from tho
Illinois Steel company, the bid that
this concern made, being "lower than
that of any competing concern in the
world." And this too, in spite of the
fact that the British manufacturers had
all the advantage of transportation, as
they could ship their product all the
way by water while the American
product has to be shipped a good part
of .the way by land. In this connection
the New York World asks: "Why" do
American steel rail manufacturers, who
are just being absorbed in a gigantic
steel combination for monopoly, still in
sist that an import duty of $4.87 per ton
on steel rails is needed to protect them
against the foreign manufacturers,
whom they are underbidding in their own
markets, and in spite of the handicap of
heavier freight charges to the port of de
livery?"
It seems that when the earthquake
jarred Vandiver out of his bunk, at the
capitol, the Republican machine was
afraid to drop him for fear that he ;
might tell tales out of school, which
tales, as report has it, might have been
volume novels, more yellow than
burnt orange, more piquant than the
spiciest Parisian fairy tales, so it re
vived the Republican press bureau and
put Vandiver into it, and ever since it
has been interesting to notice how the
great minds among the Republican
country press are running in the same
channel. Of the effusions of this whole
sale Republican thought factory the fol
lowing is characteristic: "Isn't it just
a little odd that Towne, Pettigrew and
all the Pop celebrities who howl so lus
tily in a political campaign about trusts
and corporations, when they temporarily
disappear find comfortable lodgment in
the legal department of the great corpo
rations?" Now, this statement is abso
lutely false, both on general principles
,gnd at least as far as Pettigrew is con
cerned. If the Republican press does ab
solutely need a subsidized thought fac
tory to furnish them with original thinks,
hadn't they better get one where the gray
matter wasn't omitted entirely?
FRIDAY GLOBE GLANCES.
The Minnesota editors, 250, inclusive of
women folk, visited, the Stillwater prison
yesterday, it was Warden Reeve's last
day. It Is needless to say more than that
the visitors were well taken care '■■ of.
.Of the 5,053 names on the convict roll
there are now 517 present, including two
females. Of the" population 343 are first
grade or gray suit men; 167 second grade
or check suit men, and 7 third grade or
regular stripe suit men. Night school
attendance, 164. Four prisoners were re
ceived last week, two from Ramsey
county. Twenty-eight men sleep in the
prison lot in the city cemetery, mostly
those who refused to make known their
identity, and to former friends they rest
with the "unknown." The prison is
scrupulously neat and the management
is creditable to the state.; Today ex-
Warden Wolfer resumes control.
—o —
The winter now drawing to a close
has dealt kindly with us. Coal and
clothing bills have been light. There
were some days during which the fur
naces and stoves, like Oliver Twist, con
tinually "asked for more," but most of
the winter was, if not as pleasant as
many, at least as warm as March often
its. If the temperature of the coming
spring be as. kindly as that of the de
parting winter has been the summer
will be a season of rejoicing.
.—O —
England will take its census on the
last day of this month, the 31st. .It is
not a long drawn-out political job as in
this country. For England and Wales
40.000 enumerator'have been employed,
and'to each will be allotted approximate
ly 300 families or 1,500 persons. On
April 27 the result of the census will be
made known to the. nation. The total
cost is estimated to be in the neighbor
hood of half a million dollars.
—o— V--VVV-;
Gov. Odell, the new chief executive of
New York, said at a college anniversary
dinner the other night that New York
state had more lunatics than scholars.
He did not say to what class he be
longed. ■'; '■£-. VV W*,V
—o —
Several state legislatures have passed
bills to make the kidnaping of children
a crime punishable with death. If the
death penalty shall not lead to murder
as well a3 kidnaping.it will be occasion
for congratulation. When England pun
ished robbery by death the burglar shot
his victim in order to get the witness
out of the way. Because of this par
liament repealed the statute. These leg
islative spasms are seldom productive
of good. V;-,;
—o—
King Edward speaks of "ray subjects."
This is a pleasant and amiable fiction.
He has no subjects. The people rule
through parliament. Edward is king of
the British people, not of Great Britain,
a distinction emphasized by the French
nation^si*hen they made Louis Philippe
"King ef the French people"—but not
king of France. And the trend is all
away from Imperial sovereignty, there
not bein*T ' one ■ autocratic state in all
Europe. A great change this from a past
not very distant, when autocracy was the
rule and popular sovereignty only an iri
descent dream. '
Austria is the only' country, in the
world which never puts a woman in pris
on. Instead of giving the woman crim
inal so many months in jail she is sent,
no matter what "her crime may be - nor
what her record may be. to one or other
of the convents devoted to the purpose,
and there she is kept during the time
for which she is sentenced. The_conveht
is not a mere prison in disguise, tho
only bar to escape being a nun, who acts
as a porter just as in other convents.
It was a year ago today that Fuller's
army relieved ladysmith, the Boers re
tiring from the siege.
Some wealthy reformers ln Switzerland
are trying to offset the saloons with
temperance restaurants and resorts. Al
ready over 500 are in operation in the
principal cities. , Refreshments are served
and amusements furnished at small
charge.
: Gen. E. S. Otis recently made public
his opinion concerning the Philippines. To
his view—and there are plenty who agree
with ' him—"the. great, problem .1. how to
get rid of the Islands." j He believes that
it vjll after a series of years be possible
for this country to 7 plan .some stable
form of government | for; the '■: Islands, and
then turn them over to the natives and
let them govern themselves. '77.? - ,
During the century, past closed no le3s
than thirty-three long forgotten cities in
Egypt, Asia Minor, ' Arabia and Judea
and in,- South T*-Alherlca.. and Central
America—have been discovered and iden
tified, some of them with architectural
remains of surpassing grandeur, and ex
pressive of the civilization and the so
cial order that prevailed among little
known races of remote times. The ad
mirable workmanship of ancient days
and climatic conditions kept these cities
from decay, so that they became silent
but faithful tellers of stories long lost to
history, and many, of them even to tra
dition. . 7.77 . V 7 7
■ - —o—
Lord Salisbury,. the , English premier,
believes in making', hay while the sun
shines. Here is, the way he takes care
of his relatives,,,- He gets ' $10,000. and
then. A. J. N Balfour (nephew), first lord
of the treasury, $25,030; Lord Selbone
(son-in-law), first "lord of the admiralty.
$22,750; Gerald Balfour (nephew), presi
dent board of trade, $10,000; "Lord Cran
borne (son), under secretary foreign af
fairs, $7,500. This is exclusive of those
who hold minor positions. . If President
McKinley were to appoint a nephew as
secretary of the treasury, a son-in-law as
secretary of the navy, another nephew
as secretary of agriculture and a son as
first assistant secretary of state, what
would the American people do about it?
—o — ' ; *
The Prison Mirror published by the
inmates of the Stillwater prison is a
model publication. The paper is de
pendent on the public for its financial
support. It is published weekly at $1.00
a year and is well worth the money. •
In Liverpool and other English cities
boys and girls are licensed to sell news
papers, matches, bootlaces, etc., on the
streets. Before the licenses are granted
consent must be obtained of parents and
guardians, as well as of the local school
officials. The age limit for girls is from
eleven to sixteen years, and for boys
from eleven to fourteen years. No child
is allowed to peddle in the streets after
l) in the evening.
Tom L. Johnson, the Cleveland mil
lionaire, says the present system of taxa
tion is a species of fines. "On the work
man's little home,"- said the speaker,
"they impose a .rate- of taxation nearly
up to its full market, value. An asses
sor, by looking at a $1,000 house, can
probably tell within $50 what it is worth.
Rut when he goes to assess a mansion
on Euclid avenue (Cleveland) he can't es
timate-the cost -within $20,000. ■ We sin
gle taxers don't? belfeve it is wise for a
community to fine men for building
homes. We don't believe It is a good
thing to fine a man, by raising his taxes
if he paints his- house, or mows -.-.his
lawn, or puts a bathtub in his house. If
I made any distinction, I would pay a
bonus to the man who puts in a bath
tub."
Unless it storms today March will not
come.in like a Hdn' This is the first
day of the first spring month. It will
not be long until the trees will" be put
ting on their vestments of green. > ..-■
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It might be well to put Admiral Samp
son on the retired list. His sister says
he has mental trouble. > His. recent let
ter* against the promotion of men from
the ranks because they are not up In
social, requirements indicates some sort
of weakness, as the admiral sown" fath
er was a street laborer. : ' ..•--;•
If Christian science can abolish disease
by denying its existence, why not abol
ish hunger, heat and cold? Why cannot
the human system be fortified by mental
processes to withstand extremes of heat
and cold? That is . merely - a query.
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Today, March 1. is the anniversary of
the birth,' in. 1*93, of Warren, a celebrated
American''mathematician'.*' of Gen. Wil
liam J. Worth, in 1794; of William D.
Ho wells, in 1837, a well known * American
editor and author. «.;•-■ ,--■.' -•..■-■•._.
J : AT THE: THEATEBS.
SEABRQ>OKE IN "THE ' ROU<NI>ERS.".
, The well known New York manager
who produced \ "Trilby," . Mr. Samuel E.
Rork, will present the exceedingly clever
comic opera comedian, Thomas Q. Sea
brooke, in the latest and most successful
comic opera, "The Rounders/ .at the
Metropolitan next ..Sunday night and for
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Wed
nesday matinee. Mr. Rork has surround
ed his star with a remarkably strong
company," including such well known and
artistic players as Bertha ■ Waltzlnger,
Jeanette Lowrie; Nellie Lynch, - Will C.
Mandevllle, Henry Stuart, Jake Bernard
and others.
..*■ GRAND.
But three more.opportunities reman for
local theater-goers to witness a perform-
ance of Bartley Campbell's great melo
drama, "Siberia,**, which has been meet
ing with such ipleWdid success at the
Grand this week \
The Grand's offering the coming week
will be Charles E. Blaney's and Charles
A. j Taylor's pfiiehoftienally successful
Chinese-American pl&y, . "King of the
Opium Ring." [ >t^j. "■_.-.
• STAR.
One of the best all-around vaudeville
and burlesque companies seen at the
Star theater is the one playing this
week. . The specialties which form the
middle portion of the programme are
carefully selected- for their individual
merit and comprise the following:. The
Eight Cornallas,'lady and gentlemen ac
robats; Fitzglbbons, McCoy and Fltz
gibbons, . a merry trio 'in a new sketch
entitled "Her Mischievous Brother;" the
Clarion Trio, stars f rom . the operatic
firmament;' Watson and Bernard^ Ger
man dialect' comedians and language
mixers as the "German and the Jew;"
Grace Mantell in up-to-date coon songs
and dances, and Mile. Marie, the modern
Venus.
CITY HAS A BALANCE.
Tlie Civic Finance*- Are in a Satis
. factory Shape.
The monthly report of the city treas
urer for "February shows the grand total
receiots for the month to have been $793,
--363.02. The total disbursements'for the
month were $201,540.13, leaving, a balance
on hand yesterday of $491,827.89, which is
deposited in the following banks.
Merchants National $116,361.70
National German American — 191,059.05
St. "Paul National 68,174.
Scandinavian American 38,361.98
Union "...:.V.;.VV.....V...... 3-.:;67.69
State •'•V.'-.'tii 8,222.06
New York Interest Account .... 22,803.83
Local Coupon Account :..:."... ti,&12.67
Cash in vault ...;'....•.'. ........ 1.664.63
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Total ;:!.. .....'.: ........:...$»!.»27.53
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"O love!" he said' and laid on mine his
hand. .. -, IT*:?",
• And I beheld the yearning of his eyes.
Nor aught beside "beheld; yet no sur
prise ■„,... ~- -,-■}-, -
Caught at my heart; well could I under
' stand - — - - ■
Half-spoken words-irnay, but. unspoken
■■'-. - sighs,... . -'•■•>«
Surely It was nof' words '' my cheek that
fanned— . .:»—g« "-.- -•■->'■-
This was the w»y- to God,, Himself had
:■' . r planned, .. - vkj..- . - V-V'V
The way to Got*-himself, through Para
dise, ... •;•:,. iji •■• ■'-'•■
What trust hathr. mortal heart but that
- Great Namei ■ ■
So he-who calleth upon Love no whit
Of terror feels, nor doubt begot of it. ■ .
Do . 1 speak truly ? . Answer, ye who sit
At life's fall - board, ; rose-crowned and
without blame—> . .—-".' V
These were the, steps -by which I hither
came. ■•■:■:■ V - - — - ■ --..'•
— Scribner's Magazine . for March,' :
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The Dayton's bluff branch of the Wom
an's Civic league - gave a , euchre yester
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ma
thlas Holl,, on Hoffman avenue, for the
benefit of the West side settlement work.
Cards were played at twenty tables.
Mrs. Holl ' was assisted •'by Mrs. G.
Stamm, Mrs. E. F. Zimmerman. Mrs.
Gustave Willlus, Mrs. Frank Van Dyne,
Mrs. Neuhausen and Mrs. Frederick
Plondke. Favors were won by Miss
Bremer, Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Darpen
teur and Mrs. Cayo. The sum of $60
was cleared at the euchre, and this sum
will be devoted to settlement work on
the West side.
• a a
Senator Hller Horton entertained at
dinner Wednesday night at the Minne
sota club in honor -of Gov. and Mrs.
Samuel -R. Van Sant and Lieut. Gov.
and Mrs. Smith. A company of twelve
was entertained. »
* • *
Mrs. Richard's, of Milwaukee, was the
guest of honor at a dinner party given
Wednesday evening by Mr. and Mrs.
Howatt Broadway. "Wednesday after
noon Mrs. Mcßae, of the Portland, gave
a luncheon in honor of Mrs. Richau_~.
■■ * » * .
Miss. Frances Rogers- entertained a
company of twelve young women ' at
luncheon yesterday at the Town and
Country club.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Elbert, of the
Virginia, have issued invitations for a
Dutch luncheon Saturday evening.
* * •
Miss Minnie Branson, who left St
Paul to take charge of. the American
manual training exhibit at the Paris ex
position, has returned to this country,
and is now in Buffalo, where she will
take charge of a similar exhibit during
the Pan-American exposition. "-VV
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Moss, of Virginia
avenue, are entertaining Mr. and Mrs
R. L. Bliss, of Fergus Falls.
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• A card party will be given this after
soon by the Ladies' Aid Society of St
Paul Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star,
in Central hall.
* * *
Gettysburg W. R. C. No. 110, auxiliary
to the G. A. R., will give a card party-
Friday evening, March 1. at the hall,
corner South Wabasha and Fairfield ave
nue. v.'.>'.
* ' * * \
Miss Sophie „01sson, of Summit avenue,
entertained the Hono Mcl Social club on
Tuesday evening.
* -'•.'*
"The regular monthly social of the First
Baptist church Sunday school was held
last evening in the parlors of the church
Ihe teachers of the intermediate de
partment had charge, with Mrs. E. D
Babcock as chairman. A musical pro
gramme was given under the direction
of Miss Nellie A. Hope.
* * *
Mrs. D. A. Monfort, of Dayton avenue
will return this jnorning from Washing
ton, D. C.
The St. Anthony Park Woman's asso
ciation met yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. D. A. Cudworth on Crom
well avenue. "Patriotism" was the gen
eral subject for the afternoon. Mrs
Martha West read a paper on "The Evo
lution of the Flag," which was illustrated
by Miss Mary M. Cheney. Mrs S V. H
Fisher, of Minneapolis, read a paper on
'National Songs." Following the pro
gramme there was an informal reception
Mrs. Cudworth was assisted by Mrs V
A. Martin. Mrs. Erwin, Mrs. H. L * Hun-
THE GOLDEN IDOL.
BY FERGUS HUME
CHAPTER XVIII.
FOLLOWING UP THE TRAIL.
As luck would have it Mrs. Wharton
was out of the room when Teddy made
this amazing confession, i V-l
- Even so he already regretted that in
his excitement he had been carried away,
for- if Mrs. Wharton, happened -to .be
absent- Fancy' was there, and he. knew
how" persistent she was. ' There was
nothing fer it now but to. make a clean
breast of the whole thing. If Teddy had
been but a few years older, it probably
would not have happened.
Fancy was the first to speak. Norah
sat silent, too amazed for words.
- "You put the Boojum In the jar?" re
peated Fancy, staring at him. "Why,
where did you get it from?"
s "Ah!" Teddy rubbed his hands and
looked at the fire, and tried to treat it
all as a huge joke. "That's quite a
story. If I tell you, you and Norah. must
both promise to hold your tongues. I
don't want all my plans spoilt by that
conceited beast of a Malker."
"Malker! What does he know about
it?" 0 ■.;_;_:
"Nothing—at present. Nor do I intend
he shall if I can help it. I have my own
ideas as to what is best to be done.
Malker snubs me because I'm a young
ster, but he'll laugh the other way round
before I've done with him. What is it,
Norah?"
For Norah seemed to have arrived at
some definite result from her medita
tions. "Teddy," she said, "if you get the
Boojum you must know who murdered
tho general."
"Yes, I know."
"Who was It?" demanded Fancy, eag
erly. "Do say, Teddy. I won't tell,
neither will Norah; I swear we won't."
"You'll get me into serious trouble if
you do," .-Teddy. Then, after a
dramatic pause, he announced, slowly:
"It was Jlnfou who killed him."
"Jinf! I thought so. O Teddy, how
do you know?" cried Norah. r ,
"Because I took the Boojum from Jln
fou on the night of the murder. I see.
you don't quite understand. Well, then,
I'll explain." He went to the door, peer
ed outside, and closed It again, I want
the secret kept between us three," said
he, taking up a position on the hearth
rug. "Promise not to tell, Norah*."
--"I promise!" she said impatiently. "Go
on."
"I was at* Fletmouth on the night of
the murder, fossicking round to see what
I could find out about the Fairy. To
wards midnight I got on my bike and
rode back. There was a slight fog, and
my man had forgotten to fill my lamp.
About a mile from Fletmouth I was
spinning. along at top speed—l never
expected to meet a soul about at that
hour—when I banged into someone com
ing along the road and . knocked him
senseless. I was pretty well bashed my
self," said Teddy, rubbing his arms at
the recollection, "and I knocked the chain
all out of gear. I picked myself up and
lit a match "
. "It was Jinfou!" cried Fancy, clapping
her hands.
. "Don't Interrupt, child," said Norah,
Irritably. "Go on, Teddy."
"Yes, it wasJinfou; but he was not in
his beat Chinese get-up. He wore a long
brown ulster down to his heels, gloves,
and a broad-brimmed : soft hat' to shade
his face. The disguise was tip-top, and
I quite understand how he "managed to
bamboozle Dyke's chaps. Dyke boast
ed to .me next morning that if Jinfou
were in Fletmouth he would have spotted
him.. But that only : shows—
"Never mind, Teddy. What did you
do?" .' ■'.■■..•'
"Why, I tried to pull him together with
some brandy. I had in my flask. I always
take brandy when 1 bike, in case of ac
cident. Then I opened his coat and found
he was - dressed . European fashion right
through. There was something hard in
. the breast coat pocket—l didn't fancy
letting the chap carry firearms; so think
ing it was a six-shooter, perhaps, I
pulled it out. It -was the Boojum'"
: "Oh, then he had just come from mur
dering the general." •
"No doubt— villain! . But at that
time I thought he had merely robbed the
old m-#ti. I put the- Boojum in my pock
et, and got away before Jinfou was quite
himself.'. Whether.. he recognised . me or
not, I can't say. : But ihe had a I look iat
me when he opened his eyes. He yas too
ter, Mrs. McDermott and Mrs. S. E.
Brace.
* • *
Mr Fairclough, organist at the Church
or St. John the Evangelist, gave a re
cital from 4:30 until 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, just preceding the daily Len
ten service. His numbers were: The
Bach Toccata and Fugue," in. D minor;
Alfred Willis' "Benediction Nuptlale;'*
' Dudley Buck's "At Evening;" the bar
care lie from Sterndale Bennett's fourth
piano concerto. Following the service Mr
Fairclough played Horatio W. Parker's
"Marche Triumphale," and Master How
ard Meyers sang the soprano solo, "Now
■The Day Is Over," by J. Christopher
Marks.
*.'■.. * a
An organization of bright young people
who style themselves the Green Room
club gave a musical and dramatic enter
tainment at Seminary hall. The Green
Room orchestra, of which John W. Del
fell is director, played. Those taking part
In the entertainment were the Miss<*~
Begs Webster, Rose Lohlker, Rose Doiim
Martha Neal, Mary S. Furber, Edith C.
Hammersley, Louise Lohlker, Katherine
Phillips. Lillian Lohlker. Edith Elliott,
Kate Conley, Annie Lohlker, May Wal
lace, Flora Smalley and Frances Gault.
Messrs. Probst, Kemper, Epperley, Guy
Perciyal, William Neal and Arthur Bret
tensteln.
The Men's League of. the First M E.
church gave a social last evening In the
parlors of the church. The women of the
church.were the guests of honor. C. H.
Slocum was chairman of the committee!
After an Informal musical programme,
H. S. Fairchild conducted an old-fashion
ed spelling bee.
Mrs. A. H. Wilder and Mrs. T. E. W.
V. Appleby, of Summit avenue,will leave
March 10 for California.
Miss Elsie Shawe returned yesterday
from the East.
Mrs. G. M. Brown, of Carroll street,
has gone to Santa Monica, Cal.
Mrs. A. H. Rogers, of Iglehart street,
is entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Whittier
of Deronda, Wis.
Mrs. Peterson, of Bradley street; en
tertained the High Lo Euchre club Tues
day afternoon. High scores were made
by Mrs. M. C. Mcßae. Mrs. M. A. How
ett. Mrs. Charles Fisher and Mrs. <i J.
Thiebaud.
The Misses Pease, who have been visit
ing Mrs. E. M. Van Duzee, of Goodrich
avenue, have returned to Anoka.
Mrs. E. M. Prouty. of Summit avenue,
has returned from Chicago. J&jß
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Evans have
returned from their wedding trip, and
are at the Metropolitan hotel.
Miss Fradinberg. of the Buckingham,
is in Fargo, N. D.
Mrs. G. L. Nye entretained a small
company of women Informally yesterday
afternoon at her home on Selby avenue.
Mrs. Rossell, of Dayton avenue, is ex
pected home next week from the East.
Mrs. Paul Zumbach, of . Central Park
place, has gone to St. "Louis for a fort
night's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Currie. of Beach
street, are entertaining A. F. McDonald
of Morris, Minn. . V.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Wilkes, of the Aber
deen, will leave next week for Hot
Springs. , /:;...--
Miss Holman. of Grand avenue, has
gone to the Pacific coast.
Miss Cummings, of Dayton avenue, will
return next week from New YoTk.
Leo Goodkind, of Nelson avenue, is in
the East. ■ ""
/oily dazed to "say anything, so I left
him." .-_■ = -■ ~VV~;'
"Why did you do that?"
"Well, I thought he might stick a knife
in me or something." said Teddy, can
didly. "One can't be too careful with
these Fastern devils. J thought he had
robbed old Burnley, and I quite intended
to take the Boojum back to the general
next morning: :"*■ : •;•>--:
. "You didn't go near the house on 'that",
night.'' .VV
"No. What was the good? Of course.
If I'd known it was a case of murder,"
said Vyse between his teeth, "I'd have
yanked Jinfou to the police station
straight away—or made a shot at it, any
how. However, I left him pulling him
self together in the frost,- and wheeled
my smashed machine home. Next morn
ing I heard of the murder, and went off
to see Dyke at once." • •
"Why did you not tell him what you
have just told us?" asked Fancy.
Teddy sat down in his old place and
rubbed his hands. "I thought it best to
lie low," he said, slowly, '-you see.
Dyke's an official ass; and if I had told
him, he's have pitched into me for not
hanging on to Jinfou as a thief, if not
as a murderer. As soon as I saw how it
was I swore at myself properly, I can tell
you. But I thought it best, as things
were, to wait until I had nailed Jlnfou
before giving myself away. But, al
though I hunted for him everywhere, I
could not pick him up. This time he's
gone clean enough. So all I did was to
ask to see the room, and make sure that
the Boojum was really gone."
"You silly!" cried Fancy. "While it
was in your pocket'! You could*'t be
much more sure than that, I should
think!" ■'"'.' V;". ; ; ':'- "^'".V '"•" ';"■
"Might have been another." said Teddy,
coolly. "How do I know there isn't an
other Boojum knocking around? At any
rate,'l wanted to make sure, and I did.
Ther. I set to work ;to get rid of it, and
yet not to get rid of it!"
• "What do you mean?" asked Norah,
opening her eyes .very wide.
"Well, you see, there's no doubt about
it's being beastly unlucky," said Teddy,
in his boyish way. "First Leonard, then
the general, then Jlnfou—they all went
wrong somehow. I was afraid if I kept
it I'd get messed up myself. I didn't
want to give it to anyone lest they should
come in for It. At the same time, I
wanted to be able to put my hand on it
at any moment. Then it struck me it
would be a good Idea to hide it in the
Chinese jar." -:-V->.. : .
"I don't see that it was a good idea at
all." said Fancy.. ."The Jar's sold!"
"How did I know it was going to be
sold? It's been in that corner ever since
I can remember. I'd as soon have
thought of the Pillar being removed as
the jar! I made sure if I hid it there It
would be safe, and yet harm no one. I
w rapped It up . in brown paper, tied it
with string, and sealed it. Then^ I called
here, on the chance of getting a 'few mo
ments alone in the drawing r00m., : You
were all out; so I told Jael I'd wait.
When I was In here and the door shut,
it wasn't much of a Job to stow It away
in the jar. I had brought a little bottle
of liquid china cement in my pocket: so
I just emptied it into the jar, and drop
ped the parcel on top of it. and rammed
it down with that Indian club on the
wall. It stuck to the bottom fast enough.
Then I shoved in a newspaper or two, In
case any of you might happen to look
there, andwell, the thing was done."
"You look positively proud of it. I don't
think it's anything to be proud of, so
far!" said Fancy. "And it sounds un
commonly like some description of expert
burglary!" - -
."Well, I didn't want the thing to rattle
about," cried Teddy. "The jar might
have been unscrewed when the room was
being cleaned; and If It had been tilted
over, out. would have come the Boojum!
Unless Marks has V looked Into It, the
thing's there still. I'll go and see tomor
row; get It back, if I can, you bet! That's
the whole: -thing In a nutshell. : • But, 1
say, " come now, you haven't told me how
that jar came to be sold." -'.-■"■. -
"Mother, wanted money, a.nd " .
"Fancy!" cried Norah, .' warnlngly.
"Hold your tongue! Mother sold the Jar
for reasons of her own. Teddy." "
' She paused, and looked - hard at him;
and In that glance she positively forbade
him to. Inquire further into the subject.
And' as Teddy was both a young gentle
man and a creature of tact, he -saw how
It : was | and . refrained. But he determined
to get-. It out of Fancy later on, neverthe
less.-... . ,'.>."; .•
(To Be Continued Daily.)
GLOBED CIRCULATION
FOR FEBRUARY.
[Advertisers will note that the
average ; daily circulation for Feb
ruary is nearly 1,000 over that of
January.]
— T.
■ Ernest P. Hopwood, superintendent of
circulation of the St. Paul Globe, being
duly sworn, deposes and says that the
actual circulation of the St. Paul Globe
for the month of February, 1901, was
as follows:
Total for the month .. 504,400
Average per day 18,014
ERNEST p. HOPWOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 28th day of Febuary, 1901.
• H. P. PORTER,
Notary Public, Ramsey Co , Minn,
IKctariftlSeal.J VV
FURTHER PROOF IS READY.
The Globe invites any one and every
ene interested to, at any time, make a
full scrutiny of its circulation lists and
records and to visit its press and mail
ing departments to check and keep tab
on the number of papers printed and the
disposition made of the same.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Imperial Pomp.
St. Cloud Journal-Press.
The inauguration of President McKin
ley and Vice President Roosevelt on
March 4 will be a most impressive and
pompous affair.
Power in the Campaigns.
L'tchfield Independent.
Just think what a figure the billion
dollar J. P. Morgan steel trust will play
in the next presidential campaign.
Don't you think it will come pretty near
being able to dictate the Republican
nomination?
Vaccination in Holland.
Red River Review.
In Holland a law making vaccination
of school children compulsory went into
effect in 1573. Prior to that time the
average death rate from smallpox was
eighty-nine in every 100,000. For the
ensuing sixteen years the rate was seven
in 100,000. -**.;.. . ,
Climax of Prosperity.
Shakopee Tribune.
The Belle Plaine Herald has something
of a boom edition this week. It an
nounces that the editor has three pocket
books containing money in his possession
which owners can have by "proving
property and paying for this notice." A
community which can afford to lose,
three pocketbooks containing money In
cne week has about reached the climax
cf prosperity.
I-'usy to Recruit (lllleers.
Roseau County Times.- *
Recruiting for the rank and file of tho
enlarged army is fairly active, but the
rush for commissioned places is simply
enormous. It is said Tnat one senator
recently visited the president with a
typewritten list of 250 men for whom
he demanded places. If all the senators
end representatives have as many can
didates, and they should ail be ap
pointed, there would be more officers
than privates. -it-'H-
Hence the Frost.
Litchfield Independent.
The Republican governor of Minnesota,
Van Sant, and the Republican mayor of
Minneapolis, Doc. Ames, _ are at outs.
Mayor Ames gave permission for a
"sparring match" or. in other words, a
prize fight between two noted champions,
and Van Sant after assuring Ames that
ho would not interfere, at the eleventh
hcur wa3 persuaded to change his mind
and order the affair off. Mayor Ames'
temper then rose to white heat, and he
gave the governor a thorough dressing
down. <r
LITEHAEY NOTES.
"How the Beet-Sugar Industry is Grow
ing" ls the subject of an informational
article by Ray Stannard Baker in the
March Review of Reviews. The late_t
facts and figures of this important inter
est are presented by Mr. Baker.
•* a "
'Fiction readers will turn first, in th*
March Century, to the opening pages oi
a new story by Irving Bacheller, authoi
of the record-breaking "Eben Holden.''
The title is "D'ri and I," the general
them*, is American border life at th«
time of the War of 1812, and the leading
characters are Col. Raymond Bell, U. S.
A., a Southerner, md Darius, a typical
Yankee. Continuing his Webster series,
Prof McMaster considers this month his
hero's experience as a leader of the on
position in congress. Bishop Potter's
"Impressions •of Japan," the third of his
series on the "East of Today and Tomor
row," is quite as incisive and suggestive
as the articles on China and the Philip
pines, which preceded it Augustine Blr
rell's "Down the Rhine," with Cas
talgne's pictures, which is resumed this
month, covers the stream from Worms
to Coblenz, and includes Bishop Hatto's
famous Mouse Tower, which. it seems,
never had anything to do with milo— nor
even with rats. Besides the serStls by
Miss Runkle and Hamlin Garland, there
are short stories by Flora Annie Steele,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Olive Huck,
Elliott Flower and Charles Battell Loo
mis. The frontispiece ls a portrait of
Austin Dobson, by J. W. Alexander, fac
ing a poetic address to Dobson by P.
F. B.
A brief review of the March Pearson's.
On the whole an exceptional number.
Water Casts ls the title of the first ar
ticle. An examination of the shapes
assumed by water when thrown from a
bucket/ The changes are so rapid the
eye cannot follow them. They cut. be
recorded, however, by means of a cam
era. The result is shown in a series of
remarkable photographs. An odd sub
ject this.. And, moreover, interesting. An
other scientific article in the same num
ber—"Wheeling on the Bottom of the
Sea." A description of a trip In the Ar
gonaut, below the surface of the ocean.
Thence along the bottom on wheels.
Visiting sunken wrecks. Catching fishes
with the naked hand. These and other
experiences described and illustrated.
Nevt, "The Speaking Portrait." An ac
count of M. Bertillon's new system •by
which criminals at large may be Imme
diately identified. The famous anthropo
metrical system necessitates tho deten
tion of the criminal. But the speaking
portrait alms at the criminal at liberty.
May be applied unknown to him and at
a distance. The "Speaking Portrait," in
short, is a card that may be carried
in the detective's pocket. On It are noted
the characteristics that have the most
fixity in the individual, the most vari
ability In different people. The
"Story. of the States" Is continued with
the history of Florida. More comprehen
sive and at the same time more concise
than anything ever published on the sub
ject before. '-[ Over forty Interesting old
engravings, historical portraits and
photographs. An Interesting natural His
tory article in the same number—"Why
the Giraffe Has a Long Neck." v And
other kindred problems of other. animal
specialists. Illustrated profusely. Also an
illustrated article on the art of twisting
stalks. A knowledge" of this is as neces
sary to a Japanese gentleman ■ 'as: the
art of dressing well : is to an American.
.Eight complete stories In the same nun*
bcr. One for children.