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OFFiGiAL PAPER
— or the —
CtTY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.-NO. 106.
ill 18 ft 1111
CO HELD IN EFFECT IN AX O iHKII
OF THE FEDERAL SUPREME
COURT
ATTACHED TO NINTH CIRCUIT
DECISION IK SUPREME COURT OF
THE ISLANDS IS THEREBY
OVERRULED
REVENUE LAW TURNED DOWN
-
Imposition of Stamp Taxes on Ei
l»«rt Hill* of l-u<!iii^ In Con
trary to tbe Constl
tntlon.
•WASHINGTON. Arrll 15.-The supreme
court through Chief Justice Fuller today
Issued an order granting leave to file
a motion for a rule against the circuit
court of appeals for the ninth circuit 10
permit the tiling of an appeal in that
court frcm a decision of the supreme
court of Hawaii in the Wilder Steam
ship company case. Tie rule was mace
returnable May 13. Previous to this ac
tion a rule was promulgated attaching
the territory of Hawaii to the Ninth
circuit with headquarters at San Fran
cisco.
The action of the court in assigning the
territory of Hawaii to the Ninth jud.cial
circuit and at the same time issuing a
rule to the circuit court of appeals to
chow cause why it should not take juris
diction of an admiralty case originating
in Hawaii. Involves an interesting gen
eral question relating to our new terri
torial acquisitions. The application in
this case was made by Duane E. Fox
In behalf of the Wilder Steamship Com
pany of Hawaii aga'n-t Hind. Spreckels
and others. Under the act of 1891, or
ganizing the circuit court of appeals, that
body would govern jurisdition in ap
peals from the supreme courts of terri
tories, and the supreme court was given
authority to assign the territories to the
several circuits. But the courts in the
territory of Hawaii were organized by the
act of April 30, 1800, on a different basis
from other territories, and the same
distinction was made as in courts of a
state as to writs of error and appeals,
and the supreme court of the United
States made no order assigning the ter
ritory. The act also provided that casts
pending at the date of the organization
of the territory shojld be carried on to
final judgment and execution in the
corresponding courts of the te.^ltory. it
«lso established a district court, having
the jurisdiction of United States circuit
court and district courts. The supie.re
court of the territory rendered Judgmnt
for $55,000 against the Wilder Steamship
company, and when the company at
tempteoTo appeaj. to the circuit c:u:t of
appeals on April 1. 1903. refused to enter
lain the appeal, holding that the judg
ment of the territorial court was final.
STAMP TAX DECISION.
"WASHINGTON, April 15.—1n the Unit
ed States supreme court an opinion was
handed down in the case of Fairbank \
vs. The United States. The case involved I
the constitutionality of the war revenue
law Imposing a tax upon export bills
of lading. The court decided against
the government, holding that provision
of the law unconstitutional. The opinion
was handed down by Justice Brewer and
Justices Harlan, Gray, White and Mc-
Kenna dissented.
The case came to the supreme court
from the United Scates district court for
Minnesota. The decision of that court
sustained the validity of the law im
posing a tax of 10 cents on export bills
of lading, Fairbank being fined $25 for
his supposed offense. He is an agent
of the Northern Pacific Railroad company
and was convicted cf violating the law in
March, 1900, the specific charge being that
of issuing bills of lading on wheat to be
exported to England, without attaching
the stamp to them as required by law.
The tax was resisted on the ground that
it violates the provision of the constitj- I
tion requiring that ""no tax or duty s'na'.l j
be laid on articles exported from any I
other state."
The substance of the court's decision I
was embraced in the concluding para
graph, which is as follows:
"We are of opinion that a stamp tax
on a foreign bill of lading is in sub tance
and effect equivalent to a tax on the ar
ticles included in that bill of lading, and
therefore a tax or duty on exports and in
conflict with the constitutional prohibi
tion."
The judgment of the district court was
reversed and the case remanded, with in
structions to grant a new trial.
OF WIDE EFFECT.
In the course of his opinion, Justice
Brewer took cognizance of the conten
tion that, if the duty on foreign bills of
lading is not sustained it will follow that
tonnage taxes and stamp duties on man
ifests must fail also.
'"The validity of such taxes is not be- !
fore us for determination." he said,
"and therefore we must decline to ex- j
press any opinion thereon, and yet it!
may not be improper to say that even '
if the suggested result should follow it j
furnishes no reason for not recognizing !
that which, in our judgment, is the true
construction of the constitutional limita- I
tion."
Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of !
the dissenting justices, basing it upon the j
ground that the precedents justify the \
tax on foreign bills. Justice Brown con- j
curred only in the result reached by t?:e i
majority.
SOME DIVORCE RULINGS.
The United States supreme court today
decided a number of cases Involving the
validity in one state of divorce decrees
granted in other states. The court he'd
practically that in cases in which the
decree is granted in states where the
husband and wife have made their legal
residence it is valid in any part of the
"United Stales, but that in other cases *n
•which there is no legal residence in the
Btate in which the decree is granted they
are invalid. The opinions were handed
down by Justice Gray, and involved the
cases of Atherton vs. Atherton, Bfll vs.
Bell, and Streitwolf vs. Streitwolf. In
tiie Atherton case the husband obtained
a decree of divorce in the state of Ken
tucky, where they had resided as hus
band and wife, after the wife had left
the husband and gone to the home of
her parents in Chilton, N. T. In h's
opinion Justice Gray called attention to
end laid stress upon the fact that Ken
tucky was the place of their marital res
idence, and he also brought out the fact
that notice of the husband's petition for
divorce had been forwarded to New York
and that she had made no response. The
Kentucky court thereupon had granted
the decree. The question involved was,
he said, whether the decree was valid in
New York, the question having been
raised by a counter proceedings of the
■wife for divorce in New York. He con.
eluded that owing to the fact of her for
mer residence in Kentucky and the fact
that due notice had been given htv, Mrs.
Continued on Third i'«y,
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
IP TO M'KINLEY NOW.
CUBAN CONVENTION APPOINTS DEL
EGATES TO VISIT WASHINGTON.
HAVANA, April 15.—At today's session
of the Cuban constitutional convention
four delegates, Senbrs Diegi Tamayo, Ca
pote, Berrial Portuondo and Lorente,
were appointed a commission to go to
"Washington to lay before President
McKinley the desire of the convention
as to the future relations between Cuba
and the United States. The commission
was instructed to confer with Gen. Wood,
giving the date of departure and asking
the best conditions of obtaining an in
terview with the president. Tomorrow
the convention will adjourn until the re
turn of the committee.
WASHINGTON, April 16.— The commit
tee of the Cuban constitutional conven
tion appointed to visit Washington for
consultation regarding the "Platt"
ami ndm< nt are assured of an interview
with the chief executive. They will be
compelled, however, to hasten their de
parture for Washington if they hope to
sto tho president before lie leaves on his
Western trip, on which he starts just
two weeks from today. The a'lministra ■
tion is anxious to accord every facility
to the members of the convention for as
serting fully the intents and purpcsc3
oi this government as embodied in the
amendment, bt-lioving that in the end the
Cubans will realize that its acceptance
by them will prove for the best interests
of both countries. No information as
to the committee's appointment haa
reached the White House from Cen
Wood.
THE GUEST OF AUSTRIA
CORDIAL, RBtEPTICX TO KAISER
WILHEiLUrS OLDEST BOY.
BERLIN. April 15.—The German pre?s
prints columns regarding the doings of
Crown Prince Frederick at Vienna,
pointing out particularly the enthusiasm
with which he was received there by the
populace and court.
Private advices say that the crewn
prince was somewhat flushed, being un
used to such ovations, but he soon ie
covered his self-possession, and at last
night's banquet delivered his toast in
resonant tones and with military pre
cision.
The reports of the toast of the Austrian
press varies, and the Vienna official press
differs from the semi-official papers,
omitting the phrase "comrades in arms,"
adding a phrase about the crown prince's
thanks for a most cordial reception. All
accounts agree- that he spoke without
notes, while the emperor of Austria read
from manuscript.
Today the crown prince took breakfast
with the Saxon minister to Austria,
Count yon Rey.
DIRECT FROM THE LORD
JOE SMITH GETS INSTRUCTIONS AS
TO RUNNING HIS CHIRCH.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 15.—Presi
dent Joseph Smith, of the reorganized
church of the Latter Day Saints, today
announced to the conference in session
at Independence, Mo., that the Lord had
revealed His will to him relative to two
subjects which have been mooted ques
tions in the church. The two questions
are whether women delegates should be
allowed to act in legislative capacity in
the church and whether priests and
teachers who are not delegates should
be allowed an ex-ofncio vote in the con
ference. The entire day yesterday was
devoted to fasting and praying, many of
the supplications asking for the Lord's
will upon these questions, and the con
ference was pleased to hear President
Smith announce that the prayers had
been answered. The body of the church
will not bo told the substance of the rev
elation until the quorum of twelve and
other official bodies have approved it.
Much routine business was transacted
today. The Hedrickites conducted tSe
services tonight.
HAY'S HARD TASK.
SENATE WILL. BALK ON ANY ISTH-
MIAX CAiXAL TREATY.
WASHINGTON. April 15.—Lcng inter
views were had today between Secretary
Hay and Senators Foraker and Lodge,
supposedly with reference to the propose!
isthmian canal treaty which is to re
place the Hay-Pauneefote treaty if Sec
retary Hay succeeds in his task of rec
onciling the views of the views of the
senate and the administration. The talks
that the secretary of state thus far has
had with senators on the subject of a
canai treaty have revealed a consider
able opposition to any treaty at all, some
senators insisting that nothing more is
requisite to the construction of the C3nal
than the abrogation of the Clayton-Bui
wer treaty, and it is still fax from certain
that a treaty can be drafted that will
command the support of two-thirds of
the senate and still be reasonably ac
ceptable to Great Britain.
GLASSWORKEBS ENJOINED.
Can't Krunrwt Apprentices to Join
Their Union in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., "April 15—The
supreme court of Pennsylvania in an
opinion today holds that members of the
American Federation of Labor haY- Io
right to entice apprentices workim ma
factory to become r^ mDers o f the glass
workers' union. ..he case upon which
the opinion is based is an appeal of P
J. SkeHy and others, members of the
glassworkers' union, from the judgment
of the Allegheny county court, restrain
ing them from interfering- with the ap
prentices of Charles L. Flacus, v glass
manufacturer of Terntum, Pa.. Tiie su
preme court dismisses the appeai at the
cost of the members of the:union. The
opinion says, among othep things that
the manufacturer had the rigtfit £T em
ploy workmen who independent cf
any labor union, an<l"ne" hScVthe further
right to adopt a system of apprenticeship
which excluded his apprentices from
membership in such unions, and no one
had a right to interfere with it to his
injury. The court found that the in
terference was injurious to him and if al
lowed to continue would ruin his busi
ness.
WANT ALIENS KEPT OUT.
British Workmen Otojvet to Conti
nental Immigration.
LONDON, April 16.—The question of
alien immigration is again forcing its
• way into prominence. A good many peo
! pie fear that, following the colonization
I of South Africa on a large scale by men
and women of Anglo-Saxon blood "at the
close of the war, there will be an in
vasion of this country by impoverished
| middlemen, peddlers, money-lenders and
i tailors from Jewish centers of popula-
I tion on the continent. The feeling
"among- the working classes of the East
End of London with regard to" the immi
gration of destitute aliens is very strong
TVhitechapel is largely inhabited by He
brews of the very lowest class whole
streets formerly occupied by industrious
i if struggling Englishmen being now occu
j pied by an undesirable population from
the Ghettos of Western Russia. Germany
and Austria. Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour
and Mr. Chamberlain have at different
times Insisted on the necessity of pre
venting destitute aliens from taking un
their abode here, but the colonization of
the country with people who are unde
sirable from every point of view except
that of the sweating employer still g e3
on. The fact of the mater Is the gov
ernment has dropped the alien immigra
tion question because they are anxious
not to lose the political support of the
Hebrews In the big citiie*
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1901.
ii in i m
COMMISSARY AND COMMISSARY
SERGEANT IN MANILA DENIED
THEMSELVES NO LUXURY
EXTENSIVE BRIBERY SHOWN
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING FIRM'S
BOOKS EXHIBIT LARGE PAY
MENTS TO OFFICERS
MANY TRIALS AEE TO COME
Casie of Sergeaait Wentou 1* Con
cluded, but the Verdict of the
Court Is Not Yet An
nounced.
MANILA, April 15.—The trial of Com
missary Sergeant John Mtston charged
with complicity in the ccmmis.-a> y
frauds, is concluded. No verdict was
announced and Meston's conviction is
uncertain. Other trials of those impli
cated will follow.
Capt. James C. Read, formerly deput
commissary at Manila, has been arrest
ed. It is alleged that entrks upon the
books of Evans & Co., government con
tractors, indicate that the commissary
officers received the following sums: M tj.
George B. Davies, upwa'd; of $l,C00;
Capt. James C. Read, $1,000; Capt Frank
H. Lawton, $7CO; Mr. B. L. Tremaine,
Col. Woodruff's clerk, $701).
It also appears that the Evans com
pany furnished the handsome residence
of Col. Woodruff. Harold M. Pitt, man
ager of Evans & Co., who is now under
arrest, was notoriously lavish in enter
taining commissary and other officers,
while the depot commissary, a fre
quenter of the tenderloin district, occa
sionally spent days at the Pitt house in
questionable society.
GAVE SBELY DINNERS.
Pitt's house Is a bacchanalian rendez
vous and prominent officers frequently
visited it, drinking champagne and play
ing poker. Women of doubtful reputa
tion have often known to have been
there. It is said Pitt had the inside
track in securing government contracts
and it is also said he was the prime
mover in the scheme to establish cock
pits in Manila, Mrs. Lara being subsi
dized in securing a cock pit.
It is said the commissary department
made unauthorized purchases of quantl'
ties of champagne. Pitt sold some.
In addition to what the transports
brought the commissary imported 200
gallons in February and a like amount
in March. The commissary and the com
missary sergeant kept private carriages
and indulged in other extravagances.
METHODISTS GET BUSY.
The Methodists afe planning a v'gir
ous prosleyting campaign. Bishop War
ren, of the Methodist Episcopal church,
has just arrived here and the native au
thorities are enthusiastic.
Commissioner Wright has returned to
Manila to complete his work on the civil
code.
Tomorrow Mr. Frank A. Brannig<in will
assume the office of treasurer of the
archipelago.
BOMBARDED THE PALACE
ITALIANS BREAK UP CONTRABAND
TRAiDE IX SOMALILAAD.
ROME, April 15.—A dispatch from Adon
says that the Italian consul at Zan
zibar has arrived at Aden from the So
mali coast, where he went on a special
mission to break up fne trade in contra
band. He caused the palace of the sul
tan of Mijoitan, Italian Somaliland, who
was largely concerned in contraband
transactions, to be bombarded. The sul
tan's son was captured and large quanti
ties of arms and ammunition were taken.
The sultan fled to the interior with a
small following.
In August, 1892, the Somali coast, to a
distance of about 180 miles inland, was
ceded to Italy by the sultan of Zanzi
bar, and the administration of the re
gion was taken over in September, 1593.
Italian Somaliland has an area of KAOO3
square miles, with about 400,000 inhabi
tants.
FRANCE OUT TO GRAB.
PREPARING TO MLABGE HER
TERRITORY I\ NORTH AFRICA.
LONDON, April 16.—The shereflan court
will proceed to Fez towards the end of j
May," says a dispatch to the Daily j
Chronicle from Tangier, "and.the French
operations will be at a standstill on ac— -
count of the heat. It is said the sultan !
is too lethargic to make a fight against j
the French designs. It Is believed that;
France is about to undertake a - gigantic j
task and she will have - a gigantic re- 1
ward.
"There is no sign that the Moroccan !
court realize the seriousness of the sit- ;
uation." .
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T P. MORGAN IN ENGLAND.
Amerioan Trust /Builder Will 1..-t j
_ - British ' Ironmasters ■ Lire. ■' .".
LONDON. April" 15—"Mr. J, Pierpont
Morgan's - investments -in British enter- \
l-rises." says the Daily Mail this r morn
ing, "have thus far been confined .to ,V^t \
■purchase or' a Scotch oollie for:sso).: \V c I
' are informed that the following is ar» ;
authentic expression of his views: : i
f "He declares that the steel 'trust will ';
not make a specially, aggressive fight-l
for the control oi^?:e British- market. '
Oil the contrary, jt will. only meet legit!- i
mate demands and will spoil the popular. {
theory that American steel business for I
export merely represents the surplus pro-' •
ducticm." .. : :" !
I "As a matter of —still stating Mr. -
Morgan's 8 position — the T concerns con- I
taintd in the trustbave contracts a long
way forward. London will come in for •
a good part of this business." . »i
MARINE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.
I President X:hler 'JPayji Men Are Con
>■. fident of Succe**.
CHIGAGO, April 15.—Pi esident Peck, of !
the Chicago Lodge •of Marine Engineers, i
i who are on a strike on the! great /lakes'
for an increase in wages, said today: "xj
"If the marine engineers', strike is not .
settled by tonight, our demand for wages i
: will :be increased 10 per cent; if the strike j
I is not settled by May 1,. we shall demand
an Increase; of ;£0 per - cent - more. .fI ;. ex- ;
pect, - however, to receive:: word today i
jthat President _Uhler,". now in \ Cleveland,
' and- the vesselmen have come Ito terms.
■ Whether the tugmen . will follow our lead
is a matter that will be known only when j
they are put to work- towing vessels
which have non-union men . aboard." - :
I-CLEVELAND, 0.. April 15.—President
Uhler, who .is Htill in Cleveland,"- said
today that ' there is ;no . change In the
Etrike": situation, and that the men are
as confident /. of > success ■ as -• eveT. ?*" Re
garding, the report : that = the a men are
leaving the . organization, Mr. Uhler said
it is % not > true ■- in Cleveland, and he ; did
not j believe! it was , true of other cities. ■'■ - -
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CLEVELAND LAKE FRONT
RAILROADS BRTNG WAND \ MI'S PRO
CEEDINGS AGArWBT MAYOR l
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CLETVTEL.AND, 0., Aptfl 15.— Maniamus
proceedings to comae! Jfftyor Johnson to
carry out the lake fronij sett'ement Were
commenced in the comsiCßi pleas court to
day by the Pennsylvania and the Cleve
land & Pitts-burg railroad*. The rail
roads ask that the court issue a man
datory order requiring: Mayor Johns n
to execute the contract and restraining
him from interfering With the perform
ance of the contract on the part of the
railroads and the city and that he be or
dered to carry cut in behalf of the city
all its agreements in the contract.
The agreement referred to is one enter
ed into between the city under the re
cent Farley administration and the sev
eral railroads occupying the disputed
lake front to settle the matter by ar
bitration. This agreement was rrniertd
null by an Injunction secured by Tom L.
Johnson, as a citflsen and taxpayer, be
fore he was sworn in. as mayor.
Mr. Johnson was pla'.nt.ff in the suit
then; now he is as- mayor defendant in
the case.
CRISIS IN PORTO RICO.
THE HOLLANDER REVEJSUE. LAW
PROVES AX ABJECT PALLIJRB.
NEW YORK, April 15.—Wenceslao Bor
da Jr. and Vincente Balbas, Porto Rican
commissioners, today' received the f cl".ow
ing cablegram from the'^fcxecutlye com
mittee of the r Planters, Bankers and
Merchants' Association of Porto Rico:
"Bill practically ;a_; failjre. i Business
at a standstill. Excise taxes produce lit
tle. Hence valuations ordered increased.
Emigration continues. -; General disc
tent." ':;■_-; '/".-" |
Commissioner Borda had this to say as
to the cablegram: '„.-'; ,
"This cablegram ! signifies that by rea
son of the imposition of the ; excise taxes
under trie Hollander revenue law the
production of the island has so increased
that the excise taxes do not produce the
revenue which 1 was expected by Treas
urer Hollander. .- : ,? : ": "
"The. insular government has, - there
fore, ordered the assessors \to , '■ increase
their valuations of the real and per
sonal property of Porto Rico." -.
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE.
SMALLPOX PATIEXTS COINFTXED IN
A SALVATION ARMT HOTEL.
; SPRINGFIELD, 111., April A man
who had i' smallpox |at ;>.the: ..,'. Salvation .
Army hotel and . who left - there several
days ago, appeared In this- city ; today
and when officers captured him and took
him to the same hotel^iwiiere are quar
antined five smallpox patients and
twenty-three others, the inmates refuse %
to admit the patient, ; saying the hcKel
was" no pest -■' house. Chief •of I Police
Castles, with a force ■of \ officers, went
to , the building ._* and - the Inmates \ threat-'
ened to burn it down and make their es
cape. 1 The police battered ; down the door
and placed the : patient :45?;vthe'f building.
Chief Castles then went^to the . state
arsenal and "; secured a ni'nrber of :: rifles,
with which he armed^six;3atrolm€n' and
stationed them around the hotel.; i- as
guards. ,\'.-..-. L-'.--''~4t.'''',• / -:
BY ARMED COSSACKS.
STREETS OF HIJ9SI t ' CITIES ARE
- COXSTAXTLrY.rPATROX^BD. c ; '
LONDON, April 16.—"Until after the
Russian Easter." says the Odessa corre
syondent of the : Daily Express, ' "the
towns of Odessa, *' Kharlcoff, % Elizabeth
grad, Eketernoslay and Niklaieff will be
• held virtually in a ; stage of siege. V All.
public buildings are occupied -by the sol
diers. The streets are patrolled by Cos
sacks and assemblages are forbidden.
These conditions from a fear of; a
renewal of the student riots. '<-" . :
ACTORS IN COURT.
•Arrested for Breaking Xew York
Sunday Lew.
NEW YORK, April 15 —DeWolf Hop
per, Dan Daly and Wm. A. Brady, jfho
were arrested in the Academy of Music
last night gii a charge of violating the
Sunday law, were arraigned today' in
police court before Magistrate Zoller.
The magistrate reserved: decision.
The annual benefit of the actor's fund
of America took place last nJght in the
academy. Mr. Brady, who is a theatri
cal manager, took part in the benefit,
and Hopper and Daly took part in a b>r
lesque of Uncle Tom's cabin.
REICHSTAG CONVENES TODAY.
Kaiser Orders Yon Bn«-lov»- to Keep
tlie Conservatives In Line. -
BERLIN, April Fftipvnr William
today visited Coun. vons J.ueljw, the im
perial chancellor, and received from him
a detailed account of his recent meeting
with the Italian premier. Senor Zarnadel
li. telling Count «i yon - Buelow to "take
care that during the balance of the par
liamentary session thev-Gonservdtlves do
not bend the bow too lightly."
There was some, conversation, too, re
garding the canal . bill. The reichstag
will reconvene tomorrow * r- --•'--
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UNCLE B&fi£-"I WISH ; THAT KD) ; WAS BIGC-E&."
m in in
KITCHENER REPORTS THE CAP
TURE OF A LAAGETR NORTH
WEST OF KLERKSDORP
OTHER SMALLER SKIRMISHES
OOOL. PLUMiER AWD COL. PILCH Kit
BOTH REPORT MINOR SUCCESSES
AGAJiNST THE ENEMY
STILL WEARY WAR DRAGS ON
And the Britten Taxpayer Must Set-
tie to the Tun« of Some Six
Million Dalian or So
a Week.
LONDON, April 15.—The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, April 15:
"Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson's column
rushed the South laagar, norLhwest <<f
Klerksdorp at daylight. Six Boers were
killed, 10 wounded and 23 taken prisoners.
He captured a twelve-pounder, one pom
pom complete and two ammunition wag
ons with ammunition.
"Our casualties were three wound d.
"Col. Plumer captured a field corn t
and seven men with ten wagons and
eighteen rifles.
"During Col. Pilcher's 6peratio:is in
Orange River colony, seven boers were
killed."
WHAT IT ALL COSTS.
Military men do not regard the outlook
in South Africa as entirely satisfactory,
although organized Boer opposition to the
British forces is practically at an end.
It is felt that so long as the irrexm
cllables persist in their determinate n
to fight to the bitter end the war will
drag wearily on, with here and there
a little British success to chronicle and
occasionally news of some trifling
achievement on the part of the ruerrli
las. Meanwhile Kitchener's huge arr^y
must be maintained and English tax
payers must be content with the knowl
edge that the campaign is costing the
country nearly, if not quite, £1,500,000
every week.
REPORT OF FRENCH'S CAPTURK.
It is said that a private telegram has
been received here to the effect that
Gen. French with 500 British troops has
been captured by the Boers, whi'e nis
force was enveloped in a mist on the
hills. No confirmation of the report can
be obtained.
The war office here knows nothing
about the rumored capture of Gen.
French and entirely discredits the re
port.
KITCHENER IS CONFIDENT.
LONDON, April 16—The British news
papers and magazines commenting upon
the alternating periods of hope and ap
prehension which characterises the later
stage of the South African campaign,
campare these with the later stages of
the American War of Independence as
those to impress these fluctuations. While
the letters of responsible personages in
Pretoria depict the situation in a rather
despairing mood, the Pretoria represen
tative of the Daily Mall sends today a
dispatch of the most hopeful charac
ter.
"The next six weeks," says he, "will
see a resumption of active campaigning.
Lord Kitchener wil renew hi? sweeping
movement. He has an army of 2c0,0~0
efficient troops, including 60,030 mounted
men with a good supply of horses, 40,0:0
having been secured In Cape Colony
alone.
"The army is in good spirits and Lord
Kitchener is satisfied with the progress
of events, slow though it seems."
SENTENCED FOR TREASON.
BARKLT WEST, April 15.—Pony de-
Wet, a member of the Cape assembly,
has been sentenced by the treason court
to imprisonment for three years with a
fine of £1,000 for seditious speeches.
STOCK RAISERS HARD HIT
WYOMING-tfBBRASKA BLIZZARD IS
WORKING HAVOC.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 15.—1t is re
ported that the Swan Land and Cattle
company, which ranges large herds of
cattle in eastern Wyoming- and western
Nebraska, has lost more than 2,?0J head
of cattle during the severe storm of the
past ten days. Jack Edwards, a large
owner of sheep in Wyoming and Oregon,
lost 7,000 head of sheep, near Kimball,
Neb., out of a band of 14.0C0. Other
losses are reported from western Nebras
ka and South Dakota and eastern Wyo
ming. The storm is still in progress and
many stockmen will be ruined.
PRICE TWO CBXTS—{ F ? v Tra{^ TS
BULLETIN OP
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. ; Paul: "
Probably Rain.
I—Ha.vra.lt a Territory.
Boer €'iiti>o»t Taken.
Lived - Hlgrh in Manila.
OudtaJiya Oomlnar Here.
2—Kick on Oninlm Tracki.
Seven Jail Sites Offered.
May Arrest the Goo«e.
S-Sews of Northwest.
Poker lindn In Shooting?.
■Moving Chinese Capital.
4—Editorial Page.
Fa»lil for Women.
&i>ortlng- Sewn.
Radnor at Aiiaednct.
Ironworkers on Strike.
Wo Use for Mrs. ion.
C-Xfwn of Railroads.
To Succeed Saron Fia-via.
Popular Wants,
Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, 7O 7-Sc,
Eaur Silver, sOc.
Stocks Active; IrrenrulHr.
- .... . .
B—Painters' Strike On.
WEATHEH FOE TODAY.
For Minnesota —Generally cloudy Tues
day and Wednesday; probably rain in
southern portion; colder Tuesday in
southern portion; variable winds, mostly
fresh northerly.
For Wisconsin—Partly cloudy Tuesday;
Wednesday fair in northern, probably
rain and cooler in southern portion; fresh
easterly winds.
For lowa—Rain Tuesday; colder in
western portion; Wednesday fair in
western, rain and cooler in eastern por
tion; southerly winds, becoming variable.
For North Dakota—Generally fair Tues
day and Wednesday; northerly winds.
For South Dakota — Rain Tuesday;
probably colder in eastern portion; Wed
nesday fair; northerly winas.
For . Montana—Fair Tuesday; warmer
in western portion; Wednesday fair;
variable winds.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night.—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 59; lowest temperature, 42; average
temperature, 60; daily range, 17; barome
ter. 30.06; humidity, 64; precipitation, 0;
7 p. m., temperature, 57; 7 p. m., wind,
southeast; weather, cloudy.
Yesterday's Temperatures—
•Bp.m.High I *Bp.m.-High
Battleford ...32 32|Dc-s Mnines ...W 6'J
Bismarck ....36 4-3! Detroit 46 54
Calg.-iry 32 3S fGalveston ....60 70
Duluth 38 40 Grand Haven 52 52
Edmonton ...40 42 Green Bay „«) K0
Havre 3S 42 Jacksonville 70 74
Helena 3ft 3ti Kansas City.6o «4
Huron 46 68 Marquc-tte ...3€ 42
Mid. Hat 3S 42 Montgomery .«.' 7$
MinnedO3-a ...32 32 Montreal .....™ 60
Pr Albert ...2S *2 Nashville ....61- ft]
Qv-'Aenelle.. .. &> N. Orleans. ...<SS 1%
S. Current ..32 3; New York ...48 52
Williston 34 45 Norfolk 48 43
Winnipeg 84 4<= North Platters 4S
Alpena 42 46 Philadelphia .46 50
Buffalo 40 56 Pittsburg ?n
Boston 42 40 Omaha 52 •»
Cheyenne ....24 32 9. Francisco.s2 58
Chicago 42 50 St. Louis ....64 68
Cincinnati ...5S 60 Salt Lak0....34 46
Cleveland ....42 42 Ste. Marie ..40 62
Daver^ort ..58 62 Washington ..46, 52
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul.)
River Bulletin-
Danger Gauge Change in
Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours.
St. Paul 14 6.5
Davenport 15 7.8
La Crosse 10 8.9
St. Louis 30 21.9
River forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday:
The Mississippi will fall slowly in the
vicinity of St. Paul.
OCEAN LISTERS.
New York—Arrived: Amsterdam, Rot
terdam and Boulogne.
Bremen—Arrived: Grosser Kurfurst,
from New York via Southampton.
Gibraltar —Arrived: Trave, from New-
York for Naples and Genoa. Sailed:
Aller (from Genoa and Naples), New
York.
■ Portland, Me. —Arrived: Numidian, Liv
erpool.
Boston —Arrived: Siberian. Glasgow.
London—Ai rived: Minnehaha, New
York.
Naples—Arrived: Werra, New York via
Gibraltar for Genoa, and proceeded.
AT NEW YORK HOTELS.
NEW YORK, April 15.—Following are
Northwest erners registering at New
York hotels:
Vendome—F. J. Haynes. St. Paul.
Rossmore —G. H. Arnold, Minneapolis.
Imperial—H. W. Hill, H. W. Ross and
wife. Minneapolis.
Manhattan —A. Ben Thomas. Duluth;
G. R. Hurd. West Superior.
Fifth Avenue—E. S. Macgowman, Min
neapolis; R. A. Kirk. St. Paul.
Herald Square—Frank P. Wagner, St.
Paul.
Victoria—H. W. Topping and wife, St.
Paul.
St. Denis—Rev. John Mason Duncan.
Duluth.
Continental—C. P. Berthwaite. St. Paul.
Cadillac—F. M. Maryold, Winona.
BOARD OF TRADE FIGURES
Chicago Quotation* Are A Krai n Sent
Out by Telegraph.
CHICAGO, April 15.—After several j
months*" inte:ruption, board of trido ,
onotations, showing the price quotations ,
of the leading speculative grain and hog ;
roducts were sent out by the telegraph,
companies today. ■. Where desired the
quotations are ccntia-uous. but . the cus- ;
terrors are bc.ind^gjflo their utmost- in •
keeping- the figure^Eg&pni - the bucket j
shops.."..! ■ "- Jjtgfer '!■' -' • !
The resumption ofJgW^egylct' caused |
no noticeable increaJfsSin volume of '
business here,. tradr'*!?BtiYly bein^ dull !
rather than otherwise^ :r*Thc*San Fran- ,
cisco, Boston, Detroit. Philadelphia ; and :
New York :l consolidated exchanges re- |
ceived the quotations today. h'lt the 'New |
York produce exchange an<l the tx- •
changes at Duluth. Minneapolis and St.
Louis have not yet appl led for them. -
GEN. CORBIN TO MARRY.
Announcement Mnde of His Engage
ment to Ml»s Bdyth Patten.
WASH[NGTON, April 15.— engage
ment: Is announced of Miss Edyth Patten
to Adjt. _ Gen. . Corbin. of the United
States army. The news of the encrape
ment is received with deep" interest in
society here, although it has come as a
surprise, as Gen. Corbin has been paying
marked attention; to Miss Patten* " for
some time.:. Miss . Patten is a very at
tractive brunette, and haslon^ been a
leader of Washington's. social circle.
ICE BREAKING TJP.
Steam-era Cain Jfow Get Tiironuli the
Stratlt* of Mp.cklnnw.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.. April 15.—
Navigation on Grand Traverse bay open
ed today with the arrival of the steamer
Lon A. Cummings from Northport, mak
ing Onema and Suttons Bay en route
without difficulty.
The steamer Pentland passed through
the Straits of Mackinaw at 8.40 a. m.
Sunday, bound down. Straits full of ice
but soft, and steamer had no trouble
in getting through. The ice jam at the
mouth of St. Clalr river broke at 1 p.
m. Saturday and Ice is reported run
ning freely.
OFFtGIAL PAPER I
— of the —
CITY OF ST. PAUL.
11 TO 111
OUDAHY BR/CiS. DECIDE TO ESTAB-
L.LSH LARGE BRANCH PACK
ING HOUSE .
TWO SOTIS IN CONSIDERATION
PI*ANT TO BE LOCATED AT SOUTH -
ST. PAUL ORSEW
BRIGHTON
FOB.MFR PLACE IS FAVOEED
Establishment of New Industry Will
Ilncreaise Business to the
Extent of at Least
f 3,000,000.
Cudahy Bros., the big Chicago packers,
nave decided to locUe a large brjr.c'.i
in the vicinity of the Twin Cities, it ia
said that negotiations have been unJer
way for more than a month, but thij*
have been conducted in so quiet a man
ner that not even a hint of the impend
ing deal tecame known until yester
day.
It was learned yesterday that Cudahy
Bros, have fully decided en an invasion
of the Northwest, and the only remain
ing obstacle is the securing of a plant.
There are but two plants near the Twin
Cities that are available. One is the
Dakota company's house, located at
South St. Paul, which has been vacant
for some time, and the vacant pr^nt at
New Brighton. The Cudahya have had
a representative in St. Paul for the past
week who has been looking over the two
locations. It is known that Patrick
Cudahy is very much in favor of the
South St. Paul plant, due t-> the fact
that it is located within the Union stock
yards, and for the better reason that he
believes that a concentraticn of the busi
ness will bring better results for all. In
the face of this, however, the New
Brighton plant has been considered, and
it is said that people interes.cd there are
putting forth many claims for that loca
tion.
The Dakota plant at South St. Paul
has a capacity of about 2.OJG hogs per
day and is well equipped with modern
machinery. The Union Stock Yards com
pany has been making every effort to
find a tenant for this plant and look on
the coming of Cudahy Bros, with much
favor. It is said that they have made
Patrick Cudahy a very 1 beral proposition
and one that he will pro-tably accept.
Gen. M. D. Flower, president of the
Union Stock Yards company, is out of
the city, so that the nature of the nego
tiations that have been going on cannot
be learned.
It is said that Swift & Co, who now
occupy the main plant at South St.
Paul, ar«? very nvuch in f-av.r of the
coming of the Cudahys, and that this
company is lending all the assistance
possible to bring that resu't abojt. South
St. Paul has always beeji known as a
"one-man market"' owing to the fa.t that
but one large concern is located there.
This has been detrimental to the inter
ests of all, and it is said to be a cer
tainty that with this obstacle removed
the South St. Paul market will prosper
wonderfully.
It is promised that something of a
definite nature will be known within a
very few days, and it has been s_iggst«d
that in the meantime it would he well
foT the business people of St. Paul to
lend all the hetp possible in order that
the efforts of the Minneapolis and New
Brighton people may be overshadowed.
Withthe additional plant at South St.
Paul it is conservatively estimated that
the business cf the place would be in
creased J5,C00 0:O a year.
PACKERS' WAR A "PIPE."
Reliable Authorities Stamp In as a
Bare-Faced Fable.
During the past day or two. several
stories, bearing on a so-called war among
the meat packers, have appeared in the
daily papers In the cities where some of
the larger packing plants are located. !t
was alleged that the big packe-s, Morris-
SJwift and Armour, had determined to
freeze out the small fry, ani in the small
fry were included Cudahy Bros., of Chi
cago, and the Omaha Packing company,
of Omaha, It was said that the w.ir waa
directed against these two mainly for
the reason that they had violated an
agreement entered into some months ag)
and it was decided to carry the war
against all small concerns at the same
time. Every effort was made by the
G 1 cr-b c yester.'ay to ascertain the facts.
Among the representatives of the out-of
town packing concerns no one could he
found who knew anything ef the "war."
J. S. Bangs, general manager of the
Swift & Co. plant at So"tn St. Paul, waa
seen yesterday. He did not content him
self with a denial of the story. Dut
stamped it as a fake pu-e and simple
"Stories of this nature have ap:eared in
Chicago papers frcm time to time." sa:d
Mr. Bangs. "This last one. however, is
founded on imagination, 'nothing more.
It is undoubtedly the work of some space
writer. I would certainly know about
such a thing as this were it based on
fact. I will say positively that there
has been no intention of making war
against either of the lar^e concerns men
tioned, or against the small 'o^al housei."
ELEVEN NEW CARDINALS
MGR. MAXTrVELU AMONG THOSE
XAJfED FOR THE RED HAT.
ROME, April 15.—At the consistory held
today Archbishop Martinelli, the papal
delegate in the United States, was pre
conized a cardinal. Eleven other cardi
nals were created.
The names of the other few cardinals
are as follows: Mgr. Pripeti, Mgr. Oa
bagis, Mgr. San Miniatelli. Mgr. Oeunari,
Mgr. Delia VoLce, t<he Archbishop of
Benevento, the Archbishop of Perrara,
the Archbishop of Prague, the Arch
bishop of Cracow, the Bisnop of Verona
arwl the Bishop of Pavia.
The consistory- today was secret. A pub
lic consistory will be held April 18.
' ONE STRIKE SETTLED.
Ipswich, Mnxs., Mill Hands Accept n.
Temporary IO Per Cent Cut.
IPSWICH. Mass., April 16.—The ft-ika
of the operatives at the Ipswich Hoiser/
mills, which was begun about thres
wet ks ago, was settled today under th#
conditions named in an agreement formu-*
lnted by the strikers' committee, the se
lf ctnifn of the town and the- state board
of arbitration. The operatives struck
against alO per cent reduction in
wages. Under the terms of the agree
ment the mill officials promise to restore
the 10 per cent cut down when business
will warrant it. tha.+. no discrimination
will be made towards those who took
part in the strike and to look into the
alleged unjust fining and unfair treat
ment on the part of the overseers and
-to provide a remedy when injustice is
done. About 750 hands have been af
fected by the strike.